A cursory glance at this handbook’s table of contents reminds us of how many rules we are subject to. New regulations are coming into effect, including some whose key phases or final deadlines were delayed in 2020-21 due to the pandemic; we are also anticipating updates to existing regulations. Managing sensitive data in accordance with a myriad of privacy requirements around the world is a rapidly expanding concern.

At the A-Team RegTech Summit APAC Virtual on Thursday 4 November, we joined experts and industry leaders to explore the current regulatory environment in Asia Pacific, as well as how and where it will continue to evolve with the help of RegTech innovations. 

Data management is a vital part of every organisations business strategy - but managing data is not as straight forward as it may seem, and at times financial institutions are finding themselves on the back foot when it comes to their approaches.

"The immediate challenge with ESG is to present something that is at least understood and defined for yourself. If you can explain what you are putting forward as a global entity in the first instance, you have hope."  - Philip Miller, Co-CEO of Solidatus.

Organisations around the world know that the significance of ESG is rising every day - and where once the E, the S and the G were initially separate, they are now being seen as collective initiative to achieve data standards.