Manesh Samtani
Manesh Samtani is the Editor at Regulation Asia, where he leads the regional news desk from Hong Kong, directing coverage of critical regulatory developments impacting financial services across APAC. Manesh specialises in analysing how new rules and technologies are reshaping banking, capital markets, and the fight against financial crime, providing finance professionals, compliance leaders, and policymakers with the intelligence they need to navigate risk and understand the impact of regulatory change in the region. [email protected]
Articles by Manesh Samtani
AML / KYC
Environmental Crime, A Global Security Issue
01/12/2021
Interpol’s Rory Corcoran says environmental crime is funding global terrorism and organised crime, while also impacting the sustainability agenda.
ESG / Sustainability
Hong Kong SFC Targets Adoption of Global ESG Standards
01/12/2021
Chairman Tim Lui says the SFC is currently evaluating ESG disclosures “much more closely” and looking for more ways to reduce opportunities for greenwashing.
Market Infrastructure
HKEX Issues Update on FINI Operational Arrangements
01/12/2021
HKEX provides key operational arrangement updates for FINI in a new information pack, including the onboarding requirements for market participants.
Capital / Liquidity
APRA Finalises New Capital Framework for Banks
30/11/2021
The new framework seeks to strengthen financial resilience rather than require banks to raise additional capital, APRA says.
Market Infrastructure
EU Lawmakers Agree to Defer Mandatory Buy-in Rules
29/11/2021
A decision to postpone implementation of the mandatory buy-in rules under the CSDR settlement discipline regime has been agreed.
Market Infrastructure
Australia to Drop LIBOR in Cross Currency Swaps Trading
29/11/2021
BBSW/LIBOR will shift to BBSW/SOFR in cross currency basis swaps trading, though the move presents challenges inherent to an IBOR/RFR pairing.
AML / KYC
Australia Introduces Sanctions Reform Bill to Parliament
28/11/2021
The bill allows targeted sanctions to be imposed to address themes such as gross human rights violations, malicious cyber activity and serious corruption.
ESG / Sustainability
HKMA Offers Guidance on Regtech for Reporting, Stress Testing
28/11/2021
The latest regtech adoption guide highlights challenges banks face as a result of their use of legacy systems and siloed data structures.
Market Infrastructure
APRA Calls For Greater Board Engagement on Cyber Risk
25/11/2021
APRA found in a data collection exercise that 60 percent of regulated entities had not assessed IT service providers’ information security control testing.
Fintech / Regtech
Japanese Banks, Companies to Test Run Digital Currency
24/11/2021
A group of over 70 companies, banks, and organisations plans to bring a digital currency known as DCJPY into circulation in the second half of 2022.
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