Opinions & Analysis

Emerging Prudential Risks

The Resilience Imperative: Succeeding in Uncertain Times

By Gabriele Vigo | 11/07/2021

Strengthening financial institutions’ resilience has never been more important, say Gabriele Vigo and Olivia White at McKinsey.

Custody & Infrastructure

Industry Cooperation is Key to Trade Finance Innovation

By Henry Roxas | 27/06/2021

R3’s Henry Roxas discusses the prevalence of paper-based methods in trade finance and the need for broader industry efforts to digitise practices.

Cybersecurity

Banking on API Management to Succeed in the Digital World

By David Chan | 16/06/2021

AdNovum’s David Chan discusses the need to safeguard APIs as financial institutions increasingly seek to digitalise their services.

Structural Regulation

Regulatory Harmonisation Critical to OTC Derivatives Reporting

By Priya Kundamal | 11/06/2021

The fragmentation of trade reporting rules and the lack of a common data set across jurisdictions hinders transparency and global risk monitoring, writes DTCC’s Priya Kundamal.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Culture & Conduct Risk: Singapore Sets the Pace for Peers

By Stephen Scott | 08/06/2021

Among global peers, Singapore is setting the pace for effective governance of culture and conduct risks, say Starling’s Stephen Scott and Mark Cooke.

Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong’s Proposed Licensing Regime for VASPs

By Michael P Wong | 06/06/2021

Dechert partner Michael Wong looks at the potential impact of Hong Kong’s newly proposed licensing regime for virtual asset service providers.

Data Privacy

Vietnam’s Data Privacy Decree: the Tip of the Global Compliance Iceberg

By John Berven | 03/06/2021

Organisations can leverage lessons from implementing GDPR and other international data laws to address Vietnam’s new Personal Data Protection Act, writes John Berven.

Anti-Money Laundering

Why Asia Needs to Know About a German Supply Chain Law

By Elke Biechele. RisikoTek | 01/06/2021

A more evidence-driven approach to supply chain due diligence is needed as human rights and environmental risk come into focus, writes Elke Biechele.

Structural Regulation

Is Asia Ready for the End of LIBOR?

By Li Renn Tsai | 17/05/2021

Li Renn Tsai compares progress in Asia’s main trading hubs, warning of a logjam of transition-related operational work that will pile up towards year-end.