| Washington, DC - April 18, 2007 - CFM
Partners, global provider of sophisticated governance, risk and compliance
(GRC) management solutions to the financial services industry, has introduced
Access Compliance, a highly-evolved policy and procedure management
and education solution.
Features and Functionality
Access Compliance is the first full-featured solution to address management,
distribution and employee education in policies and procedures. From the
original authoring to the reporting of employee comprehension, the functionality
available in Access Compliance significantly outstrips the functionality
and effectiveness of common toolsets and content management solutions.
Its patent-pending e-learning functionality, integrated control and comprehension
testing, and automated workflows are combined with the deep industry knowledge
of CFM's regulatory compliance experts to provide financial services companies
with unprecedented ability to manage compliance effectively. This expertise
makes it possible for CFM to "translate" policies and procedures from
legal-ese into plain English, and has been shown to accelerate employee
understanding and adoption.
In summary, Access Compliance . . .
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Is designed exclusively for the financial services industry; |
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Includes Tracking and Control - from authoring to implementation; |
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Leverages patent-pending Push-to-Profile tailored dissemination
of policy and procedure information relevant to each employee; |
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Translates content into "plain English" content
for improved comprehension; |
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Includes both comprehension and control testing; |
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Generates real-time reporting and documentation; |
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Is available in multiple versions specific to the distinct
lines of business and business groups within financial services; |
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Provides almost infinite scalability - Access Compliance
is ideal for a single business unit or an entire global enterprise; |
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Seamlessly integrates CFM's high quality education component
to disseminate, train and test employees on policies and procedures. |
Push-to-Profile: Relevance Increases Comprehension & Compliance
- CFM's patent pending Push-to-Profile functionality makes it possible
to configure information dissemination and training to the roles and responsibilities
of each user, making information easy to find, more relevant and facilitating
both comprehension and compliance behavior. Access Compliance delivers
high-quality, interactive, policy education courses, enhanced by case
studies and scenarios in exceptionally easy-to-read terms and well-organized
formats. Employees receive multiple education courses on products, compliance,
and sales practices. Taking relevance one step further, CFM Partners'
content experts also make sure that information is presented in "plain
English" to facilitate review and understanding.
Tracking and Control - Leveraging CFM's exclusive Tracking and
Control features, Access Compliance provides senior management with automatic,
real-time tracking reports detailing who, how many, how much and when
employees receive, review and demonstrate comprehension of company policies
and procedures. Tracking, control and testing can also be useful during
the development of company policies to ensure the authoring, review and
sign-off process progresses efficiently and that policies are tested against
regulations and procedures are tested against policies.
Benefits
As part of CFM's Tracking and Control, Access Compliance produces
important reporting and documentation. This fulfills an important requirement
of outside regulators by generating an "audit trail" of the
employee dissemination, review and comprehension. Access Compliance ensures
that each employee receives the information that is relevant to their
role and responsibilities. This takes the guesswork out of policy and
procedure dissemination. Access Compliance reports can also be configured
to detail how policies and procedures tie to regulatory requirements.
Despite its many unique features and capabilities, Access Compliance
is the most cost-effective approach to achieving high quality policy and
procedure management. Savings are quickly realized as a result of these
benefits:
- Eliminates the need to pull employees off- task for classroom training;
- Requires no specialized trainers or facilities;
- Makes no demands of existing Information Technology resources;
- Does not require special end-user technology - an Internet connection
is all that is needed;
- Demands no installation or maintenance - can be fully hosted by CFM,
providing users with 24/7 availability.
- Facilitates authoring by providing an efficiently automated review
and sign-off workflow during policy development;
Versions, Pricing and Availability
Access Compliance is now available directly from CFM Partners in multiple
versions, each tailored to the distinct needs of the many segments of
the financial services industry (e.g., Retail Brokerage, Institutional
Brokerage, Registered Investment Advisors, Banking, Insurance, etc.).
Access Compliance is available as a fully hosted solution, or in a format
that resides behind the corporate firewall. Pricing is based on the volume
of information and the number of users. Complete details are available
from CFM Partners.
About CFM Partners
CFM Partners builds, hosts and supports the worldwide Financial Service
industry's most sophisticated and comprehensive Governance, Risk Management
and Compliance (GRC) education and management solutions. Our solutions
set the standard for high quality, reliable, secure, accessible, audience-appropriate
knowledge and information. Offerings include Policy and Procedure Management,
sophisticated GRC learning solutions and custom compliance training tools.
Further information is available by visiting www.cfmpartners.com.

- 24/7 hosted solution - Seamlessly deliver training programs and updates
throughout your organization
- Tailored content - CFM Partners works with your business units to
review, update, and expand your training curriculum
- Testing - Improve and validate learning through interactive tests
- Audit trail - Monitor and document employee progress and performance
with detailed real-time consolidated reports
What if you actually knew . . .
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Your workforce was receiving and understanding the information
they need to do their jobs in compliance with policies and procedures? |
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Your policies and procedures were in compliance with
current regulatory requirements? |
For more information contact: Melissa Macaulay Federico, mfederico@voice-and-vision.com,
PH - 508-359-9800, F - 508-359-2277
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of CFM Partners Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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