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
Credit Risk
Chinese Regulators Ask Banks to Support Troubled China Vanke
12/03/2024
Vanke has been one of the few remaining Chinese property developers rated investment-grade by international rating agencies, until now.
Structural Regulation
EMMI Finalises Methodology Changes for Euribor Calculation
09/03/2024
The new calculation methodology will end the use of ‘expert judgement’ to determine the Euribor rate. Panel banks will start migrating around mid-May 2024.
Emerging Prudential Risks
EMEs Can Improve Shock Resilience With Better Hedging Markets
09/03/2024
The BIS finds that emerging markets with a more diverse investor base and better-developed hedging markets tend to have more resilient government bond markets.
Resolution & Recovery
Chinese D-SIBS May Not Need as Much TLAC After All
08/03/2024
In a new report, S&P Global Ratings says the revised capital management rules for banks issued in November could reduce previously estimated TLAC shortfalls.
Emerging Prudential Risks
BCBS Proposes Revisions to Address ‘Window-Dressing’
08/03/2024
The BCBS proposes to require banks to report and disclose most G-SIB indicators based on average values over the reporting year, rather than year-end values.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Authorities Explain Sanctions Obligations of Non-US Persons
07/03/2024
DOJ, OFAC, and Commerce Department explain their enforcement authority and provide examples of actions already taken against non-US-based parties.
Reporting & Disclosures
US SEC Adopts Mandatory Climate Disclosure Rules
07/03/2024
The final rules allow large companies to report Scope 1 and 2 emissions only if they are material, and remove requirements to also disclose Scope 3 emissions.
Structural Regulation
CSRC Promises Stricter Regulation, Supervision of Capital Market
07/03/2024
Chairman Wu Qing said the CSRC would “act decisively” in the stock market, improve its rules framework, and strengthen investor protection.
Capital Adequacy
Basel III Monitoring Shows Bank Capital Ratios “Largely Stable”
07/03/2024
Capital shortfalls under the final Basel III standards increased slightly for large internationally active banks, which saw record profits.
CBDCs
BIS Innovation Hub to Explore ‘Privacy by Design’ for CBDC
07/03/2024
The BIS Innovation Hub and HKMA have launched Aurum 2.0, a project focused on building privacy features into CBDC systems.
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