Gill Hutchison: The long and the short of risk profiling
Risk-profiling and asset allocation tools
Gill Hutchison: "Risk profiling is a multi-faceted task that must take account of an investor's attitude to risk, time horizon and ability to withstand losses."
Risk-profiling tools have become embedded more widely into advisers' investment processes in recent years but, asks Gill Hutchison, what does this mean as and when any market mean reversion occurs?
Risk-profiling and asset allocation tools have received some mixed press over recent years, especially after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) highlighted that, in its view, some tools had "flawed...
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