Qomply Wins Best Regulatory Reporting Solution at FOW Asia 2026 Awards

For the past few years, derivatives reporting across APAC has largely been a story of implementation. New rules, new fields, new systems and a considerable amount of work simply getting everything over the line. Now the conversation is changing with the Australian regulator ushering-in enforcement actions.

Against that backdrop, Qomply is delighted to have been named Best Regulatory Reporting Solution at the FOW Asia 2026 Awards, recognising its growing work with firms across ASIC, MAS and HKMA reporting.

We spoke with Stuart Hartley, Managing Director at Qomply, who oversees the firm’s APAC business, about what he is hearing from firms across the region, where reporting teams are focusing their attention and what comes next.

What makes this award particularly meaningful for Qomply in APAC?

Stuart: It is a great recognition because APAC has been through a considerable amount of reporting change in a relatively short period.

Firms have had to absorb new rules, data fields, identifiers and reporting processes across several jurisdictions, often at the same time. 

What we are hearing now is that the conversation has moved on. Firms are asking whether those new processes are working consistently in practice and whether issues can be identified quickly when something does not look right. That is a natural next step for the market and closely reflects the work Qomply is doing across the region.

What are firms paying more attention to now?

Stuart: Attention is moving beyond implementation towards the less glamorous, but arguably more important, business of accuracy, reconciliation and proving that what was reported is actually right.

Oversight is coming up much more frequently in conversations.

Many firms use delegates, repositories, counterparties or other service providers as part of their reporting process. That can work very well operationally, but firms still need to understand exactly what has ultimately been reported.

The questions tend to be practical. Does the reported data reconcile to our books? Have lifecycle events been reflected correctly? Are positions that should have been closed still showing as open? If someone else is submitting on our behalf, how are we independently checking the output?

These questions become harder as firms add more entities, providers and jurisdictions. That is why validation and reconciliation are becoming established parts of the control framework rather than something firms turn to only when an issue arises.

How does operating across APAC change what firms need from technology?

Stuart: Consistency becomes really important.

ASIC, MAS and HKMA each have their own requirements, but firms should not need to reinvent their control framework for every jurisdiction. 
We are seeing more interest in applying a consistent approach to validation, reconciliation and exception management, while preserving the specific regulatory logic of each market.

A manual process may work for one entity or one regime. It becomes much harder to sustain as products, providers, jurisdictions and data volumes increase. Technology should help firms manage that complexity while making it clear where attention is needed.

From the conversations we are having across APAC, firms increasingly want reporting controls that can grow with the business without creating another large manual process.

Winning Best Regulatory Reporting Solution at the FOW Asia 2026 Awards reflects that shift: firms across APAC are no longer just asking whether a report was filed, but whether they can prove it was right. Qomply's continued investment in the region, from local coverage to platform development, is built around answering that question.