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The Business Cycle
What has upswings and downturns, troughs, peaks, and plateaus? Though such terms could easily describe a roller coaster ride, they are also commonly used to describe the business cycle. The business cycle –...
Read MoreTips for Empowering Fearful Investors
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...
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Pinpointing the Crucial Thread
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...
Read MoreSee What Lies Beneath
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...
Read MoreAre Your Clients Seeing Red?
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.
Read MoreDoes Your Firm Have Hot Spots?
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...
Read MoreCheck Off your Obligations with RiskPro®
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...
Read MoreThe RiskPro Integration with Envestnet is Complete!
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...
Read MoreRegulators Are Ready
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...
Read MoreUsing the Data Your Firm Generates - The Right Way
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...
Read MoreExecutive Team Expands
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...
Read MoreRiskPro® Named to 20 Most Promising Compliance Technology Solution Providers 2020 list by CIOReview
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
Read MoreEnvestnet and RiskPro® Announce Enablement of Enterprises to Mitigate Regulatory Risk
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....
Read MoreIs Your Risk Profiling Process Putting Your Firm at Risk?
Historically, investor risk profiling begins with an investor completing a risk tolerance questionnaire and then getting a label like “conservative”, or “aggressive”. We created...
Read MoreRiskPro® Shines a Light on Pricing Discrepancies
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...
Read MoreRiskPro® Proves Pandemic Proof
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...
Read MoreRiskPro® Selects FinMason to Deliver Fixed Income Risk Analytics
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...
Read MoreRiskPro® Enhancements launching for Kovack Advisors at National Conference
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...
Read MoreRiskPro® Cuts Through the FinTech Crowd with Enhancements
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...
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