The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM announced today that it has published its business plan for 2025-2026, outlining the strategic priorities that will emphasize its role as a progressive regulator and one that is already recognized globally. The plan underscores the FSRA’s commitment to supporting the economic ambitions of Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE.
The FSRA’s latest business plan lays out an agenda for the next two years and focuses on key regulatory priorities such as maintaining international regulatory alignment, combating financial crime, enhancing operational resilience, fostering responsible financial innovation and advancing sustainable finance.
“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,” stated Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO of ADGM’s FSRA.
FSRA outlines key priorities
The ongoing initiatives outlined in the plan will build on the hallmarks of the FSRA’s existing regulatory framework, namely risk-sensitivity, proportionality, innovation and stakeholder engagement.
The FSRA announced that it will continue to strengthen its alignment with international regulatory standards by working closely with leading global standard-setting bodies. Preventing financial crime will remain a key priority, with strengthened supervisory, enforcement and technological capabilities to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, proliferation financing, the financing of unlawful organizations and sanctions breaches.
The authority will also reinforce its focus on operational resilience through enhanced regulatory measures targeting cyber threats, supply chain disruptions, fraud and geopolitical risks.
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Championing progressive regulatory frameworks
The latest 2-year business plan highlights the FSRA’s continued efforts in championing responsible innovation through the development of progressive regulatory frameworks and the expansion of its SupTech and RegTech capabilities.
The authority is also driving the region’s sustainable finance agenda by supporting the issuance of green, climate transition and sustainability-linked products while updating regulations to incorporate climate-related risk management in line with the UAE’s net-zero ambitions and global sustainability standards.
Overall, the FSRA’s 2025-2026 strategy reaffirms its commitment to continued collaboration with regulated entities, national and international bodies and industry stakeholders as well as its drive to maintain ADGM’s position as a world-class financial center.
