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. manesh@regulationasia.com
Articles by Manesh Samtani
ESG / Sustainability
MAS Calls on Investors to Engage with Listed Companies
11/10/2022
Asset managers and retail investors are encouraged to more actively engage with their investee companies and participate in setting their strategic direction.
Crypto / Digital Assets
OECD Releases Tax Transparency Framework for Crypto
11/10/2022
Indirect investments in crypto assets via derivatives and investment vehicles, as well as CBDCs, will be covered by CRS, rather than CARF.
ESG / Sustainability
Risk Monitoring Needed for Non-Climate ESG Risks: FSA
09/10/2022
Risk practitioners should establish risk monitoring systems that cover sustainability themes beyond climate change, said the FSA’s Satoshi Ikeda.
Capital / Liquidity
Industry Says BCBS Cryptoasset Treatment is Prohibitive for Banks
08/10/2022
The cap on banks’ exposures to cryptoassets should be raised from 1% to 5% of tier 1 capital, and based on net rather than gross exposures. The infrastructure risk add-on should be scrapped.
AML / KYC
Singapore Passes Amendments to Accountants Act
06/10/2022
ACRA is empowered to conduct inspections on accounting entities, compel them to remediate lapses identified, and impose sanctions when necessary.
ESG / Sustainability
ISSB Adoption in Hong Kong Will Have Global Significance: SFC
06/10/2022
The SFC is working with HKEX to develop a regulatory framework for listed company climate-related disclosures “based on the ISSB standards”.
Crypto / Digital Assets
European Council Approves Final MiCA Legislation
06/10/2022
The next step before MiCA is formally adopted is for the European Parliament to vote on the proposal on Monday.
Market Infrastructure
New Regulatory Regime for Hong Kong Auditors Takes Effect
04/10/2022
The AFRC can subject auditors who commit misconduct to penalties up to HKD 10 million, or three times profit gained, whichever is higher.
ESG / Sustainability
BSP Issues Guidance for Banks on E&S Risk Management
04/10/2022
Banks must develop ESRM systems that assess environmental and social risks arising from their operations, products, services, transactions, activities, and operating environment.
Capital / Liquidity
US Regulators Call for New Laws for Crypto, Stablecoins
04/10/2022
FSOC report calls for legislation to establish stablecoin regulation, supervisory authority over crypto asset entities, and rulemaking authority over crypto-asset spot markets.
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