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Surveys of Consumers – Univ of Michigan

Surveys of Consumers – chief economist, Richard Curtin – Preliminary Results for April 2018 – “Consumer sentiment slipped in early April, largely reversing the gains recorded in the prior two months. The small decline was widely shared by all age … Continue reading

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FSB, Basel Committee, CPMI and IOSCO launch surveys on incentives to centrally clear OTS derivatives trades

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee), the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have launched surveys as part of their joint work to review … Continue reading

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Only 20% of Businesses Act on Client Feedback Surveys

In a shocking finding, new Forrester research discovered that only 20% of businesses act on the market insight obtained from customer surveys. This is true in despite the fact that these insights lead to actions that drive business improvement. The … Continue reading

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Benchmark surveys probably attract disproportionately more respondents from centralized law departments

Even with large numbers of participants, such as 1,000 in the General Counsel Metrics law department survey, benchmark metrics probably reflect more centralized law departments than decentralized. Not just more of them, because centralized reporting departments – where all practicing… … Continue reading

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Surveys should ask not for ranges when collecting numbers, but actual numbers

Poring over a compliance function survey now underway by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Compliance Week, I noted that they ask for the number of employees in the function and gave nine ranges to choose: 1, 2, 3-5, 6-10, up to "more than… … Continue reading

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