Sigma Ratings

About Sigma Ratings

Sigma360, operating under the brand name Sigma, offers a sophisticated AI-driven risk intelligence platform designed to assist global organizations in combating financial crime and making informed counterparty risk decisions. The company was founded in 2017 by Stuart Jones, Jr. and Gabrielle Haddad. The inspiration for Sigma stemmed from their experiences in government and global finance, where they identified a critical need for more effective and technologically advanced tools to assess non-credit risks. Stuart Jones, Jr. brings a background from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he focused on countering illicit finance, and a role as a senior advisor at Blackstone. Gabrielle Haddad has a background as a corporate lawyer with experience in global M&A and capital markets. Their combined expertise in financial regulation and international business transactions underpins the company's approach to risk management.

The firm's core business revolves around its risk intelligence platform, which serves financial institutions, professional services firms, and corporations. Sigma's business model is centered on providing subscription-based access to its comprehensive data and analytics tools, which help clients modernize their compliance and due diligence workflows. The platform aggregates data from thousands of sources in real-time, including sanctions lists, regulatory filings, corporate records, and news media, to create a holistic view of counterparty and third-party risk. This extensive database covers over a billion companies and individuals, offering what the company describes as one of the most comprehensive risk analysis databases available commercially. The system is designed to provide deeper context and identify hidden risks that traditional screening methods might miss.

Sigma’s suite of solutions addresses several critical areas within financial risk management. Its services include Anti-Money Laundering (AML) screening and monitoring, perpetual Know Your Customer (KYC), alert management for investigations, and comprehensive customer due diligence reports. Beyond financial crime compliance, the platform also supports counterparty credit risk assessment and provides proprietary country risk ratings. By unifying these functions into a single solution, Sigma aims to significantly improve the efficiency of risk and compliance teams, suggesting potential efficiency gains of 30-40%. The platform's key differentiator lies in its use of artificial intelligence to not only gather but also to contextualize vast amounts of data, enabling clients to move beyond simple checklist-based compliance to a more dynamic and insightful risk management framework.