Regulatory Compliance
Our Paracompliance Service is compliance support reimagined.
Instead of rigid consultancy, we provide practical, collaborative support that fits seamlessly into your operations.
Think of us as your compliance partner; helping you design processes, implement controls, and meet regulatory standards without the overwhelm.
Our goal is simple: to unburden your team, so compliance becomes a strength, not a struggle.
Service Details
File Reviews and Case Support
We undertake bespoke reviews of client files with practical, meaningful feedback.
We focus on doing things better, not just ticking boxes.
We will help youy identifiy vulnerabilities, inconsistencies, and areas for improvement.
Above all, this is about helping you effectively communicate your advice, to your clients, with the peace of mind that you know they have the best chance of understanding it.
We can work with you on all levels of advice and are happy working with your own file checking process. Or you can use ours!
What's important is that what we do supports you in giving the best advice.Due Diligence and Provider Assessment
We offer comprehensive due diligence to support you with all aspects of your financial planning service.
The service will vary depending on your specific needs. All our due diligence assessments are unique to your business, you won't just get a template report.Types of due diligence recently undertaken have included:- Platforms- Cashflow modelling solutions- Tax advantaged investments- Sustainable Investment portfolios- Greenwashing reviewProcess Design and Update
Keeping on top of regulatory change can be challenging. We are here to help.
If you want to update your processes to reflect changes in regulator, or changes to your business, then we will work with you to make sure that what you say you do on paper is what you do in practice.
We won't just give you a template and send you away to fill it out. We will be with you every step of the way to make sure your processes are the way they need to be for your business.
Ongoing Compliance Support
We can help you manage your ongoing compliance burden. We know that sometimes the reports from compliance consultants can sit there gathering dust (virtually or physically).
We are here to support you in getting the job done, so you know everything is under control.
Compliance should be about:
- effective and clear policies and processes,
- regular reviews of what your business does, and why
- ensuring you are keeping on top of regulatory change.
It should not compromise your ability to deliver your services and the outcomes your clients want.
Our paracompliance approach, is not about telling you what to do, its about working with you, providing expert support.
Targeted Support
We don's just work with firms who need regular support. We know that sometimes what you need is some help with a particular area.
This might mean asking us to come in and help with something specific such as:- Process Design Consultancy
- Research & Due Diligence
- Monitoring and Ongoing Suitability Reviews
- Quality Assurance and Advice Reviews
- Process Design Consultancy
Investment Committee Support
We can provide independent support with your Investment Committee including:
- Acting as a critical friend or impartial chair.
- Developing research into Social, Sustainable, Impact and ESG Investments.
- Helping you with and providing structure and calrity to your research.
- Assisting you with updating, reviewing or documenting your Central Investment Proposition.
- Supporting your research and due diligence process on tax efficient investments such as EIS, SEIS, VCT and Business Relief schemes.
- Acting as a critical friend or impartial chair.
Pricing
Advice Quality Checking
£275caseOur advice quality checking service is valued by firms who want to know that they are giving their clients the best advice.
Firms who want our support for the purpose of improving the quality of their advice value the comprehensive approach we take to reviewing advice. This service is appropriate for those who want to refine their recommendations, improve their communication and ensure that the advice they are giving on paper reflects the conversations they are having with their clients.
This service does NOT include the review of Defined Benefit Transfer recommendations.Paracompliance:
Monthly Service£1,000monthOur ongoing Paracompliance service is valued by financial planning firms who want to secure our services on a regular basis.
The fee covers the cost of 1 day of support per month.
As the service requires an ongoing commitment by both you and Unburdened, this service is offered as a discount to purchasing services on an ad-hoc basis.Paracompliance: Quarterly Service
£333monthFirms who do not require support on a monthly basis can opt to receive 1 full day of support every quarter instead.
Paying for this monthly helps spread the cost while ensuring that you still receive the support you need.
This is offered at the same cost as the monthly service as we do not believe that there should be a price disadvantage to those firms who do not need our support as often.Due Diligence Service
£1,200per dayWe offer comprehensive due diligence to support you with all aspects of your financial planning service.
The cost of this service will vary depending on your specific needs and the extent of our involvement.
Types of due diligence recently undertaken have included:
- Platforms
- Cashflow modelling solutions
- Tax advantaged investments
- Sustainable Investment portfolios
- Greenwashing review
The overall cost will be agreed in advance of any work commencing.Procedural Updates
£1,200dayThis service is included as part of the ongoing Paracompliance service but can be offered on an ad-hoc basis if required.
This service can cover any aspect of your business processes and has been used for:- Advice Manual Updates- Training & Competency Process Updates- Compliance Manual UpdatingProcess Design
£1,200dayThis service is included as part of the ongoing Paracompliance service but can be offered on an ad-hoc basis if required.
This service can cover any aspect of your business and has been used for:
- Sustainable finance implementation
- Change in ownership
- Review Process ImprovementFile Completeness Checks
£75caseOur file completeness checking service is valued by firms who want to know that their files are complete and that the advice is justified.
Firms who want our support just for the purpose of checking their files are complete value the thorough approach we take to reviewing file completeness, whether for just a Personal Pension or ISA switch, or something more complicated.
This service does NOT include the review of Defined Benefit Transfer recommendations, nor does it consider the appropriateness of the recommendation or provide guidance on improvement of language and framing.
Courses.Unburdened
We will be launching a training portal for clients of Unburdened in 2025. Contact us for more information!
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