Nick Wakefield Managing Director & Co-Founder, Regulation Asia
- - A review of RegTech trends in the past year and how priorities may have changed amid the pandemic
- - Has the pandemic sped up RegTech adoption and procurement processes? In which areas?
- - Challenges and outlook for RegTech firms: funding, development & testing, procurement processes, etc.
- - What is needed from regulators and industry to boost RegTech adoption?
Bénédicte NolensHead, BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre
Grace ChongOf Counsel, Simmons & Simmons JWS
Brian TangManaging Director, ACMI; Co-chair, RegTech Committee, FTAHK
Malavika SolankiMember of the Management Team, The Derivatives Service Bureau
Moderator: Danny FlattContributing Editor, Regulation Asia
- - An update on transition progress in Asia Pacific
- - The biggest transition challenges facing many financial institutions, large and small
- - How is technology helping to facilitate the transition? What are the tools available?
- - Looking ahead: Where can technology help speed up the transition?
Jing GuHead of Legal, Asia-Pacific, ISDA
Dennis ToRegulatory Data Specialist, Enterprise Solutions, Asia Pacific, Bloomberg LP
Natalie CurtisPartner, Financial Services Regulatory, Herbert Smith Freehills
James IentChief Financial Officer, Tradition Asia
Moderator: Manesh SamtaniEditor, Regulation Asia
Vincent Kilcoyne EVP, Product Management. SmartStream Technologies
- - How the pandemic has impacted markets, volatility and trading
- - New client communication modalities, what they mean for regulatory compliance
- - How FIs have adapted controls, monitoring processes, communications surveillance
- - Best practices for managing conduct risk in financial services
Kelvin KohSenior VP, Head of Surveillance, SGX RegCo
Jerome LambertAPAC Market Director, Financial Market Compliance, NICE Actimize
Parsa KhoshdelOperational Risk Change Lead, Banking, Synpulse Management Consulting (Singapore)
Moderator: Manesh SamtaniEditor, Regulation Asia
- - How has Covid-19 impacted bank liquidity risk management?
- - Have current modelling, assessment, and stress testing practices passed the Covid test?
- - How can banks better prepare for future market volatility and ongoing credit demands?
- - Technology as a facilitator to better decision-making
Nadeem ShamimHead of Cash and Liquidity Management, SmartStream Technologies
Yves TomballeChief Risk Officer Singapore, MUFG Bank
Moderator: Danny FlattContributing Editor, Regulation Asia
- - Changing reporting requirements amid the pandemic for financial stability monitoring
- - Best practices for implementing change and managing data
- - The use of AI and alternative data sources to clean up data and fill in missing gaps
- - Digital regulatory reporting: How far have we come? What’s next?
Catherine LeeDirector, Risk & Regulatory, PwC South East Asia Consulting
Joanne HorganChief Innovation Officer, Vizor
John RaymentCEO, Identitii
Moderator: Patricia LeeIndependent Journalist and Contributor, Regulation Asia
- - How has the ongoing pandemic impacted the roll out of digital banks in Asia Pacific?
- - Have social distancing norms been a boon for digital banks or has competition from rapidly digitalising incumbents intensified?
- - How do digital banks ensure compliance with regulatory requirements? In which areas has this been most challenging?
- - How have digital banks and incumbents compared in speed and pervasiveness of RegTech adoption?
Adrian TseChief Executive and Board Member, WeLab Bank
Debbie ManChief Compliance Officer, Ping An OneConnect Bank
Xuna ShaoRegulatory Change Lead, Virtual Banking, Synpulse Management Consulting (Singapore)
Matthew FieldAPAC Market Director - Anti Money Laundering, NICE Actimize
Hosted by: Jamie Lloyd EvansIndependent Consultant & Contributor, Regulation Asia
- - Adapting transaction monitoring systems to pandemic circumstances
- - The limitations of rule-based transaction monitoring, and changing regulatory expectations
- - Enhancing transaction monitoring with AI, machine learning, and better data
- - Integrating typologies into transaction monitoring systems
Richard CarrickCEO, Crime Stoppers International Asia
Douglas WolfsonDirector, Commercial Strategy, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Moderator: Manesh SamtaniEditor, Regulation Asia
- This discussion will focus on privacy and ethics concerns following the enormous growth of AI and machine learning, and the move to enhance regulatory oversight, minimise market fragmentation and address localisation of data.
Maria Francesca MontesHead of Artificial Intelligence & Data Policy, UnionBank
Hosted by: Nick WakefieldCo-founder, Regulation Asia
- - Regulatory expectations in case management and internal investigations
- - Moving from procedural monitoring to identifying and intercepting true crime
- - Integrating AML and fraud analytics into case management systems
- - Optimising investigative resources through tech for better, faster outcomes
Rashmi DubierManaging Director, APAC Head of AML, MUFG Bank
Robin LeeVice President, APAC, Napier AI
Karyn KennyUS Department of Justice, Resident Legal Advisor, US Embassy Malaysia
Moderator: Manesh SamtaniEditor, Regulation Asia
- - How have financial crime typologies evolved this year?
- - The increasing universe of bad actors in the face of geopolitical fragmentation
- - New trends and regulatory expectations on the use of typologies in detecting financial crime
Henry YuRegional Head, Financial Crime Compliance, Natixis
Archana KotechaAsia Region Director and Head of Legal Department, Liberty Shared
Moderator: Danny FlattContributing Editor, Regulation Asia
- - Accelerated digital transformation amid the pandemic
- - Defending against money laundering, fraud and cyber attacks
- - Regulatory expectations and best practices for onboarding and authentication
- - New use cases: The future of KYC, onboarding and authentication
Andrew Bud CBEFounder and CEO, iProov
Douglas Arner Kerry Holdings Professor in Law, University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Manesh SamtaniEditor, Regulation Asia
- - Background on recent US sanctions on Hong Kong and Chinese government officials
- - Fragmented sanctions regimes, enforcement activity, and the cost of non-compliance
- - Role of technology in identifying sanctioned customers, related parties, and transactions
- - Due diligence best practices for PEPs and high risk customers
Ola FundowiczDirector, Regional Head of Sanctions Asia Pacific, MUFG
Nick TurnerOf Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Rachel WoolleyDirector of Financial Crime, Fenergo
Moderator: Manesh SamtaniEditor, Regulation Asia
- This discussion will focus on bridging the gap between ever sophisticated technological innovations for digital identification with regulation and compliance.
Douglas WolfsonDirector, Commercial Strategy, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Hosted by: Nick WakefieldCo-founder, Regulation Asia