INTERVIEW
Pascal Eber

Pascal Eber, strategy and operations partner, Deloitte, comments on uComply features and talks about Deloitte’s new mutually supportive partnership and its business plans in an exclusive interview with CRO.

CRO : Selection of the right partner is one of the most critical factors for the success of any collaboration. What factors did you have in mind before selecting Sword FircoSoft and Dow Jones for this association programme?

Pascal : Indeed, bringing the right actors together is a bottom line to release a comprehensive and integrated service, not only in terms of features and efficiency, but also in terms of reputation. For us, an affordable and user-friendly service does not mean low quality; this is why we approached two leaders in their market segment. Sword FircoSoft has always been a pure player developing its name matching algorithm since 1995; as a consequence, its watch list filtering solution has been ranked number one since 2003 by Celent Communications. From its end, the Dow Jones Watchlist is an industry leading database which, after having experienced a significant growth during the past years, is used by over 1,000 regulated firms worldwide. This association allows us to release an affordable and best-in-class solution, capitalising on our common experience.

CRO : Which are the main sources or partner firms that will help in generating the data pool for the watchlist filtering functionality of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and Financially Exposed Persons (FEPs) in uComply?

Pascal :Dow Jones, through its underlying brand ‘Factiva’, brings crucial news and information to professionals, together with related content delivery services. The Dow Jones Factiva database relies on more than 10,000 sources, including the exclusive association of Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, dispatches from Dow Jones, Reuters, AFP and Associated Press, as well as company profiles from Reuters Fundamentals and D&B. As a result, the Dow Jones watch list is statistically proven to be the most accurate global PEP source.