US policy under Donald Trump is becoming a significant issue when it comes to regulatory planning, according to a survey by the Compliance Institute in Ireland. The rollback of ESG (environmental, social and governance) regulations by the US was seen by 15pc as the most significant compliance threat. The Compliance Institute, Ireland’s professional body for compliance professionals, gathered responses from around 110 compliance experts who work in the financial services sector, and the Institute’s CEO Michael Kavanagh said the results highlight a clear concern among Irish compliance professionals. “US policy under president Trump is becoming a significant issue when it comes to regulatory planning,” he said. “In addition, over a third of respondents now see the softening of US data privacy and cybersecurity rules as their biggest compliance risk.