What Is PIRP?
A risk profile that belongs to the investor.
Portable Investment Risk Profile (PIRP) is an independent investment risk profile created by the investor — not the financial institution. It is designed to be owned, controlled, and shared by the person it describes.
Independent
Created and maintained outside of any financial institution — free from commercial conflicts of interest.
Owned by you
The investor holds the profile. Not the bank. Not the broker. You can share it, update it, or withdraw it.
Portable
One profile that works across institutions. No more starting from scratch every time you open a new account.
When opening an investment account, financial institutions assess an investor's risk profile to meet regulatory suitability requirements. Investors complete a risk assessment questionnaire, and the resulting profile is created, maintained, and stored by that institution, making it difficult to reuse with another provider.
PIRP introduces a different model. Investors create a single, independent investment risk profile, retain ownership of it, and decide when and with whom it is shared. Importantly, they share only the resulting profile—not the underlying questionnaire responses or other sensitive personal information.
Why PIRP Was Created
The current system was built for institutions — not investors.
Today's investment risk profiling process has structural weaknesses that reduce fairness, consistency, and transparency for retail investors.
01
Every institution does it differently
Banks and brokers each use their own questionnaire and methodology. Two investors with identical financial situations can receive completely different risk classifications depending on who they consult.
02
Profiles are not portable
When you move from one institution to another, your risk profile does not travel with you. You start from scratch every time. The history of your assessments stays locked in the previous institution's system.
03
Investors rarely own the result
The profile created during onboarding belongs to the institution — not the investor. Most investors cannot access, download, or share their own risk profile.
04
Conflicts of interest exist
When a financial institution both profiles the investor and recommends products to sell, there is an inherent risk that the profiling process is influenced by commercial interests rather than the investor's genuine needs.
Client Ownership
Your profile. Your rules.
PIRP puts the investor at the center. You are not a passive subject of a profiling process — you are the owner of your profile.
Create your profile
Answer the standardized questionnaire once. Your profile is generated and stored under your control — not inside a bank's system.
Share selectively
When a financial institution requests access, you review and approve or decline the request. Nothing is shared without your explicit consent.
Update at any time
Life changes. Your financial situation, goals, and risk tolerance may evolve. You can update your profile whenever you need to.
Revoke access
If you withdraw from a relationship with a financial institution, you can revoke their access to your profile immediately.
Investor
You
Investor controls all access to profile data
Portability
One profile that works everywhere.
Under the current model, every institution creates a separate version of your risk profile. PIRP replaces the fragmented system with a single investor-controlled profile that can be shared selectively.
Today — Without PIRP
Three institutions. Three separate profiles. Each profile is owned by the institution — not the investor. None are portable.
With PIRP
Investor
One PIRP Profile
shares with
One profile. Controlled by the investor. Shared selectively with multiple institutions. Revocable at any time.
Standardization
One methodology. Consistent for everyone.
A standardized risk assessment ensures that every investor is evaluated fairly, using the same framework regardless of which institution they are dealing with.
01
Expert-designed methodology
PIRP's assessment methodology is developed by investment professionals and researchers — independent of any commercial institution. It is not designed to favor any particular product or outcome.
02
Consistent evaluation
Every investor is evaluated using the same questions, the same scoring model, and the same methodology — regardless of which institution they eventually work with.
03
Comparable outcomes
A standardized approach means that risk classifications can be compared across institutions and over time — making it easier for both investors and regulators to understand and verify results.
Why does consistency matter? Without a common standard, two investors with identical financial situations and goals can receive entirely different risk classifications depending on who they consult. Standardization makes comparisons possible and results credible — for investors, advisors, and regulators alike.
The PIRP Ecosystem
Four components. One connected system.
PIRP is more than a questionnaire. The ecosystem connects investors, financial institutions, platform operators, and regulators through a structured, transparent, and auditable infrastructure.
Consumer
Mobile Application
The investor-facing app where individuals create their PIRP profile, manage sharing permissions, review access history, and update their profile over time.
For investors
Financial Institutions
Institution Portal
The web portal where financial institutions request access to investor profiles and integrate PIRP data into their onboarding, advisory, and compliance workflows.
For banks & brokers
Platform Operations
Administration Platform
The operational platform where PIRP administrators manage the assessment methodology, configure platform settings, and onboard participating institutions.
For platform operators
Oversight
Regulatory Portal
A dedicated interface for regulators and supervisors to audit access records, review methodology documentation, and verify the integrity of the platform.
For regulators
How the ecosystem connects
Investor
Mobile App
Core
PIRP Platform
Broker Integration
How financial institutions use PIRP.
A financial institution integrates with PIRP through a dedicated portal. Profile data is only accessible with explicit investor consent. There are two access modes depending on the nature of the relationship.
One-Off Access
A single, approved request
The institution requests access for a specific interaction — for example, to complete an onboarding process or review investment suitability for a particular product. The access expires after the agreed period.
Investor contacts or visits the financial institution.
Institution submits a profile access request via the PIRP portal.
Investor receives a notification in the PIRP mobile app.
Investor reviews the request and approves or declines.
If approved, the institution can view the profile for the agreed duration.
Access automatically expires when the period ends.
Continuous Access
Ongoing approved access
For longer-term advisory relationships, the investor can grant ongoing access to their profile. The institution is automatically notified if the profile is updated.
Investor and institution establish an ongoing advisory relationship.
Investor grants continuous access in the PIRP mobile app.
Institution can view the profile at any time during the relationship.
Investor is notified each time the profile is accessed.
If the profile is updated, the institution receives a notification.
Investor can revoke continuous access at any time, immediately.
In both cases, the investor is always in control. No institution can access profile data without an explicit, current approval — and every access event is recorded.
Regulatory Transparency
Full visibility — for investors and regulators alike.
Transparency is not an optional feature in PIRP — it is a design principle. Every access event, every profile change, and every sharing decision is recorded and verifiable.
PIRP provides investors with a clear record of who has accessed their profile and when. This level of visibility does not exist in traditional suitability processes — where investors typically have no insight into how their profile data is used.
For regulators, the audit trail provides structured evidence that can support compliance reviews, supervisory inspections, and dispute resolution — without relying on ad-hoc institution reporting.
Access history
Every time an institution accesses an investor's profile, the event is recorded with a timestamp, institution name, and purpose. Investors can view this log at any time in the mobile app.
Audit trails
All platform events — profile changes, methodology updates, access grants and revocations — are stored in a structured audit log accessible to authorized regulators.
Sharing records
Investors can see exactly which institutions hold current access to their profile, when that access was granted, and when it expires or was revoked.
Regulatory oversight
The regulatory portal gives supervisors direct, structured visibility into platform activity — supporting ongoing oversight, enforcement, and market integrity monitoring.