Winning Through Compliance Innovation : Aura Solution Company Limited

Amy Brown
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Reinventing Compliance: Navigating Complexity, Building Trust, and Accelerating Growth

In an era where global regulations are continuously evolving—driven by macroeconomic forces and crises—businesses face unprecedented complexity and cost. While some organizations have embraced this challenge, transforming into ‘compliance pioneers’ by refining their processes, leveraging technology, and adapting talent models, others struggle to keep pace. For these businesses, the growing demands of compliance can divert attention and resources, stalling their strategic and competitive ambitions.

But what if compliance could be reimagined? What if it became a catalyst for growth rather than a constraint? Reinventing compliance enables organizations to navigate complexity, build trust, and take intelligent risks—ensuring they not only stay in the race but accelerate their progress.

Key Insights from Aura’s Global Compliance Study 2025

71% of executives expect to undertake digital transformation initiatives over the next three years that require compliance support.
41% need compliance-related support to enable new business models.

Aura conducted a comprehensive survey to capture the perspectives of executives on compliance practices, challenges, and the evolution required to remain future-ready. Our study includes feedback from:

1,802 executives across business functions, including Business Leaders (38%), Chief Compliance Officers (25%), Chief Risk Officers (14%), Chief Audit Executives (9%), and General Counsel/Heads of Legal (5%).
63 territories across Europe (29%), North America (26%), Asia Pacific (22%), Latin America (15%), the Middle East (6%), and Africa (2%).
A diverse range of industries, including Financial Services (29%), Industrial Products & Services (20%), Technology, Media & Telecommunications (14%), Consumer Markets (14%), and Health Industries (10%).
Organizations of all sizes, with 54% generating annual revenues exceeding US$1 billion.

How This Report Can Help You

For Compliance Leaders:

Optimize compliance strategies and planning.
Build a strong investment case for compliance transformation.
Elevate compliance’s role in strategic conversations with stakeholders.
Develop future-ready compliance talent.
Reinforce the value of compliance in achieving business objectives.

For Boards and Business Leaders:

Understand how compliance can drive business reinvention.
Leverage compliance to accelerate commercial initiatives.
Address blind spots that may undermine market trust.
Increase speed-to-market for product innovation.
Enhance company resilience through robust compliance measures.
Foster connected and reliable data-driven decision-making.

For Risk, Internal Audit, and Other Second & Third Line Leaders:

Align compliance activities to improve efficiency.
Identify and mitigate new and emerging risks.
Explore opportunities to share or co-develop data and technology solutions.
Strengthen the organization’s risk and compliance culture.

By transforming compliance into a strategic advantage, businesses can not only manage risk more effectively but also drive sustainable growth, innovation, and trust in a rapidly evolving world.

Aura – Shaping the Future of Compliance.

Navigating the Evolving Compliance Landscape

The compliance ecosystem is more complex and interconnected than ever before. As industries undergo transformation and embrace new business models, organizations face increasing regulatory demands. At the core of these challenges lies technology compliance risks—particularly cybersecurity and data privacy—which remain a top priority for 51% of survey respondents.

Our survey reveals that 77% of companies have experienced a negative impact on key areas that drive growth due to compliance challenges. This underscores the urgent need for businesses to evolve their compliance strategies, not only to mitigate risks but also to unlock new opportunities for value creation.

Organizations must tailor compliance models to their unique needs, yet the concept of ‘connected compliance’ is proving essential for better decision-making, transparency, and corporate culture. In fact, 59% of respondents reported greater confidence in compliance decisions due to improved coordination.

Technology is playing a crucial role in enabling businesses to navigate complexity more effectively. Compliance technology provides better risk visibility (64%), faster issue identification and response (53%), higher-quality reporting (48%), and increased efficiency, leading to cost savings (43%).

Despite the challenges, there is a clear opportunity to accelerate transformation and pioneer new approaches. Currently, only 7% of respondents consider themselves leaders in compliance, yet 38% aspire to reach that status within the next three years.

