Navigating regulation with clarity, not chaos

A clear path through financial regulation.

Compliance Compass helps banks, asset managers and fintechs translate complex regulation into practical, sustainable controls — without slowing the business down.

Schedule a 30-minute intro
New clients onboarded within 4 weeks
15+ years in regulatory & financial compliance
30+ jurisdictions covered across EU, UK, US & APAC
98% of clients retain us year-over-year
Services

What Compliance Compass actually does.

We are a specialist boutique — not a generalist consultancy. Our work is hands-on, documentation-heavy and always grounded in the specific rules your business is subject to.

Regulatory gap & readiness assessments

A structured review of how your current controls align with regulatory expectations, including upcoming rule changes and supervisory themes.

  • End-to-end review of policies, procedures and monitoring
  • Interviews with compliance, risk, operations and front office
  • Clear heat-map of strengths, weaknesses and blind spots
  • Prioritised remediation plan with realistic timelines

Design & remediation of compliance frameworks

We translate findings into a practical, scalable framework your teams can actually work with day-to-day — not a 200-page PDF no one opens.

  • Policy suite design for AML, market abuse, conduct and more
  • Definition of roles, responsibilities and reporting lines
  • MI packs and board reporting that tell a clear story
  • Support during regulator interactions and remediation tracking

Ongoing advisory & project support

On-demand access to senior compliance expertise for product launches, new licenses, transactions or “can we do this?” questions from the business.

  • Day-to-day advisory on new products and counterparties
  • Regulatory horizon scanning tailored to your footprint
  • Support for internal audit and supervisory reviews
  • Interim and fractional Head of Compliance / MLRO mandates
Approach

Structured, but not bureaucratic.

Our engagements follow a consistent method so stakeholders know what to expect. The detail is tailored to your size, risk profile and regulatory perimeter.

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We assume that time and attention are scarce resources. Our role is to concentrate them on the few areas that will make the greatest difference in your next regulatory conversation.

Orientation & scoping

We clarify objectives, regulatory perimeter, group structure and key stakeholders. You get a concise scope, timeline and list of artefacts we’ll need.

Typically 1–2 weeks from kick-off.

Discovery & analysis

Document review, workshops and sample testing to understand how policies operate in practice, not just how they are written.

We focus on evidence regulators will actually ask for.

Findings, design & implementation support

You receive a risk-prioritised set of findings, draft documentation and optional support to put changes in place and brief senior management.

We stay involved through to sign-off, not just the slide-deck.
Clients

Built for regulated financial firms.

Most of our clients are mid-sized institutions: complex enough to attract supervisory attention, but lean enough that compliance has to be pragmatic.

Asset & wealth managers Investment firms & broker-dealers Retail & challenger banks Payment & e-money institutions Fintech & embedded finance Insurance & intermediaries Family offices & private investment vehicles
Perspective

Recent themes in our work.

We don’t publish generic newsletters. Instead, we keep a short list of topics we are actively working on with clients right now.

Regulatory change
Designing control frameworks that can survive the next rule change.

How to separate what is regulator-specific from the underlying risks, so you avoid a full rewrite every time a consultation paper lands.

Updated quarterly ≈ 6-page briefing
Data & MI
Turning compliance data into a story your board can actually act on.

Moving from long dashboards to 3–4 key indicators that explain where risk is increasing, where it is controlled and what you plan to do next.

Workshop format 1–2 days
Cross-border
When “passporting” turns into shadow licensing risk.

Questions regulators now ask about cross-border models, client segmentation and where real decisions are being made in the group.

For legal & compliance Briefing note
About

A small team of senior practitioners.

Compliance Compass was founded by former in-house Heads of Compliance and regulatory specialists who have sat on both sides of the table — implementing rules and reviewing them.

  • Plain language. We write for busy executives and supervisors, not for other consultants.
  • Evidence-driven. We focus on what can be demonstrated, documented and tested.
  • Independent. We are not tied to any technology vendor, law firm or audit firm.
  • Discreet. Many of our mandates sit alongside sensitive regulatory conversations.
Contact

Let’s see if we’re a fit.

Share a few details about your firm and the regulatory questions on your mind. We’ll respond with available times for an initial call and confirm whether we are the right partner.

Practical details

  • Email contact@compliance-compass.com
  • Typical response time Within one business day
  • Engagement locations Remote or on-site by arrangement
  • Languages English (primary), others on request
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