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
Fitch Warns of Downgrade Amid RBNZ Bank Capital Review
08/04/2019
Fitch Ratings says its assessment of New Zealand’s largest banks could change if capital requirements become so onerous as to cause their Australian parents to divest.
Big Picture
Talking Disintermediation by DLT with DTCC’s Rob Palatnick
04/04/2019
Regulation Asia sat down with DTCC’s Rob Palatnick to discuss his views on how far DLT will go in disintermediating the financial industry.
Market Infrastructure
SWIFT Sees Growing ISO 20022 Adoption in Asia Pacific
03/04/2019
SWIFT has released a new report on the state of adoption of the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard among Asia Pacific securities market infrastructures.
Market Infrastructure
ESMA Urges Readiness for End-May EMIR Refit Adoption
01/04/2019
Counterparties should start collecting the data they will need in May to perform calculations to determine whether they are subject to the clearing obligation.
Market Infrastructure
TMA Consults on HONIA, Hong Kong’s Alternative Rate for HIBOR
01/04/2019
The Treasury Markets Association is proposing technical refinements to HONIA to enhance its robustness and representativeness as an alternative reference rate to HIBOR.
Market Infrastructure
The MAS Approach to Cultivating Ethical Culture in Banking
29/03/2019
MAS emphasises incentive structures as the key to driving ethical behaviour and encourages banks to adopt good practices highlighted in a new information paper.
Market Infrastructure
China Regulators Share Common Message of Opening Up
27/03/2019
Regulators at the three-day China Development Forum in Beijing had a common message for the market – that China plans to ramp up efforts to open up the financial sector this year.
Capital / Liquidity
APRA Proposes Stricter Credit Risk Management Standards
26/03/2019
The revised prudential standard enhances board oversight of credit risk and requires more intensive credit checks on borrowers. APRA also highlights the risks of P2P originated loans.
Market Infrastructure
Data Localisation Policies Impair Provision of Financial Services – GFMA
25/03/2019
The GFMA urges policymakers to develop alternatives to data localisation policies that ensure data protection while still supporting the financial services sector and the end-users it serves.
Enforcement
ASIC, APRA, Courts to Get More Funding to Pursue Misconduct
25/03/2019
In the 2019-2020 budget, Australia’s government will provide more than A$585mn in new funding to regulators and the court system to help stamp out financial sector misconduct.
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