Build sharper target universes
Build searches around the exact market you want: for example, active investment managers with UK MiFID indicators and a recently appointed SMF16.
Compliance consultancies
Turn a regulated-firm universe into a BD-ready target list.
Use Hackford to join FCA and SEC registration, permissions, proprietary classifications, senior-manager roles, Companies House signals, relationships, and monitoring into cleaner client-development and advisory workflows.
90,000+
FCA-regulated firms searchable
82,000+
senior managers tracked
4,000+
role changes monitored monthly
Use cases
Workflows for compliance consultancies.
Each workflow starts with a specific market question and turns the answer into a list, monitor, export, or client-ready brief.
Join firms, people, and filings
Move from a firm population to an exportable list with SMF16, SMF17, MLRO, director, NED, and size context without manual VLOOKUP work.
Prioritise timely conversations
Monitor selected firms and people for role movement, permission changes, requirements, fines, AR/principal changes, and financial-pressure indicators that create timely reasons to speak.
Example searches
Questions your team can ask in Hackford.
These are starter searches. Each can be narrowed by market, location, permission, role, firm type, or recent change.
Payments and e-money firms with active PSD/EMD status, MiFID indicators, and current SMF16 or SMF17 contactsFCA firms also found in SEC adviser data, filtered by classification, AUM, and UK permissionsFirms with recent control-function movement, new requirements, or other evidence-backed compliance-pressure signals
FAQs
Practical details.
Can Hackford replace official register checks?
No. Hackford supports research, segmentation, and monitoring workflows. Formal regulatory checks should still be verified against the official register.
Can consultancies export the data?
Yes. Hackford is designed around searchable views, saved lists, and exportable datasets for advisory and market-mapping work.
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Explore adjacent workflows.
See the workflow with your market.
Bring a target segment or regulatory question and Hackford can show the searches, lists, and exports that fit it.
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