Author Archives: Paul Resnik
20 Due Diligence Questions For the Provider of Your Firm’s Risk Tolerance Test
In recent months we have been asked by a number of advisers what questions might be included in their firm’s assessment of a risk tolerance test. Up front we must admit that we do have a vested interest in the … Continue reading
Change and Activities in the UK Gathering Momentum
The UKs RDR restructuring of the financial services supply train is gathering pace. While I suspect that some of the larger players have not fully come to terms with what they need to do, many of their smaller more flexible … Continue reading
Travelling and Learning in the UK
As I travel, and I seem to be doing more and more in recent years, I regularly talk with advisers, compliance professionals, regulators, institutional managers and other service providers in several countries. I am just back in Oz from a … Continue reading
ADAPT: Five Steps to a Suitable ‘Investment Suitability’ Process
Are you uncomfortable with the way your firm’s advisers match investments to clients’ needs? If you are discomfited, you are not alone. Regulators, and by default advisers, around the world are paying increasing attention to the logic and rationale used … Continue reading

