Advice documents
Paraplanner Request
A document to communicate with paraplanners about client needs, adviser recommendations and specific document preparation requirements.
Paraplanner request template
Paraplanner Request
- 01
Administrative Details
- 02
Service Requirements
- 03
Background Information
- 04
Subject Matter and Scope
- 05
Goals and Objectives
- 06
Strategy and Product Summary
- 07
Alternative Strategies
- 08
Risk Profile
and 4 more sections
The problem
Why the Paraplanner Request takes so long today.
Without Claras
Paraplanner briefs are written from memory after the meeting, which is why the first draft comes back with questions and the SOA waits another week.
With Claras
Claras prefills the request from the strategy meeting and the fact find: client summary, scope, objectives, current position, proposed strategy and fee disclosure. Where you have not stated a strategy, anything Claras suggests is clearly marked as suggested for review.
Structure
How the Paraplanner Request is laid out.
These are the sections of the Paraplanner Request template in the Claras library, in the order they appear. Each section is drafted on its own from the sources you select. Conditional sections only appear when the advice covers them, and a licensee template can replace or reorder any of them.
Use it whenever a paraplanner, in house or outsourced, is preparing the Statement of Advice. Where no strategy is provided, any suggestion Claras makes is marked as suggested for review.
- 01
Administrative Details
Paraplanner firm, practice, adviser and AFSL details, client information, presentation date, FSG version and AML risk category.
- 02
Service Requirements
Turnaround time, whether product research, working papers or insurance quotes are needed, and the strategy areas in scope.
- 03
Background Information
Key background, special circumstances, time critical elements and any modelling required.
- 04
Subject Matter and Scope
Why the client is seeking advice, the areas included and the areas scoped out with reasons.
- 05
Goals and Objectives
Goals by priority, timeframe and funds required, with a summary of the current financial position.
- 06
Strategy and Product Summary
The recommended strategies and products, a better position statement, and the risks and consequences.
- 07
Alternative Strategies
The alternatives and product alternatives considered, and why they were not selected.
- 08
Risk Profile
Each client’s risk profile and target asset allocation, with notes.
- 09
Fee Disclosure
SOA, implementation and ongoing adviser fees and commissions, with payment method and any special arrangements.
- 10
Product ReplacementConditional
Existing and new product details and the justification for each replacement.
- 11
Compliance Checklist
Required documentation, target market determination and Code of Ethics confirmation.
- 12
Declaration and Terms
The adviser declaration and sign off.
Sources
What Claras draws on.
You choose which materials are relevant. Claras reads the parts of them that each section of the Paraplanner Request needs, and shows you the sources behind each section.
- The strategy meeting
- The fact find
- Research and product comparisons you attach
Controls
The same controls on every document.
- Fixed wording inserted word for word, where you turn it on
- Adviser and licensee details drafted from your practice profile
- Review guidance on every drafted section: light, standard or careful
- Personal information removed before anything reaches the AI, by default
- Version history on every document
- Word export in your branded template
Your templates
Make the template yours.
Owners, managers and advisers can create and edit document templates under Templates. Start from the library, your own Word file or a description, then adjust any section heading or outline. Add or refine a section with AI, move sections up or down, and choose the export style that brands the Word file.
Use a library template
Open the template library, pick one and use it. Claras makes a separate copy your practice owns and can edit.
Upload the one you already use
Upload your existing template and Claras builds an editable template from its structure. Then turn on fixed text for the wording that must not change, and upload your Word file as an export style for the branding.
Describe what you need
Tell Claras what the document is for and it generates the sections, outlines and conditional rules for you to refine.
Square brackets are instructions
Inside a section, text in [square brackets] tells Claras what to write. Plain text guides the wording, and fixed text locks it.
Lock fixed text
Turn on fixed text for a section and the wording outside brackets, like your AFSL, phone number or disclaimers, is inserted word for word.
Conditional sections
Mark a section conditional and it only appears when the advice covers it, so one template serves every scope.
Version history and updates
Every change is versioned and can be restored. When a library template you copied improves, review the summary and apply it while keeping your edits, or skip it.
Licensee templates
Templates from your licensee.
Claras sets up licensees’ approved templates for the practices under their licence. If yours is on Claras, you draft from the exact structure they signed off, and they keep control of it.
Select your AFSL
On the Licensee tab under Templates, choose the AFSL your practice operates under. If your licensee has templates in Claras, you can request access.
Your licensee approves
The licensee sees which of their templates your practice uses and when. No client information is shared in either direction.
Their templates appear in your list
Their templates show in the Documents tab under Templates with an Official badge, and anything added in the last week is marked new.
- The licensee controls the content. Their edits reach every practice as soon as they are made.
- You can apply your own export style so the Word file carries your branding, or keep the licensee’s.
- You can duplicate a licensee template into an editable copy only where the licensee allows copies.
- If a connection ends, documents you already created stay available. New documents and regenerating sections from that template stop.
Licensee not on Claras yet?
Start from the Claras library or upload your licensee’s Word template as your own. When your licensee joins, we set up their approved versions for every practice under the licence.
Who it is for
Built for advisers. Governed by licensees.
For advisers
Draft your next document from the meeting you just had.
Record or upload the meeting, pick the template and review the draft. Your first file notes are free and there is no credit card to enter.
For licensees
Share your templates with your advisers.
Send us your approved SOA and ROA templates and we set them up, with the wording that must not change marked as fixed. Every adviser under your licence drafts from the same structure.
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