Third Party Risk Management · APAC Financial Services

Built by practitioners.
For practitioners.

Third Party Labs delivers training, governance templates, and regulatory intelligence designed for APAC financial services.

13+
APAC markets
20+
Years experience
2
Tier-one banks
01 · Regulated Entity
The bank or insurer
Accountable to its regulator for every third-party arrangement. Responsibility cannot be contracted away.
engages
02 · Third Party
The vendor or supplier
Provides the service. If it fails, the regulated entity bears the consequences. Their own suppliers and subcontractors (fourth parties) can also fall within scope.
serves
03 · End Customer
The person protected
Protected by the regulator. Their data, money, and continuity are on the line.

Why TPRM matters

If the vendor fails, you are still accountable.

Every major APAC financial regulator has strengthened its third-party risk requirements in the last five years. APRA CPS 230, MAS Outsourcing Guidelines, HKMA OR-2, RBNZ BS11. Across all 13 jurisdictions, the direction has been consistent. Financial institutions must maintain documented third-party inventories, conduct risk-proportionate due diligence, and hold credible exit strategies for every material service provider relationship.

Who we serve

Third-party risk touches more roles than most people realise.

Third Party Labs content is designed for four distinct audiences across the TPRM ecosystem. Whether you manage the risk, own the relationship, supply into the institution, or are accountable for what a vendor delivers, there is content here built for your role.

Financial Services

Risk and Compliance Professionals

Risk managers, compliance officers, internal auditors, and operational risk practitioners inside banks, insurers, superannuation funds, and capital markets firms. You understand the regulatory landscape. Our content is calibrated to your depth.

Vendor Management

Procurement and Vendor Managers

Vendor managers, procurement leads, category managers, and supply chain professionals who manage third-party relationships without a specialist risk background. We bridge the gap between procurement practice and regulatory expectation.

Third Parties and Suppliers

Companies Supplying into Financial Services

Fintechs, technology vendors, consultancies, BPO providers, and businesses of every size supplying goods or services to financial services institutions. Understand what your clients expect from you before they ask.

Executive Accountability

Business Owners and Senior Executives

GMs, COOs, Heads of Operations, and senior business owners inside banks and insurers who are accountable for what a supplier delivers. You own the risk without being a risk specialist. We help you manage it with confidence.

How we can help you comply

Everything you need to run TPRM well.

Third Party Labs Academy

TPRM Foundations: APAC Financial Services

A structured, assessable training program for risk and compliance professionals, procurement professionals, and business owners of suppliers seeking to provide services to APAC financial institutions. Six modules, four hours, APAC regulatory depth. Qualifies as verifiable CPD for ASIC, CIPS, IIA, ISACA, and other professional bodies.

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The Lab Vault

Governance Templates and Policy Packages

APAC-calibrated TPRM policy templates, due diligence questionnaires, and governance frameworks. Ready to use, designed for practitioners, not consultants. Policy and Governance templates with implementation support and advice available.

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AI-Powered TPRM Knowledge Agent

Ask a TPRM question. Get a practitioner-grade answer with the regulatory source cited. Built on 20 years of APAC financial services experience. Answers lead with the verdict, then the reasoning.

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The Lab Brief

APAC TPRM Regulatory Intelligence

Curated regulatory updates, enforcement actions, and guidance for APAC financial services TPRM professionals. What changed, what it means, and what to do about it. No noise.

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Coverage
·Australia ·Singapore ·Hong Kong ·New Zealand ·Malaysia ·Japan ·South Korea ·India ·Indonesia ·Philippines ·Thailand ·China ·Taiwan

The people behind it

Built on real program experience.

Kimberly Brooks founded Third Party Labs after 20+ years of hands-on procurement and TPRM experience across Big 4 consulting and Australia's largest financial institutions across APAC. She has built Group-wide Procurement and third-party risk policies at some of the most complex and heavily regulated organisations. Kimberly understands that third-party risk does not sit with one team or one function, and she builds tools and advice that the whole organisation can actually use. She has operated at every level of the discipline, from ground-level implementation through to C-suite advisory.