Trade Compliance



SightSpan provides compliance consulting services to address institutional, retail, employee and MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) monitoring and surveillance using a holistic and risk-based approach. Our professional team is capable of producing work product in multiple languages and is well positioned to work both remotely or on-site with your team.

Trading Compliance Program Highlights:

  • Establish and/or enhance Institutional Surveillance and comprehensive Compliance programs for sales and trading practices and control room surveillance across all business lines and products including scenario reviews and tuning
  • Establish and/or enhance Retail Surveillance addressing organization-wide Know Your Customer and Suitability requirements
  • Establish and/or enhance Employee Surveillance including conflicts of interest, policies and trading fraud detection programs
  • Review, create and analyze transactions rules mapped to meet the organization’s employee trading policies and procedures
  • Establish and/or enhance MiFID Surveillance programs to ensure complete compliance with MiFID. This initiative addresses best execution, suitability, client order handling, transaction reporting and conflicts-of-interest

Risk Assessment ~ Auditing ~ Independent Testing ~ Quality Assurance

  • Provide Independent Testing and Auditing of AML and Compliance Programs
  • Evaluate Existing Risk Models; Enhance and Design New Methods of Evaluating Risk
  • Incorporate Best Practice Methodologies Focused on Quality Control and Program Maintenance
  • Provide Assessment and Reviews Based on Risk for Private Sector and Government Agencies

International Sanction Programs

  • Create Sanctions Program Repository
  • Enhance Existing Sanctions Program Design; Incorporate Risk Decision Processes
  • Establish/Enhance Filtering and Surveillance Processes

Compliance Training

  • Complete Training Programs Focused on Local, Regional and International Regulations
  • Customized Training Across Compliance Programs
  • Web Based Training programs designed to meet individual company program and risk

Compliance Technology Portfolio Management

  • Design Strategic Risk-based Roadmaps for Compliance Technology Programs
  • Perform Current State Technology Reviews; Establish and Enhance Reporting Processes
  • Provide Vendor Requirements Gathering Processes, Review and Selection, Installation and Product Upgrades

Process Re-engineering and Cost Management

  • Provide Process Improvement Expertise: Six Sigma and Lean Processing Strategy Specialists


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