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Anti-Money Laundering
Fighting Modern Slavery: What the Banking Sector Can Do to Help
By Matt Friedman | 17/01/2020
Many banks are retooling to include modern slavery as one of the issues they track within their existing AML protocols, says Matt Friedman, CEO of The Mekong Club.
Structural Regulation
Malaysia Joins Digital Banking Revolution with Exposure Draft
By Natalie Curtis | 14/01/2020
Herbert Smith Freehills breaks down Malaysia’s new framework for digital banks, comparing the regime to those in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Three Emerging Risk Issues for Banks in Hong Kong
By Simon Topping | 09/01/2020
There are three key areas where Hong Kong regulators are expected to turn up the heat in 2020, says KPMG’s Simon Topping.
Anti-Money Laundering
APAC Wealth Migration Trends Heighten Financial Crime Risk
By Joseph Quiazon | 28/12/2019
APAC regulators are looking to FIs and their technology to guard against increasingly sophisticated criminal activity as wealth migration accelerates, says Joseph Quiazon at Exiger.
Capital Adequacy
BCBS Addresses Capital Requirements for “Crypto-Assets”
By Douglas Cheung | 23/12/2019
The BCBS consultation will likely give an indication of the banking industry’s mindset towards holding cryptoassets in the future, says Douglas Cheung at Wolters Kluwer.
Credit Risk
China’s Bond Defaults: Is It Time to Be Worried?
By CorporateTreasurer | 19/12/2019
Tewoo’s debt restructuring breaks the market’s assumption that offshore creditors will get full repayment in debt workouts. Investors in China’s SOEs need to brace for more defaults.
AI Risk & Governance
Big Data is Transforming Investigations
By Jeremy Birch | 12/12/2019
Big data is rapidly changing how regulators and law enforcement conduct investigations and build cases, say Jeremy Birch, Peter Jones and Kyle Wombolt at Herbert Smith Freehills.
Data Privacy
Data Privacy in Asia Pacific: A Fragmented Landscape
By Sarah Pearce | 10/12/2019
Asia’s data privacy frameworks remain highly fragmented. But companies cannot be complacent about more onerous laws in other jurisdictions, says Sarah Pearce at international law firm Paul Hastings.
Clearing & Post-Trade
Reducing Settlement Cycles – An Asia Pacific Perspective
By Philippe Dirckx | 09/12/2019
Should the decision be taken to further reduce the settlement period, a number of challenges will have to be overcome, says Senfinasia founder Philippe Dirckx.
Sustainable Finance
Why the HKMA is Taking ESG Investing Seriously
By AsianInvestor | 26/11/2019
The head of risk for the de-facto central bank’s investment portfolio explains why it is implementing ESG principles into its investing practices.
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