From evidence to publication.

Initial contact from the firm. Programme team determines basic eligibility and category before a formal application is invited.

The firm submits the formal application form, including legal entity details, stakeholder type, jurisdiction and declared scope.

The application is assessed against programme eligibility criteria. Reputational risk, category fit and public record are reviewed at this stage.

Programme team reviews for conflicts of interest or independence considerations that could affect the review process.

The defined review scope is agreed with the firm, and the applicable programme fee is confirmed. Fees do not determine review outcomes.

A structured document request is sent to the firm, specifying the governance, policy and operational records required for the declared scope.

Submitted documentation is received, logged and organised by scope area. Incomplete submissions are flagged for follow-up.

Publicly available information — regulatory registers, corporate filings, court records and public-domain sources — is reviewed for consistency with submitted documentation.

Submitted evidence is mapped against the relevant RM10 Standards for the firm's stakeholder category and declared scope. Gaps are documented.

All draft outputs are reviewed against regulatory boundaries before publication — checking for investment promotion, financial advice and approval language.

A draft profile is prepared, reflecting the review scope, evidence mapped and status proposed. The draft is not shared externally at this stage.

The firm is invited to confirm factual accuracy of the draft profile. Factual corrections only — review outcomes are not negotiable through this step.

A documented publication decision is recorded: Accepted for publication, Accepted with limitations, Deferred, Declined, Suspended or Archived. No profile is published without a decision.

Where the publication decision supports it, a Certificate ID is generated and linked to the profile. Certificate IDs are not issued for declined or deferred applications.

The profile is published on the Responsible Markets Register. The listing shows the Profile ID, status, scope, publication decision and annual update position.

Published profiles are monitored for material changes, regulatory actions, public-record developments and conduct signals that may affect recorded status.

Factual, documentary concerns about a published profile can be raised at any time. Corrections are evaluated documentarily, handled with independence, and recorded against the profile where upheld.

Participants submit an annual update. Profiles that miss the renewal window are flagged. Profiles that are not renewed may be archived.