The Regulation Asia Podcast

Tokenisation presents an opportunity to democratise investments, create new efficiencies, and generate greater transparency in financial markets. In this episode of 'Redefining Risk', Rehan Ahmed, Co-founder and General Manager at Marketnode, discusses this trillion-dollar opportunity to reshape asset management and market infrastructure.

To find out more about digital assets and tokenisation, come to Digital Assets Asia 2024, being held in Hong Kong on 27 March 2024. More information here: https://www.digitalassetsasia.net/

Today, we're bringing you a special edition of the podcast in partnership with our friends at the Singapore FinTech Festival. We had the pleasure of chatting with Jael Tan, Government and International Lead at Elevandi. This episode is a must-listen for those seeking insights into the upcoming event, its distinguished speakers, and the key topics under discussion.

As the economic landscape continues to evolve, so do the financial crime typologies that require increasing vigilance. In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Adam McLaughlin, Global Head of Financial Crime Strategy and AML SME at NICE Actimize, to discuss the increasing complexity of criminal activities, along with the technology, business, and regulatory pressures impacting transaction monitoring.

In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Michael Skiba (a.k.a. “Dr. Fraud”), a professor, researcher, consultant, media personality, trainer, and fraud subject matter expert. We discuss the world of online transactions and digital platforms to uncover how the increased anonymity they provide is shaping the psychology of first-party fraud. Michael is a consultant for the UNODC, working on high-tech financial crime prevention and acting as lead researcher for an APAC Threat Assessment on fraud and cybercrime.

To hear more on this topic, you can also join us at Fraud & Financial Crime Asia 2023, taking place in Singapore on 13 July 2023. More details here: https://www.financialcrimeasia.com/.

First-party fraud has become a tough battle for banks and FIs to solve. To understand why first-party or “friendly fraud” is such a threat—and why it’s increasing—we need to examine how it flourishes. In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Will Tully, Regional Head of Fraud (Wealth and Private Banking) at HSBC, to discuss the common tactics used by bad actors, the challenges banks face in dealing with first-party fraud and credit line scams, and the path forward to address these threats. 

To hear more on this topic, you can also join us at Fraud & Financial Crime Asia 2023, taking place in Singapore on 13 July 2023. More details here: https://www.financialcrimeasia.com/.

It's been over a year since the events that prompted the start of the most comprehensive and internationally-coordinated sanctions in history to be imposed against Russia. Still, sanctions continue to dominate geopolitics and global business dynamics. In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Kimberly Tan, Country Sanctions Officer at Citibank, to explore the challenges for banks as they look to minimise risk in an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, where bad actors continue to find new and innovative ways to circumvent sanctions.  

 To hear more on this topic, you can also join us at Fraud & Financial Crime Asia 2023, taking place in Singapore on 13 July 2023. More details here: https://www.financialcrimeasia.com/.

The United Nations estimates that green and environmental crime is rising between five and seven percent annually, a trend that impacts supply chains and poses a danger to financial institutions and global security. In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Nicholas McTaggart, CEO of The Murinbin Group and a former AUSTRAC and Australian Federal Police official, to discuss the magnitude of the green crime problem, efforts underway to combat this activity, and the crucial role of cross-jurisdictional and cross-institutional collaboration in making a meaningful impact. To hear more on this topic, join us at Fraud & Financial Crime Asia 2023, taking place in Singapore on 13 July 2023. More details here: https://www.financialcrimeasia.com/

The environmental crisis has raised the profile of green corruption on the global agenda. Although corruption has long undermined conservation efforts, the Basel Institute on Governance was one of the first to sound the alarm. Regulation Asia Co-Founder Brad Maclean sat down with Juhani Grossmann, who leads the Basel Institute's Green Corruption programme, to explore the intersection between corruption, money laundering and environmental crime. To hear more on this topic, join us at Fraud & Financial Crime Asia 2023, taking place in Singapore on 13 July 2023. More details here: https://www.financialcrimeasia.com/

Accelerating climate change and its threats increase the urgency for governments and businesses to meet their net-zero commitment and make more important the role of global financial markets in facilitating capital flows towards transition efforts. In this context, Regulation Asia Co-Founder Brad Maclean sat down with Michael Tang, who heads up SGX RegCo’s Sustainable Development Office and the Listing Policy and Product Admission unit, as well as Clare Lim from the Sustainable Development Office, to explore the initiatives underway at SGX Group to help achieve our net zero goals.

The continuing evolution and growing complexity of the sanctions landscape have made it more important than ever for banks to have in place a robust sanctions compliance programme. In this context, Regulation Asia Co-Founder Brad Maclean sat down with Frederic Boulier, Senior Director and Global Head of Financial Crime & Compliance Management Solution Consulting at Oracle, to discuss the operational, technology and data-related challenges associated with effective sanctions compliance in the current environment, as well as the processes firms should have in place to manage and mitigate risk while maximising efficiency.