Manesh Samtani
Manesh manages the news desk and serves as an editor at Regulation Asia. He covers regulatory changes across Asia Pacific that impact banking, capital markets, asset management, and financial services more generally. Manesh is a former trader and investment consultant with a degree in Finance and Banking. [email protected]
Articles by Manesh Samtani
Crypto / Digital Assets
NBFI Vulnerabilities Remain Largely Unaddressed, Warns FSB
22/07/2024
The global financial system remains susceptible to further shocks, the FSB says, calling for faster implementation of reforms to address NBFI vulnerabilities.
Sanctions
UK Publishes Briefing on Third Countries Helping Russia
22/07/2024
The briefing names Belarus, Iran, North Korea and China as the main countries providing military support to Russia.
Fintech / Regtech
Global IT Outage: ‘Significant Number’ of Affected Devices Back Online
22/07/2024
NAB, CBA, SGX, LSE, Amex, Barclays, Macquarie Capital, and TD Bank were among those impacted, along with some Indian and Philippine banks.
Market Infrastructure
NZX Consults on Regulatory Settings for Index Futures Relaunch
19/07/2024
One of the changes is to reduce the unit of trading from NZD 25 to NZD 1 to enable greater participation from smaller investors.
Crypto / Digital Assets
New Virtual Asset Law Takes Effect in South Korea
19/07/2024
The FSC expects the law to establish a foundation to provide safe protection for users and sound order in the virtual asset market.
AML / KYC
FATF Issues Update on Standards Work for the NPO Sector
19/07/2024
The FATF will revise Recommendation 1 to better enable financial inclusion by improving the risk-based approach and supervision.
ESG / Sustainability
FSB Publishes Stocktake on Nature-related Financial Risks
19/07/2024
Work by authorities indicates that FIs face large exposures to nature-related physical risk via their investments and financing activities.
Enforcement
FSS Korea to Sanction Execs for Internal Control Issues
18/07/2024
FSS sets out how it will decide on imposing sanctions on CEOs and executives who violate their internal control management duties.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BCBS Publishes Final Standards for Bank Crypto Exposures
17/07/2024
The BCBS published final amendments to the prudential standard and the final disclosure framework for banks’ cryptoasset exposures.
Fintech / Regtech
FSB to Update 2017 Paper on AI-related Risks
17/07/2024
FSB Chair Klaas Knot said this work is not currently aimed at developing policy options or regulatory standards.
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