Issue 110: August 2026
Editor's Pick
Trust Arrives on Foot: The Quiet Work Behind Sustainability's Credibility Problem
Published: Aug 2026
Amarjeet Singh, Whole-time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), explains how ISSB, IAASB and IESBA are a powerful trinity of standards.
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Features
The Quiet Infrastructure Behind Financial Innovation
Published: Aug 2026
Talia Klein, Managing Director and Head of Wealth & Investor Solutions at DTCC, explains why the shared financial market infrastructure behind fund structures and account design is essential to expanding investor access and enabling long-term financial innovation.
Emerging Markets
One Goal, Many Pathways – Matching Global Sustainability Ambitions with Local Realities
Published: Aug 2026
Vidarsha Dharmasena, former Head of Sustainability at DFCC Bank PLC, Sri Lanka, sets out how exchanges can play a pivotal role in helping to translate climate and sustainability goals into credible, commercially viable and globally recognised instruments.
Features
Safeguarding Operational Resilience in the Era of AI-assisted Coding
Published: Aug 2026
Alyona Bulda, SVP, Emerging Technologies, and Daria Degtiarenko, Senior Marketing Communications Manager, at Exactpro, look at how AI-assisted coding is reshaping software development in financial services, and why robust governance, testing and operational resilience are essential to ensuring AI-generated code is fit for production.
ESG
Carbon's Open Outcry Moment: Why Compliance and Voluntary Carbon Markets Must Grow Up Together
Published: Aug 2026
Adrian Ip, Chief Strategy Officer at Aquis Exchange (A SIX Company) and Independent Chairman of Carbonfuture, explores why compliance and voluntary carbon markets must evolve together, and how trusted infrastructure, standardisation and transparent market mechanisms are essential to scaling carbon markets and achieving net zero.
ESG
From Information to Insight: Connecting Disclosure, Data and Investor Decision-making
Published: Aug 2026
Masanori Yoshida, Senior Executive Officer, Global Chief (Sustainability, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations) at Japan Exchange Group (JPX), discusses how investor education, sustainability-related disclosure, and AI-powered information infrastructure are helping investors.
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