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    March 20, 2020
    Blog: Financial Institutions Should Prepare for High Absenteeism, Operational Disruptions as Coronavirus Outbreak Worsens
    By Douglas Wilbert, Managing Director - Risk and Compliance and Dugan Krwawicz, Associate Director - Technology Strategy While the scale and duration of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is not yet fully understood, financial institutions, lawmakers, government and regulatory officials are working urgently to implement measures that will arrest the disruption to employees and customers,…

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2020
    Hong Kong Monetary Authority - Bank Culture Reform
    On 19 December 2018, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a circular titled “Supervision for Bank Culture” which provided further guidance to its original 2 March 2017 “Bank Culture Reform” guidance. The new guidance introduced supervisory measures to Authorized Institutions (AIs), including self-assessments and site visits. The HKMA commenced a self-assessment exercise under the new…

  • Flash Report

    July 30, 2020
    National People's Congress of China Publishes Draft of New Data Security Law
    On July 3, 2020, China’s top lawmaking body, the National People’s Congress of China (NPC), published the draft of China’s Data Security Law (DSL) for public comment. If passed, this law will establish a regulatory framework for data security in China, with a focus on governing data that, if leaked, could impact the country’s national or economic security, social stability, or public health and…

  • Newsletter

    April 14, 2021
    Hong Kong Top Compliance Risks
    Over the last 12 months, there has been an unprecedented period of uncertainty and disruption globally. In Hong Kong SAR (HKSAR), the period of uncertainty stretched to 24 months, as the social unrest that began in March 2019 led to heightened geopolitical tensions even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020. These two incidents contributed to changes in regulatory priorities and programs…

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    September 20, 2019
    Hong Kong Exchange proposes changes to the Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide and Related Listing Rules
    Background Global and regional regulatory authorities are increasingly requiring their regulated entities to broaden the spectrum of information disclosures. For companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX), environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting is one of the latest additions to these information disclosures. HKEX recently issued a consultation paper, "Review…

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2019
    Financial Action Task Force Set to Rate Hong Kong “Compliant” in Anti-Money Laundering Evaluation
    According to a press release by the Hong Kong government, Hong Kong is set to receive an overall rating of “Compliant” in what will be its Fourth Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Mutual Evaluation. The Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) is scheduled to be released in September 2019. The expected rating represents a significant improvement over the Partially Compliant rating assigned to…

  • Infographic

    May 8, 2023
    Infographic | COSO ESG Guidance Webinar:​ Internal Control ​Over ESG Operations, Compliance & Reporting
    The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) recently released interpretive guidance for organisations about designing, evaluating and achieving effective internal control over sustainability reporting (ICSR) using COSO’s globally recognised Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF), developed in 2013. The intended outcome is to build trust and confidence in…

  • Client Story

    May 12, 2023
    Regional bank achieves national growth by diligently championing change
    A regional bank envisioned growing into a national financial institution – and put customer satisfaction at the heart of their growth strategy. Their customer-centric philosophy would demand deep transformation in all aspects of operations. Optimising processes and investing in new technology would enable scalable, high-touch services and result in increased operational efficiency and winning…

  • Client Story

    May 19, 2023
    Quantum computing helps financial services organisation improve portfolio optimisation
    A joint team of quantum computing engineers and financial analysts at this industry leader in digital financial services, led by a forward-thinking CIO, knew they wanted to take advantage of quantum computing to solve unique challenges that could not be handled with classical computing alone.   This company sees value in preparing to be “at the ready” when quantum computing machines become…

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2023
    ChatGPT disruption: AI’s evolving vision renews need for trusted, governed data
    Access to artificial intelligence (AI) and the drive for adoption by organisations is more prevalent now than it’s ever been, yet many companies are struggling with how to manage data and the overall process. As companies open this “pandora’s box” of new capabilities, they must be prepared to manage data inputs and outputs in secure ways or risk allowing their private data to be consumed in…
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