Posts By Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia
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117HK Regulators Offer Support for New Climate Action Plan
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 13, 2021The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group pledges support for the government's Climate Action Plan 2050.
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91FSB Offers Policy Toolkit to Address MMF Vulnerabilities
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 12, 2021Enhancing MMF resilience will help address systemic risks and minimise the need for central bank interventions to support the sector, the FSB said.
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103HKMA, SFC Outline Expectations on Sale of ILS Products
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 12, 2021The circular follows the $30mn issuance of Hong Kong's first catastrophe bond by Greater Bay Re, a state-sponsored special purpose vehicle.
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211FATF Re-rates China on Six Recommendations
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 11, 2021The FATF acknowledges work underway to revise China's AML laws to bring DNFBPs into scope and set a foundation for a new beneficial ownership regime.
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133Global Tax Reforms Finalised, Implementation Set for 2023
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 11, 2021Six holdouts from July including Ireland have now joined the global agreement to introduce a 15 percent minimum corporate tax rate globally.
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174New Zealand Consults on Broad Changes to AML/CFT Act
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 8, 2021Changes being considered include the introduction of a new registration regime for all AML/CFT businesses, a licensing regime for VASPs, and direct penalties for senior managers.
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Hong Kong Announces Initiatives to Bolster Financial Hub Status
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 7, 2021Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced measures to improve the stock market listing regime and enable RMB-denominated securities in Hong Kong.
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220BIS Partners with MAS, BOE, ISDA on Data & Analytics Platform
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 7, 2021Project Ellipse explores the use of ISDA's Common Domain Model to digitally extract, query and analyse large quantities of data in real-time for supervisory purposes.
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297ESG Due Diligence: Setting a High Water Mark
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 6, 2021Refinitiv's Wendy De Cruz talks to Regulation Asia about new supply chain laws reshaping industries and the challenges FIs face in enhancing due diligence practices.
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366Pandora Papers Expose Offshore Wealth of Public Officials
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia October 5, 2021Some 35 current and former leaders are featured in the Pandora Papers leak, which contains 11.9 million documents from 14 offshore services firms.
