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Surfacing risk flags & investment opportunities.

Inside a century-old wealth management advisory with more than $400 billion in assets under management — and how fifteen years with LexisNexis turned adverse-media monitoring and enhanced due diligence into a strategic advantage.

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Finanzdienstleistungen

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Private Banking: Investment- und Wealth Management

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Weltweit mit Niederlassungen auf mehreren Kontinenten

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BY THE NUMBERS

A century of resilience — now powered by data-driven foresight.

An institution that has navigated world wars, booms, busts and shifting geopolitics — underpinned for the last fifteen years by LexisNexis research, data and risk intelligence.

$400bn+Assets under management

The scale of wealth safeguarded for clients worldwide.

100+ yrsOf market resilience

Adapting through a century of economic and geopolitical change.

15Years with LexisNexis

A relationship built on research, data and responsive support.

13Wolfsberg Group banks

Setting the global standard for adverse-media screening.

private bank partnership with LexisNexis

AT A GLANCE

Key takeaways from a fifteen-year risk and due-diligence partnership.

  • $400bn+ in assets safeguarded by a century-old wealth management advisory.
  • Adverse media monitoring elevated from a compliance obligation to a strategic edge.
  • Nexis Diligence+ & the Nexis Data+ API combined for faster, sharper risk screening.
  • Sophisticated entity matching reduces false positives across global media sources.

THE SITUATION

Capturing a holistic view of the financial landscape.

Over the past century, the landscape of private banking and wealth management has undergone significant transformation. World wars, economic booms and busts, shifting geopolitics, technological revolutions — this venerable institution has navigated them all, constantly adapting to continue to thrive.

A key factor in the advisory’s endurance is a forward-thinking approach rooted in cutting-edge research and analysis to pinpoint the megatrends shaping the financial markets over the long term. With more than $400 billion in assets under management, the advisory understands the importance of a decision architecture built on a strong foundation of research and analysis.

Recognising that the future of finance lies in the ability to forecast and adapt to global shifts, the advisory has placed a strategic emphasis on data-driven foresight — to remain at the forefront of wealth management and help secure its clients’ investments against emerging market volatilities.

The future of finance lies in the ability to forecast and adapt to global shifts — turning a strong foundation of research and analysis into a durable competitive advantage.

THE CHALLENGE

Racing against risk in fast-paced, highly regulated markets.

The globalisation of its client base, coupled with an ambitious expansion strategy marked by acquisitions, demanded a more robust data and technology infrastructure — and far sharper risk management.

Operating within a highly regulated environment, the advisory faced stringent compliance requirements and heightened expectations around adverse media monitoring. The Wolfsberg Group, an association of thirteen global banks, recommends rigorous negative news screening as part of comprehensive due diligence — and legislation across jurisdictions increasingly mandates it.

The sheer volume of data required for effective analysis rendered manual processes obsolete, underscoring the urgent need for sophisticated research tools to quickly drill down to the details analysts need to inform strategy.

THE SOLUTION

Two solutions, one enhanced view of risk.

LexisNexis pairs an intuitive due-diligence workspace with an API that feeds adverse media straight into the advisory’s own systems — out-of-the-box tools with the flexibility to adapt as the firm’s needs evolve.

Nexis Diligence+™

Built-in search refinement lets analysts quickly surface negative news, beneficial ownership, PEPs and sanctions, and ESG ratings on a visual dashboard — enabling rapid risk assessments, alerts for high-risk prospects, and customised reports that substantiate the firm’s risk-management efforts.

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Nexis® Data+

Adverse media content delivered straight into the advisory’s own systems by API. Sophisticated entity matching reduces false positives, while customisable keywords align monitoring to a risk-based approach — working in combination with Diligence+ to strengthen due-diligence research, particularly adverse-media surveillance.

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THE VERDICT

Out-of-the-box solutions with flexible customisation give the advisory the best of both worlds — intuitive tools that adapt as users’ needs evolve, on a strong foundation of enriched data.

Frequently asked questions

Operating in a highly regulated environment, the advisory faced stringent compliance requirements and heightened expectations around adverse media monitoring. The Wolfsberg Group — an association of thirteen global banks — recommends rigorous negative news screening as part of a comprehensive due diligence strategy, and legislation across jurisdictions increasingly mandates the practice.

Two, working in combination: Nexis Diligence+ for accelerated risk screening and enhanced due diligence, and the Nexis Data+ API to ingest adverse media content directly into the firm’s own systems — with sophisticated entity matching and customisable keywords.

Built-in search refinement technologies let analysts quickly surface negative news, beneficial ownership, PEPs and sanctions, and ESG ratings on a visual dashboard. Teams can run rapid risk assessments, define and distribute alerts for high-risk potential clients, and create customised reports to substantiate their risk-management efforts.

The adverse media feed offers sophisticated entity matching to reduce false positives, plus customisable keywords to align monitoring to the firm’s risk-based approach. Delivered by API, it works alongside Nexis Diligence+ to enhance due-diligence research and analysis — particularly the monitoring of adverse media.

The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Directives and regulators across the Asia/Pacific region have all emphasised adverse media monitoring as a way to further mitigate risk — prompting the advisory to ingest adverse media content from LexisNexis via API.

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