Follow one alert, from a trade to a decision compliance can defend
A client buys shares two days before a takeover is announced. Here is how the capital markets pack and the compliance team handle it. All names and data are fictional.
Step by step
- 01 · Day 1 · Alert
Trading before news.
Harlow Minerals announces a takeover. The pack looks back and finds a client who bought two days before.
AI: scored the trades high and opened alert AL-5531.Assigned to Lena Hartmann, surveillance analyst
kestrel · surveillance · AL-5531Sample dataAL-5531Harlow MineralsHighAlertLinksReviewWallDecisionReportWhat fired- Pattern
- Buying before price-sensitive news
- Client
- 1147
- Bought
- 40,000 shares, 1 Oct
- News
- Takeover, 3 Oct, 07:00
- 02 · Day 1 · Links
The AI links a call to the trade.
The pack reads the client's calls and chats around the trade. A call the day before contains a sentence that matters.
AI: searched 14 calls and 22 chats and linked one call and two chats.For review by Lena Hartmann
kestrel · surveillance · AL-5531Sample dataLinked communicationsAL-55313 linkedAlertLinksReviewWallDecisionReportCall, 30 Sep, 16:04Adviser: "I can't say more, but something is coming on Harlow, you might want to be in before Friday."
When What 30 Sep 16:04 Call · adviser R. Doran 30 Sep 16:20 Chat · client asks for a quote 1 Oct 09:02 Chat · order placed - 03 · Day 2 · Review
The analyst builds the case.
Lena listens to the call, checks the adviser's access to deal information, and writes her assessment.
AI: showed the adviser was on the insider list for the deal.Lena Hartmann: wrote the assessment and escalated it.Reviewed by Lena Hartmann, surveillance analyst
kestrel · surveillance · AL-5531Sample dataCaseCASE-2026-0219EscalatedAlertLinksReviewWallDecisionReportFoundR. Doran was added to the insider list for the Harlow deal on 28 Sep 1.
1Insider list, Harlow MineralsLISTAssessmentLikely disclosure of inside information to a client. Recommend reporting.
- 04 · Day 2 · Wall
The wall held for research.
Compliance checks whether the research team saw anything. The wall around the deal blocked one search from sales, and nothing reached research.
AI: listed every attempt to reach the deal file.Checked by compliance
kestrel · surveillance · AL-5531Sample dataWall around the Harlow dealDeal teamHeldAlertLinksReviewWallDecisionReportWhen Who Result 29 Sep J. Petit, sales Blocked 30 Sep Research team No attempts The adviser was inside the wall by design. The question is what he said outside it.
- 05 · Day 3 · Decision
Compliance decides to report.
Paul Okafor reviews the case and decides it is suspicious. The decision and his reason are recorded.
Paul Okafor: decided the order was suspicious and must be reported.Decided by Paul Okafor, head of compliance
kestrel · surveillance · AL-5531Sample dataDecisionCASE-2026-0219SuspiciousAlertLinksReviewWallDecisionReportReasonAdviser on the insider list; call suggests disclosure; client bought before the news. Report without delay.
Seal decisionEdit - 06 · Day 5 · Report
The report is filed and the record sealed.
The pack drafts the suspicious order report from the case file. Paul checks it and files it with the regulator.
AI: drafted the report and sealed the record.Paul Okafor: checked and filed the report.Sealed at 10:16 · checkable with the open verifier
kestrel · surveillance · AL-5531Sample dataSuspicious order reportCASE-2026-0219FiledAlertLinksReviewWallDecisionReportfiled 7 Oct, 10:15 by Paul Okafor evidence 3 orders · 1 call · 2 chats wall heldSealed 10:16:44 · timestamp witnessed outside Kestrel Markets
- Pattern
- Buying before price-sensitive news
- Client
- 1147
- Bought
- 40,000 shares, 1 Oct
- News
- Takeover, 3 Oct, 07:00
Adviser: "I can't say more, but something is coming on Harlow, you might want to be in before Friday."
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 30 Sep 16:04 | Call · adviser R. Doran |
| 30 Sep 16:20 | Chat · client asks for a quote |
| 1 Oct 09:02 | Chat · order placed |
R. Doran was added to the insider list for the Harlow deal on 28 Sep 1.
Likely disclosure of inside information to a client. Recommend reporting.
| When | Who | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep | J. Petit, sales | Blocked |
| 30 Sep | Research team | No attempts |
The adviser was inside the wall by design. The question is what he said outside it.
Adviser on the insider list; call suggests disclosure; client bought before the news. Report without delay.
What the firm knew, and when.
The alert, the linked call, the analyst's review, the wall check, the decision and the filed report are in one sealed record.
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The AI found and linked. Compliance decided.
Here is the split, step by step.
What the AI did
- Found trading before the news and opened an alert
- Searched calls and chats and linked the ones that mattered
- Showed the adviser was on the insider list
- Listed every attempt to cross the wall
- Drafted the suspicious order report
- Sealed the record
What people decided
- Lena Hartmann listened to the call and wrote the assessment
- Paul Okafor decided the order was suspicious
- Paul Okafor checked and filed the report
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