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
Capital / Liquidity
FSC Korea to End Bank Dividend Cap on 30 June
28/06/2021
The FSC arrived at the decision based on economic projections, bank stress tests, higher capital adequacy ratios, and higher loan loss provisions.
Capital / Liquidity
Hong Kong: ‘Stay Rules’ to Come into Operation on 27 August
27/06/2021
Banks have to adopt provisions in financial contracts binding counterparties to temporary stays on termination rights that may be imposed by the HKMA during a bank resolution.
Crypto / Digital Assets
ASIFMA Spotlights Tokenised Securities in New Paper
27/06/2021
The paper calls on regulators to issue more guidance on the classification of tokens and modernise paper-based requirements in securities markets.
AML / KYC
FATF Plenary Packs Powerful Punch
25/06/2021
The FATF finalised reports on technological innovation, environmental crime, and asset recovery. New guidance on PF risk and a white paper on beneficial ownership were also finalised.
Enforcement
SGX RegCo Set to Expand Enforcement Powers
25/06/2021
From 1 August, SGX RegCo will be able to issue public reprimands, require issuers to comply with specified conditions, and demand director resignations.
AML / KYC
Australian Senate to Launch Inquiry into DNFBP Regulation
24/06/2021
The inquiry will examine the impacts of bringing DNFBPs into scope under Australia’s AML/CTF regime, including AUSTRAC’s capacity to regulate 100,000 more entities.
Big Picture
Citadel Securities Offers Best Practices to Address Exchange Outages
24/06/2021
Common issues that have compounded the impact of recent outages continue to be largely overlooked by some exchanges.
Capital / Liquidity
NZ FMA Unimpressed With Liquidity Practices at Funds
24/06/2021
The FMA says liquidity stress tests are not being performed frequently enough and fund managers do not have sufficient liquidity management tools.
Big Picture
Enterprise Ireland, Kapronasia Publish APAC Regtech Study
23/06/2021
Lengthy procurement processes, cumbersome IT and security approvals, and implementation complexity are hindering APAC regtech adoption.
Financial Advice Standards Have Improved, MAS Finds
22/06/2021
Financial advisers have enhanced their standards and raised the quality of advice provided to customers, MAS found in a mystery shopping exercise.
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