25 years of Dow Jones Risk & Compliance

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A quarter century ago, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance started with a customer question. A Swiss bank asked its Factiva account manager for help: its compliance team needed a way to…

A quarter century ago, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance started with a customer question. A Swiss bank asked its Factiva account manager for help: its compliance team needed a way to spot politically exposed persons (PEPs), and there was no ready-made list anywhere. Nobody on the team was quite sure what a PEP was yet, but they got to work anyway. The first product was a spreadsheet covering the 60 highest-risk countries, produced by a team of 16 researchers in London.Today that spreadsheet has grown into a global business helping customers manage financial crime, sanctions, corruption, trade and third-party risk, with Factiva’s content collection at its heart.

“Our business is a force for good. There is a positive mission and vision there, and we’re solving customer problems and protecting them.” John EdesonVP, Product Management

“We are making a difference in the world and ultimately eradicating corruption. Knowing that we all play a role in that, it really makes me proud.”

“We have stuck to our founding ethos, which was to provide quality data, through regulatory change, geopolitical change and changing technology.”

Happy Anniversary from Dow Jones Risk & Compliance. Here’s to the next 25 years!

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