AI, Technology & Data

Trading & Investment

Regulations 2015 – Don’t Look Back

By Peter Guy | 29/12/2015

Financial regulations were as unstable as global markets in 2015. Here are the highlights.

Cloud & Infrastructure

2015: Fintech is Taken Seriously – Finally

By Peter Guy | 21/12/2015

Regulatory and market factors have forced financial institutions to make fintech part of their business strategy. Here’s how the banking landscape might change for better or worse.

Anti-Money Laundering

KYC Reporting Burden the Top APAC Worry for 2016

By Samuel Riding | 21/12/2015

Wolters Kluwer survey finds ever-more-extensive reporting obligations are the top concern among FIs for the coming year.

Emerging Prudential Risks

The Unintended Consequences of Securities Regulation

By Samuel Riding | 17/12/2015

IOSCO survey finds market participants see regulatory uncertainty as greatest potential systemic risk.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Fintech: Don’t Fear the Regulator

By Samuel Riding | 15/12/2015

Fintech start-ups need to know how regulators are welcoming innovators.

KYC & CDD

Compliance Demands More Talent Than Ever

By Peter Guy | 08/12/2015

Staff turnover and increasing responsibilities are forcing banks to redefine the role of compliance managers.

Market Abuse

Trading or Spoofing? A Legal Perspective from Singapore

By Samuel Riding | 03/12/2015

WongPartnership discusses whether Singapore’s existing regulatory framework is sufficient to distinguish valid trading and spoofing.

KYC & CDD

Achieving Regulatory Compliance: The Road Ahead

By Peter Guy | 03/12/2015

Compliance managers talk frankly about immense cross jurisdictional and data management challenges that refuse to go away.

AI Risk & Governance

Entering the Regtech Era

By Samuel Riding | 30/11/2015

In a new research report three Asia Pacific-based academics offer answers to the vexing question of how to regulate financial technology.