PRIVATE EQUITY.

Regulatory compliance across your firm's investment lifecycle, from fundraising, scaling, investing and exiting assets.

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OUR PERSPECTIVE.

compliance as performance.

A Private Equity compliance ecosystem should work as hard as its investment strategy.

From the regulated manager to its funds and portfolio, we build and run compliance that gives investors confidence, stands up to the FCA scrutiny, prepares ahead of regulatory change and lets your team get on with performing.

KEY SERVICES,

LEVERAGE OUR EXPERTISE.

Support tailored to managers, funds and their investment portfolio companies, delivered by consultants who work in private markets every day.

OUR CORE SERVICE.

COMPLIANCE OPERATING PARTNER.

A retained compliance team that knows your firm and your portfolio. One ongoing relationship covers day-to-day advice, monitoring and regulatory change, so you are not re-scoping and re-quoting every time a question comes up.

  • A consistent team across the manager and its regulated portfolio companies
  • Day-to-day advisory, compliance monitoring and regulatory change in one relationship
  • Supported by the MyCosegic compliance platform
EXPLORE THE COMPLIANCE OPERATING PARTNER

Managed compliance services

Outsource all or part of your compliance operations to one provider: financial promotions, surveillance, AML. prudential oversight and regulatory reponing. supported by MyCosegic.

FCA Authorisation & permissions

Authorisation and variation of permission for managers, advisers and arrangers, scoped to the activities you actually carry on.

SEC compliance for investment advisers

Compliance programmes, Form ADV and Marketing Rule support for UK managers registered with the SEC or reporting as exempt advisers, joined up with their FCA obligations.

Change in control

Section 178 notifications for acquisitions of FCA­regulated businesses. planned around your deal timetable.

Buy-side regulatory due diligence

Regulatory findings on the target, translated into deal terms and a day-one remediation plan.

Compliance monitoring

Risk-based monitoring programmes that evidence your controls work, for the manager and across the portfolio.

SM&CR

Responsibility maps, statements of responsibility, and certification regimes built for lean deal teams.

Valuation & conflicts governance

Valuation poticy, independence and conflicts frameworks aligned with the FCA's current focus on private markets.

Financial promotions reviews

Pre-publication review of fund marketing. investor presentations and web content against the financial promotion rules, so they are fair, clear and not misleading.

Managed AML/KYC services

Investor and portfolio-asset onboarding run for you, drawing on dedicated financial crime expertise within the Cosegic group.

MLRO services

Interim cover, ongoing support and annual reporting for the MLRO at the manager and fund levels.

Regulatory Reporting

Support with Annex IV and other periodic returns, including data ownership, review and sign-off.

Portfolio Lifecycle Compliance

One retained programme from pre-acquisition through the hold period to exit, protecting valuation and supponing the exit multiple.

Compliance technology

MyCosegic replaces fragmented compliance work with a single operating system where actions, evidence, approvals and oversight live together.

Need something else?

Tell us what you’re working on and we’ll point you to the right support, or build a plan around your firm.

PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGERS.

The manager entity carries its own regulatory load: the right permissions, a senior management framework that holds up, defensible valuation and conflicts processes, and reporting that lands on time. We support UK managers andadvisers from authorisation through to ongoing, retained compliance oversight.

  • Authorisation, variations of permission and SM&CR
  • Valuation governance and conflicts of interest
  • Investor onboarding and financial crime controls

FUNDS.

Each fund carries obligations of its own: investors to onboard and monitor, periodic reporting to the FCA, and a compliance position across its investmentsthat has to hold from acquisition to exit. We support the funds alongside the manager, so fund-level compliance runs to the same standard and within thesame framework.

  • Regulatory reporting, including Annex IV
  • Managed AML/KYC services for investor and asset onboarding
  • Portfolio Lifecycle Compliance, from acquisition through to exit

Rule the
eCOSYSTEM.

Review.

We map the manager, its funds and any regulated portfolio companies; permissions, obligations, existing controls, and where the responsibility sits today.

requirements.

We define one operating model across the ecosystem: who owns what, governance and oversight, reporting cadence and escalation routes.

run.

Our specialists run the agreed services on an ongoing basis, coordinated across disciplines and supported by MyCosegic, so nothing is handled in isolation.

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Our Experts

Meet the Investment Firms team

Stephen Roberts

Stephen Roberts

Managing Director, Head of Investment Firms & Financial Resilience
Daniel Chessher

Daniel Chessher

Director
Colin Iles

Colin Iles

Associate Director
Tom Lockwood

Tom Lockwood

Associate Director
Gary Paulus

Gary Paulus

Associate Director
Joanna Scott

Joanna Scott

Associate Director

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Find answers to the questions we’re asked most often, from our compliance and training services to how we can support your business.

Does our Private Equity firm need to be FCA authorised?

It depends on what the UK entity actually does. Managing funds, advising on investments and arranging deals are regulated activities, and the right permissions depend on your structure, including where the fund manager sits. We map your activities to the permissions you need, and nothing more.

In a challenging fundraising environment, investors conduct rigorous due diligence on a firm's compliance framework before committing capital. A well-structured, audit-ready compliance programme demonstrates organisational credibility, operational discipline, and a commitment to integrity - giving LPs and institutional investors a compelling reason to allocate and maintain confidence throughout the investment relationship.

Compliance obligations around KYC, financial promotions, FCA notifications, and AIFMD can add complexity and time pressure to deal processes if not properly managed. Firms with well-designed compliance frameworks are better positioned to navigate these requirements efficiently, turning compliance into a competitive advantage rather than an obstacle to closing deals and pursuing opportunities.

Common compliance challenges include managing regulatory obligations across multiple fund structures and jurisdictions, maintaining IFPR-compliant capital frameworks, keeping pace with evolving FCA expectations around conduct and financial crime, and ensuring governance structures and internal controls are proportionate to the firm's risk profile. For growing firms, scaling compliance infrastructure to match business growth is a particular challenge.

Cosegic acts as eyes and ears for private equity, venture capital, private credit, and real estate managers in a fast-moving regulatory landscape, interpreting and anticipating regulatory developments across AIFMD, MiFID II, SM&CR, IFPR, and Consumer Duty. From strengthening examination readiness and managing KYC obligations to developing compliance programmes that evolve with regulation, we transform compliance from a potential detractor into a catalyst for growth.

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