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
Cybersecurity
PBOC Issues New Draft Rules on Cyber Incident Reporting
25/01/2025
The draft provides a standardised framework for the classification of cybersecurity incidents and more clearly defines reporting requirements during different stages of an incident
Emerging Prudential Risks
FSB Publishes Work Programme for the Year Ahead
25/01/2025
The work programme highlights digitalisation, climate change, and the shifting macroeconomic environment as key priorities
Trading & Investment
SFC Expands Listed Structured Fund Offerings in Hong Kong
24/01/2025
The SFC will allow product issuers to offer single-stock leveraged and inverse products and defined outcome-listed structured funds
Market Risk
JSCC’s Transition to VaR Margin Models Has Improved Efficiency: JPX
24/01/2025
The transition from SPAN to JSCC-VaR has improved risk management and margin efficiency for listed derivatives, but further refinements are needed.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Chinese Regulators Should Introduce a Stewardship Code: Report
24/01/2025
Fidelity International’s Flora Wang says the implementation of such a stewardship code in China would be a “decisively positive step”.
Trading & Investment
China Unveils Plans to Increase ‘Long-term Funds’ in Stock Market
23/01/2025
The plan includes measures to encourage insurers, pension funds, and other medium- to long-term capital funds to increase their stock market investments
Reporting & Disclosures
PIOB Certifies IESBA’s Global Ethics Sustainability Standards
22/01/2025
IESBA’s ethics standards for sustainability reporting will be launched in conjunction with IAASB’s sustainability assurance standard on 27 January
Clearing & Post-Trade
HKMA Launches Direct Bond Market Linkage With Macau
22/01/2025
The linkage will enable investors from both sides to participate in each other’s bond market with greater ease and efficiency
Trading & Investment
Korea FSS Finalises Guidelines on Preventing Naked Short Selling
22/01/2025
The guidelines clarify the obligations of securities companies to verify that clients have measures in place to prevent naked short selling
Structural Regulation
China to Cut Salaries in Half at Top Regulatory Bodies – Report
21/01/2025
Officials at the PBOC, NFRA and CSRC will face pay cuts of between 40-60% as part of an overhaul of China’s regulatory system announced in 2023.
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