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
Securities / Derivatives
CSRC Adds More Securities Lending Curbs to Boost Stock Market
29/01/2024
Shareholders are no longer allowed to lend shares during their lock-up period. Borrowed shares will no longer be available on the same day.
Securities / Derivatives
IOSCO Seeks Feedback on Post Trade Risk Reduction Services
28/01/2024
IOSCO believes portfolio compression and counterparty risk optimisation services deserve attention from regulators globally.
Securities / Derivatives
Korea Amends Law to Guard Against Unregulated Investment Advice
26/01/2024
Unregistered investment advisors are allowed to operate online chatrooms, but only to provide “non-specific investment advice” to a “general audience”.
ESG / Sustainability
Hong Kong to Launch New Subsidy Scheme for Green Fintech
26/01/2024
The scheme will provide early-stage funding for pre-commercialised green fintech companies, said Hong Kong official Salina Yan.
ESG / Sustainability
China Relaunches Voluntary Carbon Credit Market
26/01/2024
The revamped CCER scheme, which was initially launched in 2012 but then shelved in 2017, allows any enterprise to purchase carbon credits.
Sanctions
US Senate Committee Approves REPO for Ukrainians Act
25/01/2024
If the legislation gets signed into law, it would pave the way for the US to confiscate Russian assets. However, the EU is unlikely to do the same.
Securities / Derivatives
China Announces RRR Cut, Other Measures to Boost Stock Market
24/01/2024
Besides the 50bp RRR cut for banks, regulators pledged to bolster investment returns and incentivise SOEs to improve share price performance.
Market Infrastructure
Taiwan to Introduce Responsibility Mapping System for Banks
24/01/2024
The FSC has directed the local banking association to develop a responsibility mapping system by 1 January 2025, based on the UK Senior Managers Regime.
Securities / Derivatives
China Planning Package of Measures to Stabilise Stock Market – Report
24/01/2024
Policymakers have earmarked at least CNY 300 billion of local funds and CNY 2 trillion of offshore funds to use to buy shares.
Fintech / Regtech
HKMA to Bolster Bank Supervision With Social Media Monitoring Tool
23/01/2024
The planned solution will be able to extract data from social media and websites and use NLP to analyse market sentiment and risks associated with banks.
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