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Digital Money Issues and Policy Actions in Asia

7 September 2017
ADB's Shigehiro Shinozaki with Lito Villanueva from FINTQ and Mikko Perez from Ayannah discuss key development issues on digital financial services in Asia, and how effectively they can help promote financial inclusion.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

High Level Roundtable of Insurance Supervisors: Fostering Sustainable Development through Proportionate Insurance Regulations

5 to 6 September 2017
This event gathered together senior regional insurance supervisors for a two-day discussion on key regulatory and policy priorities in Asia and the Pacific. The discussions aimed to support the development of an enabling environment for effective and sustainable insurance and pension sectors in the…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Regional Workshop for Asian Insurance Supervisors

28 to 30 August 2017
The Regional Workshop for Asian Insurance Supervisors aimed to strengthen the capacity of countries to manage crisis, counter fraud, and conduct anti-money laundering activities. It provided a comprehensive discussion of the Insurance Core Principles (ICP), the globally accepted framework that…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Workshop on Blockchain Technology and Distributed Ledger

28 April 2017
Considering the growing importance of blockchain technology and its potential in different sectors, this workshop provided staff a better understanding of the topic, and helped design and deliver advanced distributed ledger technologies to the global financial markets. Experts from R3 delivered the…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Multilateral Financial Institutions: Chief Audit Executive Group 2017 Meeting

4 to 6 April 2017
The ADB Office of the Auditor General (OAG) organized the 2017 Multilateral Financial Institutions – Chief Audit Executive Group (MFI-CAEG) meeting in Beijing from 4 to 6 April 2017. The meeting served as a venue to discuss and share ideas, challenges, achievements, and lessons learned in internal…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

Internal Audit Maturity in the Public Sector in ASEAN - Insights from the Study of Internal Audit Function in Selected Central Banks

8 March 2017
This academic study examined the maturity of the internal audit function in the public sector in the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by benchmarking the function with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Capability Model for the public sector.
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

Internal Audit Panel of Experts Inaugural Meeting

6 to 8 March 2017
The Internal Audit Panel of Experts is an advisory board to provide independent, objective and expert advice to the Capacity Development Working Group. The Panel of Experts is particularly tasked on strategizing and identifying opportunities for internal audit capacity development in the public…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

FinTech, RegTech, and the Reconceptualization of Financial Regulation

24 February 2017
Hong Kong University's Professor Douglas Arner traced the roots and evolution of financial technology and the application of technology to regulation (RegTech). He compared these two concepts, and discussed how RegTech has grown broader than finance and why it will play a key role in the impending…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Financial Executives National Conference

7 October 2016
The Financial Executives (FINEX) National Conference in 2016 tackled the importance of financial inclusion in economic development. Its five technical sessions provided inputs on overcoming obstacles to financal inclusion, the advantages of digital financing, and the role of technology in fostering…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

ASEAN Internal Audit Network Inaugural Meeting

21 to 22 July 2016
The ASEAN Central Banks Head of Internal Audit Network pushes for professionalism and collaboration in internal auditing practices. The Office of the Auditor General of the Asian Development Bank organized the Network’s inaugural meeting in Manila to provide a forum for development of methodologies…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General