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Center for Investor Insight

The Natixis Center for Investor Insight is a global research initiative focused on the issues and sentiment driving today’s investment landscape. Since 2010, we’ve surveyed more than 100,000 people in 30+ countries to provide a global perspective.

Our research covers a wide spectrum of investors, from individuals to financial advisors to institutions. We offer deep dives into key topics, including return expectations and risk perceptions, active vs. passive investing, and global retirement security. Our goal is to go beyond the numbers and offer insight that helps fuel more meaningful client conversations.

Our focus reports include:

  • Model portfolios
  • Generation X
  • Millennials
  • Retirement plan participants
  • High-net-worth investors
  • Natixis strategist outlook
  • Global Retirement Index
  • Fixed income pulse survey


A research program with global reach

Research from Natixis Investment Managers is a primary source of data on investor sentiment and behavior globally, and is frequently cited by the world’s financial press.

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Meet the team

Dave Goodsell 

Dave Goodsell is Executive Director of the Natixis Center for Investor Insight and author of the Center reports. He oversees a team of independent and affiliated researchers, analysts, and writers to track major developments across the markets, economy, and investing spectrum to understand attitudes and perceptions influencing the decisions of individual investors, financial professionals, consultants, and institutions. A veteran financial writer and frequent speaker, Goodsell joined Natixis Investment Managers in 2001.

Stephanie Giardina 
Program Manager

Erin Curtis 
Assistant Program Manager

Jessie Cross
Assistant Vice President

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