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
Capital / Liquidity
Crypto Bank Silvergate Reveals Details of Post-FTX Bank Run
10/01/2023
The bank faced $8bn in withdrawals, forcing it to sell $5.2bn in debt securities at a $718mn loss. Its stock has fallen 95% since Nov 2021.
Crypto / Digital Assets
GDF Proposes Voluntary Standards for Global Cryptoasset Market
09/01/2023
In designing the standards, the GDF has leveraged the framework and high-level principles existing in the FX Global Code.
Crypto / Digital Assets
NYAG Files Suit Against Founder of Crypto Lender Celsius
08/01/2023
NYAG says Alex Mashinsky lied about Celsius’s safety, then lost customer funds in risky investments and concealed the firm’s deteriorating financial condition.
Crypto / Digital Assets
US Court Sets October Date for Bankman-Fried Trial
04/01/2023
Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to all eight charges against him. The court set a 2 October 2023 date for trial, which is expected to last about four weeks.
Fintech / Regtech
Korea FSC to Revise Rules to Mitigate IT Security Risks
02/01/2023
On-site inspection will be initiated “immediately” in the event that financial services are interrupted for more than three hours due to a computer accident.
AML / KYC
SFC to Collect More Granular Data from Licenced Firms
30/12/2022
Many of the new questions in the SFC’s updated BRMQ focus on AML/CFT practices and brokerage business controls.
Market Infrastructure
SEBI Proposes Regulatory Framework for Index Providers
29/12/2022
Index providers could be subject to SEBI’s framework even if they do not know their indices are being used in India, and even if they are not regulated in their home market.
AML / KYC
FTX, Alameda Execs Plead Guilty to US Fraud Charges
23/12/2022
Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang are cooperating with the investigation into FTX, Alameda and Sam Bankman-Fried, who has been extradited to the US.
Fintech / Regtech
SFC Calls Out Brokers for Slow Implementation of its Data Standards
23/12/2022
Brokers are directed to assign one or more MICs to oversee the implementation of the Data Standards, which was meant to be completed in April 2021.
Market Infrastructure
ASIC Finalises Changes to OTC Derivatives Reporting Rules
22/12/2022
ASIC has consolidated a proposed two-stage process for updating the rules into a single update commencing 21 October 2024.
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