Abu Dhabi: The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has announced its Business Plan for 2025-2026, setting forth a strategic roadmap that emphasizes its role as a forward-thinking global regulator. The plan aims to align with the economic goals of both Abu Dhabi and the broader UAE.
According to Emirates News Agency, the Business Plan delineates key regulatory priorities over the next two years, such as maintaining international regulatory alignment, combating financial crime, enhancing operational resilience, fostering responsible financial innovation, and advancing sustainable finance. These initiatives are designed to build on the FSRA’s existing framework characterized by risk-sensitivity, proportionality, innovation, and stakeholder engagement.
The FSRA is committed to strengthening its alignment with international regulatory standards by collaborating with global standard-setting bodies. A major focus will be on preventing financial crime, with enhanced supervisory and enforcement measures to tackle money laundering, terrorist financing, and other unlawful financial activities. Additionally, operational resilience will be bolstered through regulatory measures addressing cyber threats, supply chain disruptions, fraud, and geopolitical risks.
The plan also underscores the FSRA’s dedication to responsible innovation through the development of progressive regulatory frameworks and expanded SupTech and RegTech capabilities. Concurrently, the FSRA is advancing the region’s sustainable finance agenda by supporting green and sustainability-linked financial products and updating regulations to include climate-related risk management, aligning with the UAE’s net-zero goals.
The strategy reaffirms the FSRA’s commitment to collaboration with regulated entities, national and international bodies, and industry stakeholders, aiming to sustain ADGM’s status as a premier financial centre.
Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO of ADGM’s FSRA, commented on the Business Plan, stating, “As a progressive and internationally recognised regulator, the FSRA remains committed to strengthening our international standing, upholding market integrity, and fostering sustainable growth. Over the next two years, we will continue to enhance our regulatory framework in line with evolving global best practices, combat financial crime through innovative regulatory and enforcement measures, and advance responsible technological innovation to ensure that ADGM has a secure, well-regulated, and forward-looking financial ecosystem.”