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
Data Privacy
Hong Kong Launches Pilot Programme for Multiple-CRA Model
20/11/2023
Participating individuals can obtain consumer credit reports from three CRAs, to review the accuracy of data and assess their overall service performance.
Anti-Money Laundering
FATF Revises Standards to Improve Asset Recovery Outcomes
19/11/2023
FATF has revised its Recommendations and published a new report to promote the use of Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Networks, or ARINs.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Regulatory Intervention Needed to Address Cloud Adoption Risks: BIS Paper
18/11/2023
Indirect oversight of CSPs, i.e. requiring financial firms to manage the risks, “may not be sufficient from a systemic perspective”, the paper says.
Anti-Money Laundering
MAS Issues Draft Requirements for Data Sharing Through COSMIC
17/11/2023
The requirements cover the internal policies FIs must put in place to share information through COSMIC, and the appropriate use and safeguarding of information received.
CBDCs
MAS Unveils Digital Money Blueprint, Plans for Wholesale CBDC
16/11/2023
Four new digital money trials will commence with industry players, and MAS will pilot the “live” issuance of wholesale CBDCs for the first time next year.
Cryptocurrency
IOSCO Finalises Policy Recommendations for Crypto Markets
16/11/2023
The recommendations cover six key areas, consistent with IOSCO’s Principles and associated standards for securities markets regulation.
Tokenisation
UBS, SBI, DBS Use Digital Bond in Cross-border Repo Trade
15/11/2023
The transaction involved a repo to borrow tokenised JPY against a natively-issued JPY digital bond. The tokenised JPY was used to finance the repurchase of the same bond.
Sustainable Finance
Singapore to Leverage AI for Sustainability-linked Loan Issuance
15/11/2023
Singapore’s Project NovA! consortium has developed MVP that uses AI to address the challenges of issuing sustainability-linked loans in the real estate sector.
Clearing & Post-Trade
Japan FSA Grants QCCP Recognition to TAIFEX
13/11/2023
The QCCP recognition will enable Japanese financial institutions to participate in central clearing of OTC derivatives in Taiwan.
Structural Regulation
China to Simplify Requirements Under QFII, RQFII Regime
11/11/2023
PBOC and SAFE propose to simplify registration, currency conversion and account management requirements for foreign institutional investors.
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