Compliance intelligence for financial services. Before your documents reach a client.
FAIS, CoFI, and FSCA requirements encoded and applied to every document you produce — records of advice, disclosure documents, fair conduct programmes, and marketing material.
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Active Reviews
AVD-00042
Review in progress · In Review
AVD-00039
Previous review · Complete
AVD-00031
Queued document · Pending
Compliance Review — AVD-00042
Financial Services · Advice & Asset Management · Document analysis complete
Findings
Critical non-conformance identified. Requires correction before approval.
Major deviation from regulatory requirement. Action required.
Incomplete supporting documentation. Cross-reference missing.
Minor formatting non-conformance. Advisory.
The challenge
Every document you produce carries regulatory exposure.
Financial advisers and asset managers produce a continuous stream of client-facing documents — records of advice, replacement justifications, minimum disclosure documents, promotional material. Every one carries FAIS and CoFI exposure. Most practices rely on internal review or outsourced compliance functions that check whether the process was followed. Neither consistently verifies whether the document itself meets the regulatory standard in content.
That is the gap. Avidara encodes the applicable regulatory ruleset — FAIS General Code, CoFI conduct standards, FSCA requirements — and applies it to your documents before they reach a client or a regulator.
Unsupported recommendation
ROA recommends a product the stated needs analysis does not support. A critical FAIS exposure under s8(1)(c) — missed across two internal reviews.
Conflict of interest undisclosed
The adviser holds shares in the product provider. No disclosure made. A mandatory FAIS requirement, absent entirely.
Non-compliant performance claim
Return figure quoted using a methodology not aligned to the ASISA standard. Distributed to over 3,000 clients before the error surfaced.
Outdated regulatory reference
Document cites a superseded Board Notice. Minor in isolation — but signals the document has not been reviewed against current requirements.
What is Avidara
Not a consultancy. A compliance intelligence layer.
Avidara encodes the regulatory rulebook for your industry and applies it consistently, exhaustively, and independently every review. The methodology is universal. Only the ruleset changes per industry.
"The market invested in compliance infrastructure. Avidara addresses compliance intelligence. That is the gap."
The findings are ours. The decisions are yours.
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Speed beyond human capacity
Every PI reference cross-checked, every claim validated, every mandatory element verified — in parallel, not sequentially.
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Exhaustive consistency
No reviewer fatigue. No commercial pressure. The same rigour from finding one to finding fifty — every single time.
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Independence preserved
Avidara flags, analyses, and reports. Your team reviews, validates, and owns every decision. Control stays with you — always.
Documents we review
Every document type. One methodology.
The same structured finding report — graded Critical, Major, or Minor — regardless of document type. The ruleset changes. The rigour does not.
Record of Advice (ROA)
The most frequent high-risk document in the advice industry. Avidara verifies mandatory FAIS disclosures are present, the recommendation is supported by the stated needs analysis, conflicts of interest are disclosed, and all product information is accurate.
Minimum Disclosure Document (MDD)
ASISA and CISCA prescribe the content of MDDs for collective investment schemes. Avidara checks completeness, accuracy of performance figures, risk disclosures, and benchmark representation against the prescribed standard.
Fair Conduct Programme
CoFI requires institutions to design, maintain, and evidence fair conduct programmes. Avidara reviews the FCP against CoFI obligations — identifying which requirements are addressed, partially addressed, or absent — before the FSCA sees it.
Target Market Determination (TMD)
CoFI requires TMDs to be accurate and evidenced. Avidara assesses internal consistency and whether stated target market criteria are actually reflected in the product documentation.
Replacement Advice
A high-risk document with mandatory comparison and disclosure requirements. Avidara identifies every gap against the prescribed standard before the document reaches a client.
Client Communications & Marketing
Investment return claims, product promotions, and market commentary sent to clients. CoFI's fair promotion rules apply. Avidara reviews accuracy, completeness, and compliance before distribution.
How it works
Three steps. Zero ambiguity.
You bring the document. Avidara brings the rulebook. You get a clear, structured finding report before anything leaves your desk.
New Review
Drop your document here
PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, JPG, PNG — max 50 MB
Momentum_WM_ROA_ClientJ_v2.pdf
1.4 MB · FAIS General Code · CoFI Conduct Standards · Ready
Why Avidara
Built differently, by design.
No internal bias
Avidara answers only to the regulatory rulebook, not to commercial timelines, marketing budgets, or launch pressure.
Intelligence, not checklists
Findings come with context — the exact PI section, why it matters, and what correction is required. Not a flag, a path forward.
Control stays with your team
Avidara produces findings. Your team reviews, validates, and owns every decision. We are a prerequisite to your compliance decision, never a substitute.
Universal methodology, vertical rulesets
The same analytical framework whether the document is a pharma PI, a transport permit, or a chemical SDS. Only the encoded ruleset changes.
Consistent at scale
No reviewer fatigue, no variation between team members. The same rigour from review one to review one thousand.
Structured for your MLR file
Every report formatted for direct inclusion in your Medical, Legal and Regulatory record — with version control, outcome status, and sign-off blocks.
Zero Data Retention — by design
All AI processing runs within Avidara's private cloud infrastructure. Your documents are never transmitted outside that environment, never stored after processing, and never used to train any model — by contractual terms and by architecture.
Always current.
Avidara monitors regulatory updates from SAHPRA, EMA, FDA, MHRA, TGA, Health Canada, PMDA, NAFDAC, and others — so the review framework reflects current requirements, not last year's guidelines.
Not in Financial Services?
Avidara serves multiple regulated industries with the same analytical rigour — only the ruleset changes.
Book a review
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Two ways to engage — pick the one that fits your situation, or tell us what you need and we will recommend the right approach.
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