Countering Client Anxiety With Risk Scores Rooted in Reality
Market volatility is par for the course in investing—yet it can still catch your clients off guard. When markets dip or volatility prevails, investors often let their emotions rule, sparking feelings of anxiety (and even panic). This can lead to a premature sell-off, which can drastically reduce their returns in the long run. Case in […]
Why Risk Preference and Risk Capacity Need to Be Scored Separately
Risk tolerance questionnaires have traditionally consisted of questions that produce one score centered around risk preference or attitude, which advisors then use to create portfolios or record the rationale for how they match clients to specific firm models. This can often create misalignment as it may not expose the entire reality of an individual’s overall […]
Why Fact-Based Multidimensional Risk Capacity Is a Superior Approach for Financial Advisors to Profile Their Clients
Advisors have traditionally used risk tolerance questionnaires and basic timelines as the basis for portfolio recommendations. Unfortunately, these practices are riddled with flaws. As outlined below, including and prioritizing risk capacity offers a far superior method in advising clients with their investments. The Pitfalls of Risk Tolerance Questionnaires Risk tolerance, or preference, is based on […]
Why Today’s Modern Advisor Needs Their Online Risk Tolerance Questionnaire To Be Part of an Integrated Fintech Platform
Gone are the days a risk assessment should be conducted on paper or in a spreadsheet. These processes are cumbersome, slow, and prone to inaccuracies. Recognizing these problems, the founders of TIFIN Risk spent over five years creating a tool that integrates with leading broker-dealers and custodians, as well as complimentary fintech partners. We focused […]
How the Right Risk Profiling Can Help You Close Clients (No, Really!)
As discussed in our article Traditional Risk Tolerance Questionnaires Lead to Inaccurate Risk Appetite, risk tolerance questionnaires help mitigate biases and emotional subjectivity in investing decisions. But risk profiling through TIFIN Wealth’s Risk Alignment tool takes it a step further. Unlike other questionnaires that only provide one aspect of risk at a time, our platform […]
If You’re Only Looking at Traditional Risk Tolerance, You’re Missing More Than Half of the Equation
At TIFIN Wealth Risk Alignment, we’ve introduced a better way to quantify risk. The usual risk tolerance questionnaire for advisor includes questions about how your client feels about money and investing. This score has traditionally been the predominant, if not the sole, factor in creating a portfolio for clients. This risk tolerance methodology was a […]