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. manesh@regulationasia.com
Articles by Manesh Samtani
ESG / Sustainability
HKMA Urges Banks to Adopt and Support GreenTech
11/11/2024
Carmen Chu said the HKMA will soon publish an adoption practice guide outlining how Greentech can help FIs achieve their sustainability targets.
Sanctions
Sanctions Landscape Expected to Shift Under Trump Presidency
11/11/2024
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to take a stronger stance against Iran, and to try to use sanctions to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Securities / Derivatives
Korea Launches New ‘Value Up’ ETF and ETN Products
11/11/2024
KRX and four other organisations have also launched a KRW 100 billion fund to invest in the new exchange-traded products and their constituent stocks.
Securities / Derivatives
Chinese Exchanges, Deutsche Börse Sign MoUs on Depositary Receipts
10/11/2024
The MOUs will facilitate the implementation of depositary receipts linkages between Shanghai/Shenzhen and Germany.
ESG / Sustainability
Chinese Exchanges Issue Guides on Preparing Sustainability Reports
09/11/2024
The guides provide a “toolbox” to help listed companies improve their sustainable development governance frameworks, workflows and related disclosures.
AML / KYC
Singapore Publishes Proliferation Financing NRA and CPF Strategy
07/11/2024
The document describes the PF risks Singapore faces, as well as its regulatory framework, risk mitigation measures, and national strategy to combat PF risks.
Market Infrastructure
GBA Initiative on Cross-border Data Transfers Extended and Enhanced
07/11/2024
The framework, launched at the end of last year, initially only applied to the banking, credit referencing and healthcare sectors. All sectors can now participate.
AML / KYC
MAS Announces Key Decisions on New AML Framework for SFOs
07/11/2024
MAS has extended the timelines for single family offices to submit initial notifications and annual reports. The transitional period will be 1 year instead of 6 months.
Crypto / Digital Assets
FCA, MAS to Explore Regulatory Considerations for Tokenisation
07/11/2024
The FCA and ICMA welcomed reports released by MAS this week offering tokenisation frameworks for funds and fixed income securities.
Fintech / Regtech
FCA Issues Guidance on Preparing for CrowdStrike-Style Outages
05/11/2024
The FCA offers guidance on compliance with its operational resilience rules by 31 March 2025, drawing lessons from the response to CrowdStrike’s July outage.
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