WHAT WE DO

Companies need to comply with a range of regulations, including money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions and counter-terrorism financing laws. They are also coming under increasing pressure to consider the environmental, social and governance implications of their operations.

Our compliance due diligence reporting gives you rapid insights into business integrity and compliance risks, without delay to your operations. 

Risks can arise throughout the business cycle, for example:

  • A company may unknowingly handle laundered funds if it accepts an investment from a corrupt client or associate
  • A multinational corporate with a long supply chain may be unaware that its representatives are paying bribes on its behalf
  • A company may breach sanctions obligations if it does not monitor changes to the beneficial ownership of its partners

The penalties for failing to comply with integrity regulations are severe. Companies can face punitive fines and serious reputational damage. At worst, a company may lose its licence to operate or be blacklisted.

Our multilingual regional teams leverage industry-leading open-source intelligence analytics and a global network of country and industry contacts, providing you with the insights you need to make the right decisions quickly.

Our services include:

  • Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Due Diligence. Many of our financial sector clients, from boutique private banks to global wealth management firms, require detailed due diligence to support on-boarding processes for higher-risk customers and counterparties, focusing on source of wealth, reputational concerns and political exposure. Our specialised due diligence reports identify key wealth creation events, sources of liquidity and provide analysis of financial crime risks.
  • Third Party Due Diligence. We help corporate clients make informed decisions around third party relationships. We provide information to help our clients understand the integrity of suppliers, contractors, partners, agents and other third parties, assessing bribery and corruption, fraud, regulatory, reputational and sanctions risks.
  • Background Checks. Our intelligence gathering can support companies making key hires and appointments. Our background check reports include comprehensive document verification, independent reference checks and enquiries, and detailed public-record analysis to ensure the integrity of hires.
  • Investor Due Diligence. Our dedicated team provides due diligence and training support to citizenship-by-investment and investor-visa programmes run by government agencies worldwide. Learn more.

 

 

 

WHY S-RM

Specialism & experience. For over a decade, we have been serving clients across a wide range of industries, including corporate, financial services and non-profit sectors, among others. Our experience, combined with a focus on up-to-date regulatory requirements and client-specific needs, results in market-leading due diligence reports that are comprehensive, clear and reliable.

Global expertise. Our analysts speak over 30 different languages fluently and come from a wide range of backgrounds in finance, law, professional services, journalism and government. They bring genuine regional specialism to their work and are expert at identifying, analysing and contextualising information on subjects worldwide.

Client service. We respond rapidly to requests, provide timely updates on critical findings and can deliver high quality expedited due diligence reporting to clients. Our ability to deliver intelligence to compliance teams flexibly and within short timeframes helps them meet deadlines and navigate their own busy commercial environments.

CLIENT SUCCESSES

We are the principal due diligence provider for several global investment banks across Europe, the US and Asia. We have longstanding, trusted relationships with the financial crime and legal teams of these banks, and have completed more than 3,000 due diligence reports for one Tier 1 investment bank alone since 2015. The market-leading quality and turnaround times of our reporting enables clients to make critical business decisions with minimal delay.

We manage third party and supply chain risks for major multinational corporations. Our clients include industrial companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and Fortune 500 consumer goods and telecoms companies. We conduct due diligence on our clients’ third parties, partners and suppliers worldwide, helping them reduce their exposure to reputation, bribery and corruption risks. Our work enables multinationals to operate and expand in challenging jurisdictions and protect their customers and brands worldwide.

We are a trusted due diligence partner for several government clients. Our citizenship and visa clients rely on our work to make decisions which are critical to maintaining the integrity of their programmes. We provide robust reviews of the security, reputational, legal, and fraud risks for applicants and work side-by-side with our clients to develop custom due diligence reports tailored to their needs.

We carry out in-depth background checks on individuals due to be appointed to senior positions, such as the directors of publicly-listed companies. We validate career histories and corporate interests, and look for any non-declared affiliations, negative track records or legal and regulatory red flags. We provide background checks for NOMADs bringing companies to markets such as the LSE or AIM, as well as background checks on fund management teams for investment managers in the USA and Asia.

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