Optima Partners

Optima Partners is an international consultancy in regulatory compliance and cybersecurity for investment firms and other financial organisations. The company states it was founded in 2014 and its office is at 750 Lexington Avenue in New York.

Services Three services are listed: regulatory compliance consulting, cybersecurity advisory and ongoing compliance. Putting cyber risk next to regulatory work reflects the fact that supervisors increasingly ask regulated firms to show both a compliance programme and an information-security framework.

Markets The listed markets are the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, which covers the main financial centres of North America, Europe, Asia and the Gulf.

Who it suits Asset managers, funds, broker-dealers and fintech firms that operate across several of these centres and want a single adviser for compliance and cyber questions. Engagement models and fees are not published, so the scope of ongoing support should be agreed with the company at the start.