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Tips for Empowering Fearful Investors

Julie Mochan, AIF®

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

There are lots of things to be afraid of in the world we live in, so don’t add yourself to that list. Meaning, most humans have an instinctive aversion to danger, with one of the most feared dangers being that of the unknown. We...

Pinpointing the Crucial Thread

Julie Mochan, AIF®

Thursday, July 15, 2021

RiskPro agrees with big industry voices like the Nerds at Team Kitces about risk tolerance measures being flawed. Michael Kitces has been sounding that alarm for a number of years (see latest ThinkAdvisor article by Jeff Berman).A...

See What Lies Beneath

Jeff Olsen

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

As seasoned financial professionals, we had concerns about unseen risk “lurking” beneath the surface in investor accounts under our management. Unable to find a solution, we created RiskPro to solve the problem. We then...

Are Your Clients Seeing Red?

Julie Mochan, AIF®

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

The visual communication of financial information may not be something you have time to think about deeply, but don’t forget that your clients are taking it in daily…and they may be processing it in a “not so healthy" way.

Does Your Firm Have Hot Spots?

Julie Mochan, AIF®

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

When I was much younger, a mentor once told me to “just save 25% of everything you earn after taxes, and you’ll be able to enjoy a future that many others will not”. After hearing that advice, and before that person...

Check Off your Obligations with RiskPro®

Brooks Marston

Thursday, March 25, 2021

RiskPro is a powerful tool for providing uniform disclosure for ensuring that firms consistently capture and align investor intent with recommended investments. The RiskPro proposal is highly configurable to include firm-specific...

This past November, you learned of an integration that would be available to thousands of Envestnet Enterprise customers in early 2021…. Well, it happened! RiskPro has officially launched our “all-in-one” risk...

Regulators Are Ready

Julie Mochan, AIF®

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Happy 25th Anniversary to the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations! Oh, by the way, OCIE is now called: “Division of Examinations” or just Division of EXAMS. Since 2020 was a rough one when it came...

Using the Data Your Firm Generates - The Right Way

Julie Mochan, AIF®

Thursday, February 11, 2021

As the IoT develops into the internet of everything, it’s critical that the data your firm is responsible for is not just secure, but accessible and translatable into simple actionable dashboards for your advisers, home office...

Executive Team Expands

Cory Kendall

Thursday, February 4, 2021

We are pleased to announce a new addition to our senior staff. Cory Kendall has joined RiskPro as Executive Vice President of Sales. Cory will work alongside other RiskPro leaders to expand adoption and utilization of the next...

Newport Beach, CA – RiskPro®, an investment risk profiling and portfolio construction software developed by edge-computing and RegTech innovator ProTools, LLC, has been recognized as one of the select group of companies featured in the 2020

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. and CHICAGO, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- RiskPro and Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV) announce an integration which will enable investment advisors to build and manage client portfolios with less regulatory risk....

Is Your Risk Profiling Process Putting Your Firm at Risk?

Jeff Olsen

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Historically, investor risk profiling begins with an investor completing a risk tolerance questionnaire and then getting a label like “conservative”, or “aggressive”. We created...

RiskPro® Shines a Light on Pricing Discrepancies

Jeff Olsen

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

On February 19, the S&P 500 reached an all-time high of 3,386. Shortly thereafter investors began to price in the economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, causing the market to make its most abrupt trip ever into bear market...

RiskPro® Proves Pandemic Proof

Nick Scalzo, ChFC, CLU

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Validation Amid a Crisis The outbreak the COVID-19 virus rocked the global economy and financial markets. Understandably, fear and panic spread among millions of investors. Through it all, RiskPro® performed impeccably. From the...

BOSTON, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- FinMason, a FinTech firm and investment analytics provider that enables WealthTech platforms to accelerate development and time-to-market, today announced that it has been selected by RiskPro, a...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct 2, 2019/PRNewswire —The business of financial technology has been progressing at a break-neck pace recently due to start-ups, M&A activity, AI, and even looming government regulations.Amidst swirling...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 25, 2019/PRNewswire — As regulatory agencies try to see eye-to-eye on what is important to investors and the industry, RiskPro® has been busy setting the new standard for what financial entities...