Where Strategy Meets Execution
Global Reach, Local Presence
Botsford Associates is a boutique management consulting firm with deep subject matter expertise in capital markets, wealth management, and asset management.
We provide strategic guidance and tailored solutions to our client's most critical and transformative projects globally. Our project portfolio encompasses many initiatives, from complex regulatory changes to operational optimization and digital transformations.
By bridging the gap between business and technology, we enable successful end-to-end execution of innovative strategies and deliver exceptional value with measurable results.
What we do
We are dedicated to deeply understanding our client’s businesses and specific needs and partner closely with them to bring resourceful, impactful, and sustainable solutions that drive long-term success.
As a firm committed to staying at the forefront of technology, we continuously explore real-world applications of big data, predictive analytics, and cloud computing, leveraging these technologies to help our clients capitalize on opportunities for growth in an increasingly competitive market.
Practices
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Regulatory and Compliance Transformation
We guide you through the complexities of regulatory transformation, helping you adapt to achieve optimal efficiency, transparency and sustainable success within the capital markets arena.
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Risk Advisory
We partner with clients to develop robust end-to-end risk management solutions to fit their specific trading strategies and risk tolerance.
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Front, Middle and Back Office Change
We work closely with our client’s business and technology teams across front, middle, and back office operations.
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Mergers and Acquisitions Integration
We lead your firm through the intricacies of M&A transactions to mitigate risks and maximize value, while developing a comprehensive plan that sets your organization up for
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Data and Analytics
Through our expertise, our clients are more effectively building elevated data analytics practices for stronger business intelligence.
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Digital Transformation
As technology rapidly evolves, we partner to bring ongoing support for continued optimization to align business strategy, technology initiatives, and teams for digital transformation success.
Capital Markets
Our leaders draw on experience in project transformation across all levels of business, from design to execution, to enhance operational efficiency, technological infrastructure, cost optimization, and automation initiatives.
Global Wealth and Private Banking
Firms need strategic frameworks that include the flexibility to evolve when crafting new and bold plans to remain resilient and profitable in a constantly shifting landscape.
Asset Management and Insurance
The industry is transforming as rapid digital innovations, market volatility, heightened client interest in ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) investments, and transparency around pricing, all collide to create new challenges.
Retail Banking and Payments
Banking is becoming an increasingly digital and customer-driven world with demands of on-the-go convenience and concerns around data protection at the forefront of a rapidly changing global economy.
Latest Highlights
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OSFI Guidelines B-10 and B-13
On February 22, 2024, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) announced updates to Guideline B-10 on Third-Party Risk Management and Guideline B-13 on Technology and Cyber Risk Management. These changes specify the application of these guidelines to foreign bank branches and foreign insurance company branches operating in Canada, ensuring that their implementation aligns with the legal obligations and regulatory requirements relevant to their activities within the country.
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Increasing Clearing in U.S. Treasuries Regulation
The SEC has seen a drop in the use of centralized clearing for U.S. Treasury transactions in cash and repo markets. To address this, they're enforcing rule changes requiring direct participants of covered clearing agencies (like FICC) to clear specific "eligible secondary market transactions" for U.S. Treasuries.
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AML/CFT Requirements for Investment Advisors
On February 15, 2024, FinCEN issued proposed rules mandating investment advisers to establish anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs and report suspicious activities to address regulatory gaps in the sector.
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CVA Risk Framework
Insights on CVA Risk Differences Between Basel IV and US Basel 3 NPR. Our latest document dives into the complexities of Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) risk frameworks, comparing the forthcoming Basel IV standards with the US Basel 3 NPR, focusing on the Sensitivity-based Method (SBM) and Standardized Approach (SA-CVA).
Careers
Let’s work together.
We are always looking to grow our team.
