Asset screening that shows the score behind every match
DetectX® evaluates financial instruments against regulatory requirements, sanctions lists and adverse media. Every result carries a similarity score, and every decision carries an audit trail.
- 1Instrument
- 2Match
- 3Decision
The DetectX® Approach
Asset Screening is one module of the DetectX® platform. It shares the AlertViewer, the lists and the reporting with every other module.
Instruments
Financial instruments are evaluated against regulatory requirements, sanctions lists and adverse media sources. Securities, funds and real estate are screened by their identifiers as well as their names.
Instrument identifiers
Securities
ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL, CIK, SEC File No. and stock symbol, screened as identifiers rather than as free text.
Fund and issuer
Funds
The instrument and the entity behind it assessed together, so an exposure is not missed because the name differs.
Real estate
Property
Holdings screened alongside securities, so one request covers the portfolio rather than one asset class.
Sources
DetectX® screens assets against leading data providers' sanctions lists, public databases, and over 30 reputable internet sources for adverse media.
Sanctions and embargo lists
Sanctions
Cross-references assets against international sanctions and embargo lists.
Continuous monitoring
Updates
Continuously monitors global databases for regulatory updates.
Adverse media
Media
Negative media assessed against the instrument and its issuer.
Scoring and thresholds
Fuzzy string matching and AI techniques produce a similarity score for every result, and alerting is driven by thresholds you set.
Similarity scores
Score
Provides similarity scores for any results and alerts on defined thresholds.
Identifier discrepancies
Integrity
Detects discrepancies or risks in asset identifiers, ensuring accuracy.
Audit trails
Record
Detailed audit trails for regulatory reporting ensure transparency and accountability across every screening decision.
Key Benefits and Impact
An instrument has more identities than a person does.
The same holding can be named one way in the portfolio, another on the exchange and a third on a sanctions list. DetectX® screens the identifiers as well as the names, scores every candidate and records which identifier matched, so an analyst can tell a genuine exposure from a coincidence of naming.
WHAT A SCREENING RESULT CARRIES
Why DetectX®
Screening an instrument means screening every name it has been given.
One asset alert, as the record holds it
Asset Screening shares the AlertViewer, the lists and the reporting with Name Screening, Adverse Media Search and every other DetectX® module. Adding a second module never requires a separate review workflow.
Step 1 of 4 · Screen
The request is part of the record
Which identifiers were submitted and which lists were current at the time are recorded with the request.
Recorded: the identifiers submitted and the list versions screened against.
Step 2 of 4 · Match
Every candidate carries its score
Candidates above the threshold open as alerts; those below are logged and cleared rather than discarded.
Recorded: the score, the matched identifier and the source list.
Step 3 of 4 · Review
The analyst sees which identifier matched
A match on ISIN and a match on a similar issuer name are different kinds of evidence, and the alert says which one it is.
Recorded: which attributes matched, and on which list entry.
Step 4 of 4 · Decide
The trail names the data the decision was made on
The outcome and its reasoning attach to the alert beside the list version in force at the time, so a regulator reading the audit trail sees the decision and the data behind it together.
Recorded: the decision, its reasoning, the matched entry and the list version.
Common questions
Instruments are screened on ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL, CIK, SEC File No. and stock symbol, as well as on the instrument and issuer name. Which identifier produced a match is recorded on the alert.
Yes. Similarity scores are produced for every result and alerting is driven by thresholds you define, so the volume of alerts follows your risk appetite rather than a fixed default.
Global databases are monitored continuously for regulatory updates. The list version in force at the time of a screening is recorded, so a past decision can be read against the data that produced it.
Yes. Securities, funds and real estate are screened together, by their identifiers as well as their names, so one request covers the portfolio rather than one asset class. The instrument and the entity behind it are assessed together, so an exposure is not missed because the name differs.
Asset Screening · DetectX®
Precise asset screening.
Zero compromise.
Book a session on your own instrument types. Bring your questions about identifier coverage, thresholds and the audit trail.
- 98% fewer false positives
- Reduction achieved through AI-driven fuzzy matching and risk scoring.
- Identifiers, not just names
- ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL, CIK and more, screened as identifiers.
- One platform
- Asset Screening, Name Screening and Adverse Media on the same AlertViewer.