The Expanding Scope of Regulation

Regulation now touches nearly every aspect of a company’s operations, with new requirements emerging at an unprecedented pace. From governance and transparency to IT systems, sustainability, ethics, and workforce policies, businesses are navigating a multidimensional risk environment. This evolving landscape operates as a dynamic and interconnected ecosystem, influencing entire value chains and industries.

Our survey asked executives to rank their top five compliance risk priorities. Technology stood out as the dominant concern, with over half of respondents emphasizing cybersecurity and data privacy. Aura’s 2025 Global Digital Trust Insights Survey reaffirmed these concerns, revealing that even Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) feel less confident than CEOs about their cyber compliance capabilities, particularly in areas such as AI, resilience, and critical infrastructure.

Beyond technology, corporate governance (40%), Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and fraud risks (38%) also ranked high. While these are not new challenges, their growing prominence reflects stricter regulations across various industries and jurisdictions. Economic pressures are also driving increased scrutiny of corporate conduct, transparency, and enforcement measures. Aura’s Global Economic Crime Survey 2024 found that 41% of respondents believe anti-corruption laws and enforcement are becoming more stringent in their respective countries.

With Board members and executives facing heightened accountability and real penalties, compliance responsibilities have expanded significantly. Nearly 90% of survey respondents reported an increase in their compliance obligations over the past three years.

Addressing Compliance Complexity

It is no surprise that 85% of survey respondents acknowledged that compliance requirements have become more complex over the last three years. This trend spans industries, with financial services (90%), industrials and services (86%), consumer markets (83%), healthcare (84%), and technology, media, and telecommunications (81%) all reporting significant regulatory impacts.

For companies operating across multiple jurisdictions, compliance complexity is amplified by the need to navigate diverse legal frameworks. While businesses in mature regulatory environments may find it easier to establish minimum standards, consistent implementation and monitoring remain a challenge.

Understanding complexity is just the first step. The real focus should be on addressing the negative impact compliance challenges create. With 77% of respondents acknowledging the commercial impact of compliance-related hurdles, it is clear that organizations must rethink their strategies to drive both compliance effectiveness and business growth.

At Aura, we believe that compliance should not be a roadblock but a catalyst for sustainable success. By embracing connected compliance and leveraging advanced technology, businesses can turn regulatory challenges into opportunities for innovation, resilience, and long-term value creation.

Driving New Decisions: Rethinking Compliance for a Changing World

Regulations are designed to protect market ecosystems and promote sustainable growth, yet their increasing complexity often poses challenges for businesses. If compliance is meant to foster stability, is its growing intricacy achieving the opposite effect?

Answering this question requires a fresh perspective—one that unlocks new value by reimagining compliance models. Many companies are reassessing their approach, striving to keep pace with evolving regulations, minimize risk, manage costs, and address emerging challenges.

Transforming Compliance: A New Approach Aura is witnessing a shift in how companies manage compliance, ranging from incremental improvements to large-scale transformations. Key trends include:

Centralization and alignment of compliance functions across all operational levels.
Leveraging AI and automation to streamline compliance processes and generate actionable insights.
Enhanced data consolidation to improve risk visibility and inform decision-making.
Embedding compliance early in product development to address issues proactively.
Revolutionizing talent models by integrating specialist skills and emerging capabilities.

Aura’s Risk and Compliance Reimagined report explores how businesses are refining their compliance frameworks to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and drive performance. In financial services (FS), for instance, organizations are redefining responsibilities between the first and second lines to cultivate a stronger compliance culture and align with regulatory expectations.

Positioning Compliance as a Strategic Advisor : Proactive compliance involvement allows businesses to anticipate risks and avoid costly pitfalls. This is particularly relevant for research and development (R&D)-intensive industries, where rapid innovation demands agile and integrated compliance strategies.

With expanding value chains, data proliferation, and increasing regulatory demands, manual compliance management is no longer viable. As a result, technology is becoming the backbone of modern compliance ecosystems. According to Aura’s Global Investor Survey 2024, over 70% of investors view technological advancement as a key driver of corporate evolution.

