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
Big Picture
DTCC Proposes Plan to Harmonise Global Trade Reporting
17/03/2021
DTCC proposes plan to eliminate cross-jurisdictional differences in trade reporting standards to boost transparency and the monitoring of systemic risk.
Securities / Derivatives
Hong Kong to Further Develop Structured Credit Markets
17/03/2021
Structured credit products can help to raise green capital from international investors to support China’s transition to its 2060 carbon neutrality target.
Capital / Liquidity
Dividend Restrictions Effective at Increasing Lending Capacity: BIS
14/03/2021
Restrictions on capital distributions in the initial phase of the Covid crisis were effective in increasing bank lending, says new analysis from the BIS.
Market Infrastructure
GFIT Taxonomy Should Recognise Efforts to Become Greener
14/03/2021
The Japanese Bankers Association says the taxonomy should support not only ‘pure green’ activities and technologies, but also efforts to ‘become green/greener’.
AML / KYC
FATF, Egmont Group Identify 35 Indicators of TBML Risk
14/03/2021
The indicators are grouped into four categories: the structure of the business, trade activity, trade documents and commodities, and account and transaction activity.
Enforcement
US Fed Threatens Supervisory Action for Slow LIBOR Work
11/03/2021
Guidance for examiners suggests supervisory actions for firms that are not ready to stop issuing LIBOR-based contracts by end-December.
Market Infrastructure
APRA to Adopt New Consultation Approach to Data Collection
11/03/2021
APRA plans a consultation process that will allow it to design its data collections in a way that will minimise friction and reduce the regulatory burden of regulated entities.
Market Infrastructure
LIBOR Transition: Derivatives Market Has Clarity: ISDA
11/03/2021
The FCA’s recent announcement has provided clarity on the future of all LIBOR settings. But, derivatives market participants still have work to do.
AML / KYC
Travel Restrictions Holding Up Wealth Management Connect
10/03/2021
PBOC official Bai Hexiang said the Wealth Management Connect scheme can be implemented once people can travel freely between Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland.
ESG / Sustainability
MAS to Place $2bn With Green Asset Managers ‘Soon’
09/03/2021
Ravi Menon said MAS has identified the asset managers who will participate in the Green Investments Programme announced in November 2019.
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