ACA Group Launches Proprietary AI Engine Built for Regulatory Compliance

September 16, 2025 at 08:00 AM EDT

Encore AI advances ACA’s leadership in AI-driven compliance, reinforcing its commitment to technology-enabled oversight

ACA Group (ACA), the leading governance, risk, and compliance advisor in financial services, today announced the launch of Encore AI, the firm’s proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) engine purpose-built for regulatory compliance. Encore AI marks the evolution of ACA’s original Encore Compliance platform. It formalizes the next phase of ACA’s strategy to deliver smarter, AI-powered solutions that meet the rising demands of regulators and clients.

As AI adoption accelerates across financial services, firms are seeking trusted guidance on how to responsibly apply the technology within compliance programs. Compliance teams face increasing workloads, resource constraints, and mounting regulatory expectations, leaving many organizations uncertain about integrating AI without introducing risk. Encore AI offers a clear path forward, delivering outcomes that are explainable, auditable, and aligned with regulatory expectations while ensuring human expertise stays in control.

“The compliance industry is at an inflection point,” said Patrick Olson, CEO of ACA Group. “Firms want the efficiency and scale of AI, but they also need clarity around governance, ethics, and regulatory alignment. With Encore AI, ACA delivers a solution built by compliance experts for compliance professionals. Our goal is to ensure AI strengthens oversight rather than complicates it.”

Encore AI serves as the core intelligence layer across ACA’s technology suite, including ComplianceAlpha^®, ESG, and Research Compliance Solutions. It helps reduce manual lift, improve visibility, and detect issues across compliance workflows.

Key benefits include:

Regulatory Confidence: AI outcomes that are explainable, transparent, and aligned with regulatory expectations.
Operational Efficiency: Human-guided automation that speeds review and strengthens oversight across transcripts, communications, marketing content, and more.
Strategic Differentiation: Tools that empower research, streamline compliance, and turn oversight into a competitive advantage by enabling faster risk detection and improved governance.

According to the 2025 Investment Management Compliance Testing Survey, 40% of firms have formally adopted AI tools for internal use cases. However, 44% of those firms lack formal testing or validation of AI outputs, revealing a gap between adoption and oversight.

“Encore AI combines ACA’s decades of regulatory expertise with modern Large Language Model engineering,” said Jody Kochansky, Head of Product and Engineering at ACA Group. “It powers our platforms with intelligence that helps firms accelerate compliance reviews, detect risk more effectively, and scale operations without losing the transparency and accountability regulators expect.”

Encore AI currently powers ACA’s technology offerings across research, expert network call chaperoning, eComms surveillance, and ESG diligence. As ACA continues to expand its intelligent compliance ecosystem, upcoming enhancements will extend Encore AI’s capabilities to eComms Archive, marketing review, employee compliance, AML KYC/CIP, and market abuse surveillance. These advancements reflect ACA’s continued investment in intelligent compliance technology and its commitment to helping firms modernize oversight across a spectrum of regulatory workflows.

With Encore AI, ACA is redefining the future of compliance—where intelligent technology and human expertise work together to meet regulatory demands with confidence, clarity, and control.

About ACA Group

ACA Group (ACA) is the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services. For over 20 years, we’ve empowered our clients to launch, grow, and protect their business. Our global team of 1,400 employees includes former regulators and practitioners with a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape. Our innovative approach integrates advisory, managed services, distribution solutions, and analytics with our ComplianceAlpha^® technology platform. For more information, visit www.acaglobal.com.