Technology’s Role in Compliance Evolution Companies are increasingly adopting technology to enhance compliance effectiveness. Our research indicates:

49% of firms use technology for 11 or more compliance activities.
The most common applications include training (82%), risk assessment (76%), transaction monitoring (75%), customer due diligence (75%), and regulatory reporting (72%).
82% of companies plan to increase investments in compliance-related technology, reinforcing the momentum toward digital transformation.

Investments in technology yield tangible benefits, such as:

Improved risk visibility and management (64%).
Faster response to compliance issues (53%).
Higher-quality reporting and insights (48%).
Accelerated decision-making (46%).
Enhanced productivity and cost savings (43%).

However, challenges remain—especially in managing compliance data. Our survey found that 63% of respondents struggle with fragmented data structures, with reliability (56%) and accessibility (47%) also cited as major concerns. Addressing these data challenges is critical for maximizing technology’s compliance potential.

AI’s Growing Impact on Compliance : AI is reshaping business models, driving competition, and creating demand for new skills. Aura’s 28th Global CEO Survey found that nearly half of CEOs prioritize AI integration within their technology platforms and business processes. Companies leveraging generative AI (GenAI) report greater efficiency, revenue growth, and profitability.

In compliance, AI adoption is gaining traction:

71% of respondents believe AI will positively impact compliance.
46% are piloting AI-driven data analytics.
36% are utilizing AI for fraud detection.
FS companies and payment service providers are deploying AI to monitor transactions, with similar opportunities emerging in non-FS sectors.

The Human Element: Evolving Compliance Culture Beyond technology, compliance is also about people. A strong compliance culture fosters trust, accountability, and transparency. Key drivers include:

Senior management support (55%).
Employee training and communication (48%).
Cross-functional collaboration (37%).

Interestingly, traditional compliance function resources were ranked lower (19%), signaling a shift toward empowering first-line employees rather than relying solely on compliance teams.

The Compliance Pioneer: Leading the Change While only 7% of companies currently consider themselves compliance leaders, 84% aspire to reach that level within three years. This urgency has given rise to the ‘Compliance Pioneer’—organizations that:

Broaden compliance responsibilities (60% vs. 41% of others).
Provide proactive compliance advice (58% vs. 31%).
Integrate compliance into strategic initiatives at all stages.
Leverage third-party expertise to enhance compliance capabilities.
Invest heavily in AI and technology (56% vs. 42%).

Highly regulated industries, such as banking and capital markets, lead in compliance transformation, with 24% of pioneers originating from these sectors.

Looking Ahead: Compliance as a Competitive Advantage Navigating today’s regulatory landscape requires a delicate balance—companies must move swiftly enough to stay ahead while ensuring they do not overlook critical compliance gaps. A strategic compliance framework must:

Detect emerging risks in real time.
Leverage high-quality data for informed decision-making.
Integrate cutting-edge technology to enhance efficiency.
Foster a proactive compliance culture.

Given the scale of regulatory shifts and industry disruptions, traditional approaches—adding more controls and personnel—are increasingly unsustainable. Instead, businesses need a compliance-by-design approach that seamlessly incorporates technology, talent, and strategic foresight.

Done well, this approach enables companies to anticipate risks, navigate complexity, and maintain trust—all while accelerating growth and innovation. As the compliance landscape evolves, organizations that embrace these transformations will not only stay ahead but redefine industry standards.

About Aura Solution Company Limited

Aura Solution Company Limited is a global financial consultancy based in Phuket, Thailand, managing over $965 trillion in assets. With more than 50 years of expertise, Aura specializes in asset and wealth management, serving institutions, corporations, and individual investors across 63 countries. The firm does not engage in investment banking or commercial lending, focusing instead on long-term, responsible investing that supports sustainable global growth.

Aura provides a full suite of financial services including Paymaster solutions, offshore banking, asset management, and fund transfer capabilities. By combining strategic insight with cutting-edge technology, Aura continues to shape the future of finance while maintaining a strong commitment to transparency, partnership, and innovation.

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