Genovo Suitability Report New Features & Updates July 2017

Team Genovo

Here’s a summary of the new updates and features you’ll discover the next time you log in to the Genovo suitability report app.

App

Module	Feature	Update / Enhancement
Report Library	Report Type	It is now possible to change the Report Type of an existing report i.e. change a suitability report to an (annual) review report or vice versa. Read more....
Provider Library	Providers and descriptions	We've reviewed and updated all of the standard providers and their descriptions.
Attitude to Risk Profiles	Standard pre-loaded ATR profiles	We've reviewed and updated the following ATR profiles: - Distribution Technology (Verbatim) - Elevate (1-7 scale) - Elevate (1-10 scale) - Finametrica (5 risk groups) - Finametrica (7 risk groups)
Investment Strategy	Add a new investment and save it to your Investment Library	We've added a new button Save & add to Library so you can add a new investment to an investment strategy AND also save it to your Investment Library for future use with just one click. Read more...
Covering Letter	Date	We've changed the date format from 01/07/2017 to 1 July 2017.
The downloaded report	All section sub headings	We've uncapitalised all of the sub-headings within the report.
The downloaded report	Format and layout of the Executive Summary section.	The display order of the review and recommendation plan summary tables in the Executive Summary is now dynamic and will mirror the order the sections appear in the Report Builder.
The downloaded report	Recommended Action field in the Executive Summary	The preposition (e.g of, from...) at the end of the selected Recommended Action (e.g switch the underlying investments of) will be automatically removed from the Recommended Action field in the review plan summary tables in the Executive Summary.

Section Wizards

Section(s)	Step(s)	Update / Enhancement
Review of Your Existing Protection Plans	Recommended Action	We've added a new recommended action: Retain and change the level of benefit provided by
Review of Existing Investments	Recommended Action	We've added new recommended actions: - Switch the underlying investments and start drawing an income from - Bed and ISA and switch the model portfolio of - Switch the model portfolio and start drawing an income from - Bed and pension
Review of Existing Pension Plans	Recommended Action	We've added a new recommended action: Switch the underlying investments and draw benefits directly from
Review of Existing Retirement Income Plans	Recommended Action	We've added new recommended actions: - Start drawing an income from - Switch the underlying investments and start drawing an income from
Review of Existing Investments New Investment Recommendation	Plan Summary	We've added the following new plan: Help to Buy ISA
Review of Existing Investments New Investment Recommendation	Plan Summary	We've updated the names of the following investments: - Business Relief IHT Scheme - Business Relief IHT Scheme ISA
Drawing Benefits From Your Pension Fund	Income Sustainability	Following feedback we've changed the label of the field in the income sustainability table to Recommended Investment Strategy 5 Year Annualised Return %.

Report Content Manager

Section	Snippet Name	Update / Enhancement
Review of Your Existing Pensions	TV Guarantee Date (DB Only)	We've slightly amended the wording of this snippet.
Review of Your Existing Investments	Further Info (bed & pension)	This is a new snippet that will be triggered when the bed & pension recommended action is selected.
Drawing Benefits from Your Pension Fund	Why Provider Cancellation Notice Cancellation (investment element)	We've extended the rules associated with these snippets so they're not included in a report when a "draw benefits directly from" recommended action is selected in the Review of Your Existing Pension Plans section.
Risk Warnings	AIM Investment Business Relief IHT Scheme	We've slightly amended the wording of these snippets to reflect the change of name from Business Property Relief to Business Relief.
Appendix - Defined Benefit Pension Transfer Analysis	Title & Opening	We've added some extra wording to this snippet.
Appendix - Defined Benefit Pension Transfer Analysis	Critical Yield	We've slightly amended the wording of this snippet.
Appendix - Defined Benefit Pension Transfer Analysis	1) Fund Required to Purchase Annuity 2) Hurdle Rate	These are 2 new snippets that we've added following the publication of the FCA's CP 17/16 on Advising on Pension Transfers and recent changes made to the Selectapension TVAS report.
Appendix - Product Notes	Business Relief IHT Scheme	We've slightly amended the wording of this snippet to reflect the change of name from Business Property Relief to Business Relief.
Appendix - Product Information	Help to Buy ISA	This is a new snippet that will be triggered when the corresponding product is selected in the investment review and /or recommendation sections.
Appendix - Technical Notes	Pensions	This snippet has been updated to reflect the announcement that the Finance Bill will be introduced as soon as possible after the summer recess and the proposed changes to the MPAA will be applied retrospectively; as well as the recent changes to the State Pension Age.

Please remember the changes we make to the report template will only take effect in your reports automatically if the Genovo version of the snippet is selected as active in your Report Content Manager (it is by default).  For more information about the Report Content Manager and updating of snippets check out the Genovo Knowledge Base.

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