About us

    Introduction

    For over a decade, Regulation Asia has been a constant in an ever-changing world, focused on providing breaking news, insights and analysis on the latest regulatory developments impacting APAC banking and financial markets.

    Every day we serve 30,000+ financial services professionals across over 1,000+ financial institutions in 60+ countries - as well as regulatory bodies, exchanges, technology firms and other service providers - through our news, events, and research.

    We create clarity from complexity, and play a key role in the regulatory agenda - reporting local insights to a truly global audience.

    Regulation Asia was set up in November 2013 to track regulatory changes impacting APAC financial services.

    Management

    imageBradley Maclean, Co-founder & Editorial Director

    Bradley co-founded Regulation Asia and currently serves as CEO and Head of Research. He was previously Vice President of Business Development at SunGard Financial Systems (now FIS) heading up strategic, business planning and product development across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, in total overseeing 36 countries. Prior to that Brad was a management consultant focused on alternative assets. He was involved in several significant research programmes, including one assisting on TARP in 2008 for the US Treasury Department and the World Bank.
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    Nick Wakefield, Co-founder & Commercial Director

    Nick co-founded Regulation Asia and oversees sales and marketing aspects. He has worked in financial services publishing for over 15 years, including at leading publications Risk, Euromoney and Global Custodian. Nick has overseen teams across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, and has worked with governments and regulators across Asia to produce leading conferences aimed at attracting high-level investment into local infrastructure projects.
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    Editorial & Research

    imageManesh Samtani, Editor

    Manesh Samtani is Editor at Regulation Asia, managing the regional news desk from Hong Kong. Manesh covers regulatory changes impacting Asia Pacific banking, capital markets, asset management, and financial services more generally, with a heavy focus on fraud and financial crime. Manesh is a former trader and investment consultant with a degree in Finance and Banking.
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    imageNathan Lynch, Editor

    Nathan Lynch is a financial crime writer who has spent two decades investigating the hidden world of dark money that fuels organised crime, corruption and violent extremism. Nathan has trained police, government officials and bankers across Asia and the Middle East on the techniques the world's criminals use to conceal their dirty money. In 2022 he was awarded the Australian Financial Crime Fighter of the Year Award, from Macquarie University’s Financial Integrity Hub. Nathan has enjoyed a successful career in the Asia-Pacific "regtech" sector, with a focus on developing financial crime and risk solutions.
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