Global Hedge Fund Slashes Transaction Reporting Costs
Key Takeaways
- A global hedge fund relied on an ARM with basic validation, leading to longstanding MiFID reporting inaccuracies and high operational costs.
- Qomply introduced advanced quality assurance and validation, quickly identifying and correcting historic reporting errors.
- The firm automated end-to-end QA within daily workflows, improving oversight, issue tracking, and operational efficiency.
- The result was a 65% reduction in costs, a 55% drop in reporting errors, and immediate risk mitigation with stronger governance.
Overview
Discover how a recognised Hedge Fund joined forces with Qomply to streamline reporting.
Challenge
A large Global Hedge Fund was using an ARM to validate and send over 30 million MiFID transactions, annually, to the FCA.
The firm was unaware that ARMs used only the most-basic validation rules therefore there were inaccuracies in their reports dating back to the start of MiFID.
The firm was already spending upwards of 2 million per year for their transaction reporting when considering the fees of the ARM, regulatory operations staff, and compliance experts.
Facing escalating fees to correct historic reports and punitive fees to re-report, they contacted Qomply.
Qomply's platform provided the accuracy and comprehensive validation that we were missing, addressing reporting inaccuracies that had persisted for years. By replacing the ARM's basic validation with Qomply's advanced rules and robust processes, we gained clarity and confidence in our transaction reporting accuracy while significantly reducing costs.
- Compliance Director, Global Hedge Fund
Solution
Within two weeks of onboarding, the firm was sending its remediation files through Qomply’s Quality Assurance. This ensured that the back-reporting/remediation files were accurate.
Once the corrected reports were sent to the regulator, the next step was to integrate the Quality Assurance into the daily processing and remove the rules engine supplied by the ARM.
The firm has now automated end-to-end Quality Assurance into its daily routine. Daily issue tracking, escalation, and resolution are all part of the workflow, along with daily oversight reports for senior leadership.
Impact
- Significant cost reduction: 65% reduction in overall reporting costs
- Significant accuracy improvement: 55% reduction in reporting errors
- Instant risk mitigation
- Demonstrable due diligence in reporting
- Best practices in Governance
How Qomply can help
Qomply’s Regulatory Reporting Hub combines regulatory expertise with AI, automation and data analytics to deliver scalable, audit-ready reporting intelligence that reduces errors, lowers remediation costs, and minimises operational and regulatory risk.
Covering regimes including MiFIR, EMIR Refit, SFTR, CFTC, CSA, MAS, ASIC and HKMA, Qomply also offers a fully managed service and operates globally from London.
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