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Forum Insights Issue No.5 (2026)
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Forum Insights Issue No.5 (2026)

Rethinking Finance: Navigating Disruption, Resilience, and Purpose

Forum Insights Issue No. 5 explores how finance can remain resilient, responsible, and purposeful amid technological disruption, geopolitical shifts, and changing expectations. Featuring 16 articles by senior leaders and subject-matter experts from across the financial ecosystem, it brings together perspectives on the forces reshaping finance.

The edition examines themes including AI, tokenisation, governance, sustainability, stewardship, and Islamic finance, with a focus on how finance can continue to serve the real economy and society.

In this Issue No. 5

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1. Finance for a Flourishing Society Dato’ Sri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour
Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
2. The Changing Global Financial Landscape Since 1980 Tan Sri Andrew Sheng
Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia; Chairman, George Town Institute of Open and Advanced Studies, Wawasan Open University
3. A World Rewritten: Rethinking Finance at the Crossroads of Geopolitics, Technology, Climate, and Energy Rohit Talwar
Chief Executive Officer, Fast Future
4. Governance Beyond Scale: Labuan IBFC’s Role in Responsible Cross-Border Finance Affendi Rashdi
Director General, Labuan Financial Services Authority
5. Tokenisation of Financial Assets: Going Beyond Digitalisation: A Strategic Guide for Malaysian Financial Leaders Liew Ooi Hann
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Halogen Capital
6. The Next Frontier in Fintech: Insights and Lessons from the First Wave Anil Gill
President, Fintech Association of Malaysia
7. From AI Pilots to International Scale: A Banking Perspective Azwan Baharuddin
Country Managing Director, Malaysia, Accenture
8. Disruption Without Pause: When Technology Sets the Pace Khairi Shahrin Arief Baki
Chief Executive Officer, CGS International Securities Malaysia

Alan Inn Wei Loon
Country Head, CGS International Securities Malaysia
9. Beyond General Chat: How Retrieval-Augmented (RAG) AI is Redefining Shariah Compliance in Islamic Finance Adjunct Professor Dr. Zaharuddin Abdul Rahman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Elzar Shariah & Technology Solutions Sdn. Bhd.
10. When Disruption Meets the Boardroom: D&O Liability in Malaysia's New Financial Landscape JJ Chan
Managing Partner, CBE (Chan Ban Eng & Co)
11. Inside the Stewardship Lens: What Long-Term Investors Expect from the Boardroom Investment Stewardship
Malaysia Investment Partnership Department, Employees Provident Fund (EPF)
12. Beyond the Rulebook: A New Governance Mindset Can Guide Malaysia’s Financial Institutions Dato' Abdul Rauf Rashid
Managing Partner, EY Malaysia
13. Navigating a Decade of Turbulence: Transforming Values-Driven Idealism into Competitive Advantage Datuk Shahril Azuar Jimin
Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Maybank
14. The Next Wave of Islamic Finance: Purpose, Pragmatism, and the Technological Frontier Dafinah Ahmed Hilmi
Chief Executive Officer, Hong Leong Islamic Bank
15. Beyond Debt: Reconsidering Equity-Based Finance in a Post-Tawarruq Landscape Raza Ullah
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Pfida
16. Development of Digital Capital in the Era of AI Joseph Cherian
President, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Asia School of Business

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