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Why investors pause

Diagnosing hesitation before redesigning the journey

Joint authors: Dr Clemens Chaskel · Alistair Hume · Lesley Li

Your selection screen works. The decision may still be difficult.

For wealth product, customer-experience and investor-insight leaders.

  • Understand what the event figures show and what they cannot establish
  • Separate four competing explanations for hesitation
  • Plan a test that can show whether your proposed support helps

Selected primary references, explicit evidence limits and a practical brief to use with your team.

Already investing can still mean feeling stuck

In U Impact's published Mirai summary, 20% of respondents already investing reported feeling stuck. [1,2] Reaching the investing stage did not mean every respondent felt able to move forward. The summary does not identify the decision troubling them.

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October 2026 · Research & practice.

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