Pocket Risk Blog

Helping Financial Advisors Know Their Clients – Risk Profiling, Client Psychology, Behavioral Finance, Compliance

A successful financial advisory business is far from just offering financial advice. While many would think that that’s naturally the main offering, that’s just one part of the business. And your picture will not be a complete one without the other important chunks. In this article,...

You want people to make money. You want people to come to you with their money problems. That’s what brings you business, right? Awesome. But how will you get there that’s the main question? Being a financial advisory firm, your expertise must lie in helping people...

It is easy to make mistakes. And, in the financial field, it can be very easy to disturb the delicate balance of an investment or even the firm-client relationship. These mistakes can be due to many factors, such as inadequate resources, lack of information and,...

Risk tolerance is one of the main components of the financial risk assessment process. And yet, despite the importance of this part of the process, the questionnaires built and produced to track the amount of risk tolerance that a client can bear are highly inefficient. This...

There has never been a better time to start a financial advisory firm than now. Reasons include the fact that the technology that is at hand for the financial industry has never been more advanced and more in-depth. There are also other great reasons. But, with...