1+ hour, 18+ min ago  (301+ words) The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a circular requiring internet brokers and virtual asset trading platform operators (VATPs) to adopt phishing-resistant authentication methods for client login and device binding (Notes 1 and 2), amid the growing threat of phishing attacks…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (404+ words) The latest Middle East conflict has become the fourth major global supply shock in six years, slowing economic activity, raising inflation and reinforcing a broader shift towards a more fragmented world economy. Resilience: managing supply chains is key The sigma…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1384+ words) A Lifecycle View of Risk Chiang began by framing financial crime compliance as a lifecycle discipline. In his view, banks need to understand clients from multiple risk angles, including Know Your Customer (KYC) risk scoring, industry exposure, country risk, geopolitical…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (228+ words) Jul 7, 2026 Hubbis HSBC has announced the appointment of Nick Elias as Head of Wealth Platforms, Wealth and Premier Solutions, effective 15 August 2026. Based in London, he will report to Lavanya Chari, Head of Wealth and Premier Solutions, HSBC. In this new…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (287+ words) Standard Chartered (“the Bank”) has announced the launch of its latest sub-fund under its Variable Capital Company (VCC) platform, with BlackRock acting as the sub-manager. The Signature Select APAC Allocation Plus fund is an Asia-focused multi-asset strategy designed to serve…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (198+ words) Jul 6, 2026 Hubbis The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), together with leading financial institutions and FinTechs, today published an industry white paper on developing safeguards for AI agents in Finance. Titled “Safeguards for Agentic Finance at Runtime (SAFR) ”, the paper proposes…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (972+ words) Talent Needs Are Becoming More Specialised AI Is Already Changing the Mechanics of Compliance AI is the clearest example. Traditional regulatory change management has often involved a compliance officer reading an MAS paper from start to finish, summarising the key…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (826+ words) OCBC unveils avatar banking to transform the way it engages customers. The Bank’s new app, OCBC WoW, incorporates two avatars delivering hyper-personalised wealth management services on a real-time basis, 24/7. Over time, OCBC WoW will leverage its AI-native environment to extend…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1625+ words) Setting the Scene: What is WealthTHINK? By keeping participation senior and the format deliberately interactive, WealthTHINK is designed to encourage honest, commercially grounded exchanges on the issues firms are grappling with in real time. The discussion opened with broad agreement…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1395+ words) Setting the Scene: What is WealthTHINK? By keeping participation senior and the format deliberately interactive, WealthTHINK is designed to encourage honest, commercially grounded exchanges on the issues firms are grappling with in real time. The discussion began with a direct…...