Suitability Report Best Practice Archives

How signposting can help control the length of your suitability reports

Kate Wells - 20th June 2017

Learn how you can easily signpost to third party documents within Genovo to help control the length of your suitability reports.

Rory Percival: What you should and shouldn’t be including in your suitability reports

Ed Evans - 23rd July 2015

You’ve probably noticed of late that Rory Percival, FCA Technical Specialist, appears to have been on a one-man mission to dispel some of the myths that have grown up surrounding suitability reports, and provide some much needed guidance on what should and shouldn’t be included within them….

Do you need to include other products considered but discounted in your suitability reports?

Ed Evans - 1st June 2015

Whether suitability reports should include a summary of all possible products that could in theory have met the client’s objectives together with the reasons why they were not recommended has been hotly debated amongst advisers, paraplanners and compliance officers for many years now.

Client Objectives in Suitability Reports: What the FCA Expects of You

Ed Evans - 24th February 2015

The importance of including personalised objectives in your suitability reports and why you shouldn’t rely on generic, stock statements that frequently remain unchanged.

FCA Suitability Report Guidance: What does the regulator expect from you? Part II

Ed Evans - 3rd December 2014

The FCA has recently updated their Suitability Report Factsheet. This factsheet is essential reading for individuals who prepare suitability reports and / or monitor the quality of suitability reports prepared by others.

FCA Suitability Report Guidance: What does the regulator expect from you? Part I

Ed Evans - 19th November 2014

What is the difference between a disadvantage and a risk warning?

Ed Evans - 15th October 2014

The regulator expects you to give equal weighting to the upsides and downsides of your recommendations. Therefore you must include both disadvantages and risk warnings in your suitability reports.