Quest CE

What Quest CE does

Quest CE (legal name: Quest Continuing Education Solutions, LLC) is a privately held, Milwaukee-based compliance technology company founded in 1986 that provides web-based compliance management and continuing education services to U.S. financial institutions. Its core offering is the proprietary Renaissance CMS platform, which unifies firm element continuing education, annual compliance meetings and questionnaires, branch audits, conflict-of-interest disclosure tracking, policy attestations, and Form ADV Part 2B management within a single system. The platform serves broker-dealers, SEC-registered investment advisers, insurance carriers and their agents, insurance wholesalers, and compliance consultants, with a customer base of more than 2,400 financial institutions and over 600,000 active end-users.

Name

Quest CE

Legal name

Quest Continuing Education Solutions, LLC

Website

https://questce.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Quest CE provides a proprietary web-based compliance management platform, Renaissance CMS, delivering continuing education, branch audits, disclosure tracking, and policy attestations to over 2,400 U.S. broker-dealers, investment advisers, and insurance carriers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regulatory Compliance Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Services & Insurance (FINRA, CFP, IAR, Insurance CE) (EDAAALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Certification & Exam Prep Course Marketplaces (EDAFAIAJ), IT Governance, Risk & Compliance (IT GRC) Platforms (HDAEALAK)

Keywords

• Compliance training software
• Continuing education services
• Regulatory technology platform
• Broker-dealer compliance
• Financial services compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Milwaukee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Compliance Training Services: Subscription-based continuing education and compliance training for broker-dealers, investment advisers, and insurance professionals with annual/multi-year contract billing
2. Course Licensing: Licensing of proprietary course content to insurance wholesalers and financial institutions for CE event hosting

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Quest CE provides a proprietary web-based compliance management platform (Renaissance CMS) that enables financial institutions to manage firm training, branch audits, policy attestations, and regulatory reporting from one centralized system. The company also delivers an extensive continuing education course catalog covering FINRA, SEC, AML, MSRB, cybersecurity, and state-level insurance CE requirements, and operates an Insurance CE and Value-Add CE program for insurance agents and wholesalers. Offerings are sold via subscription and licensing to broker-dealers, investment advisers, insurance carriers, and compliance consultants.

Product overview

Quest CE provides a proprietary web-based compliance technology platform with the Renaissance CMS as its core system. The platform offers a unified suite for managing firm compliance programs, including continuing education delivery (Firm Element CE, IAR CE, Cybersecurity, AML, MSRB training), annual compliance meetings, questionnaires, conflict of interest tracking, branch audits, policy attestations, and Form ADV Part 2B management. The company also operates separate Insurance CE and Value Add CE product lines for insurance professionals, featuring state-specific annuity training and event-based CE delivery. The platform serves over 2,400 financial institutions including insurance carriers, broker-dealers, and registered investment advisors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Renaissance CMS Proprietary web-based compliance management system that centralizes firm training, branch audits, policies, compliance questionnaires, conflict-of-interest disclosures, policy attestations, and reporting from one unified interface for broker-dealers, investment advisers, and insurance carriers.
• Continuing Education (CE) for Financial Services Comprehensive continuing education delivery suite covering Firm Element CE, IA Micro Learning, IAR CE, cybersecurity training, AML training, MSRB training, custom content development, and course licensing, designed for broker-dealers, investment advisers, and insurance professionals subject to FINRA, SEC, and state regulatory CE requirements.
• Insurance CE Continuing education solution for insurance agents and designation holders, including NAIC Annuity Suitability CE and state-specific courses, offering course completion credit in as little as two days for license renewal.
• Value-Add CE CE event hosting and delivery services for insurance wholesalers, including Classroom CE, Webinar CE, Super CE, On-Demand CE, and CE Voucher Cards, designed to maximize attendance at sponsored CE events.
• Course Licensing Licensing of Quest CE's proprietary course content to insurance wholesalers and financial institutions so they can host branded CE events for their advisor audiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% client retention rate

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FINRAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 February 2024Ongoing thought leadership and educational content partnership; Quest CE attends FINRA Annual Conference and produces compliance content covering FINRA regulatory priorities, exam guidance, and industry best practices

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RegEd: RegEd provides a compliance and CE platform for broker-dealers, investment advisers, and insurance firms — directly overlapping Quest CE's Renaissance CMS value proposition in financial-services compliance training and tracking.
• RIA in a Box: RIA in a Box sells compliance software and CE programs to SEC-registered investment advisers, directly competing with Quest CE's IAR CE and Form ADV Part 2B offerings in the RIA segment.
• WebCE: WebCE is a leading continuing education provider for insurance and financial professionals, including state-mandated CE. It competes with Quest CE's Insurance CE and individual course-purchase channels.
• Securities Training Corporation: STC delivers securities-industry training and CE for FINRA-registered professionals. It competes directly with Quest CE's Firm Element CE and broker-dealer training offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Vertafore: Vertafore is a large insurance technology incumbent offering agency management, compliance, and education solutions. It overlaps with Quest CE's Insurance CE and Value Add CE product lines for the insurance channel.
• CE Direct (Pearson): Pearson's CE Direct delivers continuing education for financial services and insurance professionals, competing with Quest CE on course catalogs and self-serve CE credit delivery.
• Wolters Kluwer Financial Services: Wolters Kluwer offers compliance, regulatory intelligence, and learning solutions to banks, broker-dealers, and insurers. Its breadth and global footprint position it as a strategic competitor to Quest CE's compliance platform.
• NAVEX Global: NAVEX Global is a large governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform with policy, training, and disclosure modules that overlap with Quest CE's policy attestations and conflict-of-interest tracking capabilities.
• Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence: Thomson Reuters provides regulatory intelligence, compliance learning, and risk solutions to financial institutions. Its scale and enterprise reach make it a long-tail competitor to Quest CE's compliance training business.

Emerging players

• SmartRIA: SmartRIA provides compliance automation software for RIAs, overlapping with Quest CE's investment-adviser compliance modules and emerging as a venture-backed alternative in the same niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/questce
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/questce
• Facebookfacebook.com/quest-ce-126373057413004
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quest-ce

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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