At SimplyBiz DFM, we support discretionary investment managers and wealth managers by providing scalable and expert commercial, regulatory, systems, operational risk and distribution support to meet our clients’ evolving business needs. Our work helps our clients to operate more effectively, with less risk, allowing them to scale and service more clients.

Helping to simplify the complex

We understand that the demands and strains on the senior management teams of discretionary firms can be considerable. SimplyBiz DFM offers a wealth of understanding and support to simplify the complex, provide insightful advice born from real-world experience, and help alleviate the strain. We operate across the full spectrum of firms: from start-ups, to boutique and smaller investment managers, to large complex Wealth Management and DFM groups. Whether it is obtaining your first DFM authorisation, providing industry leading specialists regulatory health checks, in-depth compliance and risk reviews, helping you to improve your distribution, or providing strategic advice, our mission is to help you achieve your goals efficiently and effectively.

Understanding the support you need

Our team of senior directors will work with you to understand your needs and build a bespoke solution for the individual needs of you and your business. Our team has decades of experience and demonstrable track records in helping significantly grow and improve discretionary businesses, both as board-level practitioners and external advisors. Furthermore, our services are supported by a team of industry experts, dedicated to providing you with the support you need when you need it.
Our clients have access to the very best regulatory support, extensive learning and development programme and an array of business development and proposition support, including best of breed technology.

The five biggest issues we are helping DFMs with today.

As the leading provider of regulatory support to DFMs, we have complied a list of the top five issues we are supporting firms with today:

  1. How to prove compliance with Consumer Duty and reduce regulatory risk; creating the proper compliance, Management Information (MI), and governance processes that will withstand direct regulatory scrutiny.
  2. Having sufficient discretionary investment governance and specialist regulatory review. Our team have sat in the risk and investment committees of leading wealth managers and can help optimise your processes and identify and reduce regulatory risk around suitability, target markets, and PROD. Generalist compliance support will miss significant issues on the strategy and suitability side - are you working with experienced director-level specialists?
  3. Identifying and supporting vulnerable clients. Vulnerable customer criteria and approaches are constantly evolving. Are you following best practice?
  4. Ensuring the firm has fully implemented IFPR across all aspects of the business.
  5. Conducting best-in-class full 'healthcheck audits' and workshops to help businesses become safe and scalable. The greatest risks to firms come from the “unknown unknowns”. Are you aware where you stand against the regulations and peer group comparisons? Our UK-wide understanding of the current regulatory focuses and industry best practices provide an objective independent benchmarking for your business.
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To talk to us about SimplyBiz DFM,
please call the team on 01484 443 431 or email info@signature.co.uk