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Reconciling Self-Assessed with Psychometric Risk Tolerance: A New Framework for Profiling Risk among Investors

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  • Camilla Mazzoli
  • Fabrizio Palmucci

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Financial advisors need to assess their clients’ risk profile to properly manage their portfolio risk and comply with regulatory provisions. Assessing an investor’s financial risk tolerance (FRT) is a challenge in the advisory process and none of the existing measures can be easily employed on a large scale. Previous literature has revealed a gap between self-assessed and psychometrically assessed measures of FRT (PA_FRT) but has not yet offered a solution to fill this gap. Thus, we propose a model that consistently estimates the PA_FRT by leveraging retail investors’ self-assessment and other information typically submitted in standard bank questionnaires. Our model represents a promising tool for financial advisors looking to improve their customers’ risk profiling.

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  • Camilla Mazzoli & Fabrizio Palmucci, 2025. "Reconciling Self-Assessed with Psychometric Risk Tolerance: A New Framework for Profiling Risk among Investors," Journal of Behavioral Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(2), pages 201-214, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:hbhfxx:v:26:y:2025:i:2:p:201-214
    DOI: 10.1080/15427560.2023.2271108
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