Have you asked yourself any of the following questions?

• Are my organization’s resources being utilized effectively?
• Are my current compliance resources capable of supporting and staying abreast of new FINRA and SEC regulatory requirements?
• Is there a quicker, more effective method to handle regulatory compliance processes?
• Does my team have the regulatory and compliance expertise to do what is expected by regulators?
• Is our operating platform functioning for optimum costs?

Outsourcing to a Securities Compliance Consultant has become a tried-and-tested model, now recognized as a long-term competitive strategy for a broker-dealer’s success. The question is not ‘WHY outsource to a Securities Compliance Consultant’, but ‘WHY NOT outsource to a Securities Compliance Consultant’.

Primary Reasons for Outsourcing

Outsourcing as we know it today is merely a progression of an idea that has existed since early days of trade.

As companies grow in size and operations, it becomes increasingly clear that their focus has to be redirected to their core activities. The non-core functions can be ‘sent out’ or ‘outsourced’ to vendors specialized in that particular function, especially when that function is attempting to comply with FINRA and Securities Exchange Commission rules and regulations.

Why Outsourcing Works

Have you found yourself asking the question, “who is helping me with all of my compliance responsibilities?” You can effectively outsource any of the following activities to Taurus Compliance Consulting, LLC:

Continuing Education Training	Business continuity planning	Compliance manuals	Anti-money laundering procedures
Mock FINRA audits	Web CRD filings	Training manuals and needs analysis	State registrations
Investment Advisor registration	Written supervisory procedures	SEC mandated accounting audits	FOCUS preparation and filing
Broker/dealer registrations	Broker/dealer financial and operations principal (FINOP) outsourcing	Net capital computation

Strategic Reasons for Outsourcing

1. Focus on Core Business Functions: Companies that outsource securities regulatory compliance experts are capable of focusing more energy on their core competency.

2. Increased Focus on Mission-Critical Success: Outsourcing securities regulatory compliance processes to external third party ensures that an organization’s internal resources are freed up for more mission-critical activities.

3. Lower infrastructure costs or Overhead: Companies that outsource some securities regulatory compliance functions find that expensive infrastructure requirements are cut back drastically as some of the functions move to external locations by outsourcing these functions to external vendors, companies can keep their investments in these areas very low.

4. Access to the capabilities of Compliance Professionals: Apart from the financial benefits associated with outsourcing compliance, companies also leverage this methodology to have solutions delivered by teams that have securities regulatory compliance expertise. Outsourcing gives companies access to the world-class capabilities of compliance professionals.

Tactical Reasons for Outsourcing

Controlling Operating Costs: Improve operational performance: Companies outsource to vendors who have domain expertise in the outsourced process. Their experience in the field translates into greater operational efficiencies for the outsourcing company.