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CORE EXPERTISE

KYC & Due Diligence

INDUSTRY

Capital Market

Use Cases

Automated Screening to Safeguard Pre-Trade Decisions

Capital market firms must screen counterparties and key individuals to avoid sanctioned entities, high-risk jurisdictions, and reputational damage. Failure to detect such risks can result in severe regulatory penalties. Automated and continuous screening safeguards pre-trade checks, ongoing monitoring, and regulatory reporting obligations.

Workflows

Sanctions Screening

Screening companies, directors, and shareholders against global sanctions lists during onboarding, pre-trade checks, and ongoing monitoring, with immediate alerts for list changes.

PEP & High-Risk Individual Identification

Identifying politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their associates using both global and regional datasets.

Proprietary Watchlist Integration

Extending screening with proprietary databases such as Handshakes RED List, incorporating enforcement actions from 25+ Asian regulators.

Key personas

Relationship Managers

Regulatory Officers

Compliance Managers

Handshakes APP

Interconnection Map

Mapping connections among shareholders and directors across local and ASEAN borders across multiple degrees of association.

Entity Profile Report

Detailed business report containing key company information, address, shareholders and past charges from official sources.

Procurement Check

‘Powered by our company registry data, this feature allows you to upload your vendor list (up to 50 people or companies at a time) for a quick conflict-of-interest check. Easily visualise how they are connected, directly and indirectly, to your internal staff and stakeholders. The perfect tool for verifying both employees’ and vendors’ declarations of independence and detecting potential risks.

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KYB Services

Identification & Verification (Upcoming)

Search and verify information of persons and companies against official sources.

Screening

Screen persons, companies and their connected parties against Politically-Exposed-Persons (PEP) / Sanctions list.

Corporate History (Upcoming)

Historical analysis of company records such as past ownership, business activity changes and more.

Corporate Network (Upcoming)

Network pattern analysis of extended connection of corporate relationships to identify potential risks.

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Handshakes XPERT

Custom Reports

Based on client requirements, our XPERT services team can deliver custom reports featuring specific data points — such as historical charges, ownership details and other relevant data — on a list of target companies identified through Local Registration Numbers e.g. UEN number.

Alert Monitoring

Get email alerts on leadership changes by adding counter-parties to your list. Available for Singapore data only.

One World

For users who are subscribed to two or more datasets such as Corporate Registry in Singapore, Malaysia, Capital Markets and S&P Global Market Intelligence, the OneWorld Feature is automatically unlocked to display connections across these datasets for a comprehensive analysis of searched entities.

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