Investment Compliance Services
Acuity Knowledge Partners’ (Acuity’s) Investment compliance support across pre- and post-trade monitoring, guideline interpretation and coding has enabled Investment compliance functions to do more with less. We help our clients protect themselves against reputational and financial risk because of guideline breaches and regulatory misses.
We enable our clients to manage increasing demands on their teams by providing customized managed services solutions that deliver operational efficiency, and significant cost savings.
Our team of experts have a unique combination of skill sets, they are tool agnostic and have extensive experience in order management/compliance systems such as Bloomberg AIM, Ion’s (LZ) Sentinel, Charles River Database (CRIMS), ThinkFolio and BlackRock’s Aladdin. They also bring deep domain understanding of Investment compliance monitoring functions and knowledge of global regulations such as the Investment Company Act of 1940, UCITS, Inv-G, ERISA, FINRA, the Securities Act of 1933, SFC, MPFA, FSA and APRA.
Who we serve
Investment Compliance Services Support we offer
- Onboarding new funds and client accounts (institutional, private client and general accounts)
- Interpreting and analysing guidelines (IMA, prospectus, SAI, etc.)
- Creating and/or adding rules on investment compliance platforms
- Account hierarchy mapping, process flows and documentation
- Quality check and simulation testing for validation of rules and their output
- Revising/amending guideline mandate
- Testing and auditing rules
- Rule optimisation and/or updating rules in line with system enhancements
- Standardising rule coding through universal rules and rule libraries
- Scrubbing existing accounts to incorporate new logic and enhancements
- Account termination or closure process
- Creation and maintenance of watch lists, restricted lists and permitted lists
- Miscellaneous list creation reviews and updates
- Counterparty checks (allowed/restricted)
- Pre and Post-trade monitoring, to ensure no violation of guidelines due to executed trades or other factors such is inadequate data and market movements
- Monitoring notifications to portfolio managers or client account managers to take corrective action in the event of a violation
- Root cause analysis of investment guideline violation alerts
- Standardising the process through best practices and standard templates
- Responding to ad hoc queries and requests from the portfolio management team
- Trend and volume analysis reports
- Data science tools for analysis and resolution of major contributing alerts
- Responding to custodian emails in the event of a difference in coding or monitoring methodology
- Monitoring and reporting on manual guidelines (exception management)
Investment Compliance Services Support we offer
- Onboarding new funds and client accounts (institutional, private client and general accounts)
- Interpreting and analysing guidelines (IMA, prospectus, SAI, etc.)
- Creating and/or adding rules on investment compliance platforms
- Account hierarchy mapping, process flows and documentation
- Quality check and simulation testing for validation of rules and their output
- Revising/amending guideline mandate
- Testing and auditing rules
- Rule optimisation and/or updating rules in line with system enhancements
- Standardising rule coding through universal rules and rule libraries
- Scrubbing existing accounts to incorporate new logic and enhancements
- Account termination or closure process
- Creation and maintenance of watch lists, restricted lists and permitted lists
- Miscellaneous list creation reviews and updates
- Counterparty checks (allowed/restricted)
- Pre and Post-trade monitoring, to ensure no violation of guidelines due to executed trades or other factors such is inadequate data and market movements
- Monitoring notifications to portfolio managers or client account managers to take corrective action in the event of a violation
- Root cause analysis of investment guideline violation alerts
- Standardising the process through best practices and standard templates
- Responding to ad hoc queries and requests from the portfolio management team
- Trend and volume analysis reports
- Data science tools for analysis and resolution of major contributing alerts
- Responding to custodian emails in the event of a difference in coding or monitoring methodology
- Monitoring and reporting on manual guidelines (exception management)
How we are different
Experience
We implement industry best practices for pre- and post-trade monitoring, rule testing and documentation to create an efficient and robust process framework, ensuring a flawless and sustainable compliance culture.
Systems expertise
We are tool-agnostic and are experienced in compliance systems such as Sentinel, Charles River Development, IMS, Bloomberg AIM (CMGR and VMGR) and BlackRock‘s Aladdin Compliance Bench.
Technology-driven solutions
We have tools to help digitise investment guideline rule extraction, rule annotation, multiway gap analysis, stress and risk testing and reporting. Our experts deploy modern technology to ensure superior analysis, efficient workflow and robust and auditable controls.
Customization
We provide simulation and real-time validations for portfolio compliance, migration and/or conversion of investment compliance systems. We conduct efficiency studies for process enhancement, strengthening controls and clearing up bottlenecks for cost-effective process management.
Process optimisation
We conduct deep-dive analyses to design efficient investment compliance operating models for gap analysis (in terms of regulatory changes) and incorporate the changes to make the solution more efficient and effective in any compliance environment.
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Meet our experts
Rahul Narsian
Director, Investment Compliance
Rahul manages the Investment Compliance division, and is responsible for expanding and stabilizing the investment compliance team and enhancing the client experience. He has 10 years of experience in asset management compliance. He previously worked with firms including AXA, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Asset Management.
Jehan Jeyaretnam
Director, Head of Compliance Services
Jehan is global head of Compliance Services, serving buy- and sell-side clients. He was previously the head of global projects and transitions — equity, and led all inbound scoping requests and delivery solutions for buy- and sell-side clients. Jehan managed the setup and transition of several large engagements, including lift-and-shift of processes for clients across multiple work streams. He has over 17 years of experience in investment research and analysis, compliance, project management, audit control and systems implementation. He has led large projects and teams across multiple work streams and global locations and is a Certified Investment Advisor (Colombo Stock Exchange)
Puneet Prakash
Director, Product Head, Compliance Support
Puneet Prakash is the product head of the firm’s Compliance Services business unit. He is responsible for strategizing and creating optimal solutions for the firm’s Compliance clientele, globally. He has over 15 years of experience in financial services and knowledge offshoring. He has previously worked with firms such as TCS and WNS. Puneet holds an MBA (Finance & Marketing) from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, India
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