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RQC Group’s compliance specialists expertly guide you through FCA authorisation, SEC and CFTC/NFA registration. We deliver ongoing compliance support, training, health checks and reviews to help you with all your regulatory requirements.

FCA Compliance

Authorisation

Our FCA applications team has collective experience in completing over 500 FCA applications. With team members having previously worked at regulators, in-house and consultancies, we provide you with industry-leading insight into all sides of the process.

We minimise your workload, gathering information that allows us to tailor a comprehensive FCA application pack on your behalf.

We will:

  • Assess and review your proposed regulated activities
  • Draft your regulatory business plan
  • Help you complete all required FCA forms and accompanying documentation
  • Guide you on Senior Manager applications and SMCR requirements
  • Assist with prudential matters such as financial forecasts and where needed the ICARA and wind-down plan
  • Provide key compliance documents required for the application submission
  • Assist in the application submission on the FCA’s Connect system

Once submitted, we will guide you through communications with the FCA.  This includes:

  • Assist with drafting written responses to FCA queries
  • Strategic advice on optimising engagement with the FCA
  • If required, attending meetings with the FCA
  • At the end of the process, advice on transitioning to FCA authorisation status

Ongoing compliance support

Delivering ongoing FCA compliance support is core to RQC Group’s work, enabling us to gain deep insight into your operations and deliver tailored, strategic guidance. We help you distinguish between regulatory requirements, best practice and industry standards empowering smarter, more confident business decisions.

Monitoring takes place in RegteQ®, RQC Group’s online, user-friendly and auditable RegTech platform.

Our experts will help you meet your regulatory obligations by providing:

  • Appropriate policies and procedures
  • A compliance monitoring programme, including its development and maintenance
  • Strategic compliance planning
  • Periodic monitoring meetings
  • Marketing and financial promotions reviews
  • Regulatory and compliance advice
  • FCA reporting
  • Assistance with FCA correspondence and interaction
  • Regulatory horizon scanning

Health checks and projects

For ongoing reassurance and to stress-test changes within your business, take advantage of our health checks and tailored projects.

Our services include:

  • Variation of permission applications
  • Change in control applications
  • Mock audits
  • Compliance health check reviews
  • Targeted ‘deep dive’ compliance reviews
  • Policies and procedures gap analyses
  • Assistance with compliance remediation projects
  • Regulatory changes compatibility review

Compliance Training

We deliver industry-leading CPD-certified FCA Compliance training courses online and also provide in-person training. Straightforward and engaging, our content is proportionate to each individual’s training needs, offering best value and being respectful to your employees’ time.

SEC Compliance

Registration

Leveraging our extensive experience, we help firms navigate SEC registration and notification requirements with clarity and precision.

Our team will work closely with you to help you develop and implement robust policies and procedures that meet SEC standards.

We will:

  • Conduct a review of your business to confirm that all material elements are accurately disclosed to the SEC
  • Draft ‘Form ADV’
  • Provide compliance policies and procedures that meet SEC obligations
  • Develop a compliance monitoring program suitable for the size and complexity of your business

We will also support you with any post-submission correspondence from the SEC.

Ongoing compliance support

We have extensive experience providing ongoing SEC compliance support, enabling us to deliver strategic tailored guidance.

Our approach helps you navigate the nuances of regulatory obligations, best practices, and industry standards—empowering you to make informed and effective decisions.

Monitoring takes place in RegteQ® , RQC Group’s online, user-friendly and auditable RegTech platform.

Our experts will help you meet your regulatory obligations by providing:

  • Reviews and updates of compliance policies and procedures
  • Compliance monitoring program, including its development and maintenance
  • Periodic monitoring meetings
  • Annual compliance training
  • Annual compliance reviews
  • Form ADV amendments
  • Form PF filings
  • Marketing material reviews
  • Targeted compliance testing
  • Guidance with ad hoc regulatory queries
  • Assistance with regulatory examinations
  • Regulatory updates

Annual reviews and projects

Our senior consultants will help you remain compliant with the SEC’s regulations, supporting you with:

  • Assessment and development of risk-based policies and procedures
  • Targeted training
  • Thematic reviews
  • Annual compliance reviews, in accordance with Rule 206 (4)-7
  • Policies and procedures gap analyses
  • Mock audits and interview preparation

CFTC/NFA Compliance

Registration

Our NFA registrations team will smoothly coordinate the preparation, filing and project management of your CFTC registration, as administered by the NFA.

We will:

  • Draft and file Form 7-R
  • Draft and file Form 8-R for Principals, Associated Persons and Branch Managers, as required
  • Assess proficiency requirements for Associated Persons
  • Provide compliance policies and procedures that meet NFA expectation
  • Develop a compliance monitoring program suitable for the size and complexity of your business

We will also support you with any post-submission correspondence from the NFA.

Ongoing compliance support

Our expert team will provide ongoing compliance support to help you continue to understand and uphold your regulatory requirements.

Monitoring takes place in RegteQ®, RQC Group’s online, user-friendly and auditable RegTech platform.

Our experts will help you meet your regulatory obligations by providing:

  • Reviews and updates of compliance policies and procedures
  • Compliance monitoring program, including their development and maintenance
  • Periodic monitoring meetings
  • Draft Form 8R filings required for Associated Persons and Principles
  • Assistance with Form CPO-PQR and Form CTA-PR
  • Marketing materials review
  • Regulatory filings and NFA annual updates
  • Guidance with ad hoc regulatory queries
  • Assistance with regulatory examinations
  • Regulatory updates

NFA reviews and projects

Our senior consultants will support you with:

  • Assessment and development of risk-based policies and procedures
  • Reviews of NFA Self-Examination Questionnaire
  • Policies and procedures gap analyses.
  • Thematic reviews


Accessible

All courses are accessible on our bespoke web or app platforms immediately upon purchase.

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Automated

All courses are delivered through fully-automated, interactive online visual solutions.

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Affordable

Courses cost from as little as £20 per Learner per Course, or £6 per Learner on Subscription.

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Certified

A certificate is issued on successful completion of all courses for compliance-filing and all UK courses are CPD-certified.

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Measurable

All courses include regular ‘Check Your Knowledge’ sections throughout and an end-of-course Quiz.

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Fast

Courses take from 30 to 90 minutes to complete and can be viewed and completed in multiple sittings.

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Purchasing, Onboarding & Volume Discounts

You can purchase any combination of our broad range of e-Learning courses and onboard multiple users in your Firm, in just four quick and easy online steps:

  1. Select the courses and add them to your Basket
  2. Checkout and purchase your course(s)
  3. Sign In and Register your relevant employees/Users
  4. Allocate all your registered employees/Users to their course(s)

We’ll help you connect the dots with clear prompts and assistance throughout this quick and easy four-step process, which includes applying automated Volume Discounts depending on the number of courses you purchase, as follows:

Number of courses Volume Discount
10 – 24 Courses 2.5% Discount
25 – 49 Courses 5% Discount
50 – 99 Courses 7.5% Discount
100 – 149 Courses 10% Discount
150 – 199 Courses 12.5% Discount
200 – 249 Courses 15% Discount
250 – 299 Courses 17.5% Discount
>300 Courses 20% Discount

You will receive an enrolment email for each Course you sign Users up to.

Once registered and enrolled onto their course(s), your employees/Users will each receive a welcome email inclusive of their login credentials/instructions together with a separate enrolment confirmation for each of their courses.

All Clients have access to a centralised User Dashboard with Live Reporting on the progress of all your enrolled employees/Users and from where you can download all your employees/Users Course Certificates once they have successfully completed their courses. This is clearly explained in our Power User Guide, downloadable from your Account.

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