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
AML / KYC
Digital Identity: A Sound Model for Risk Mitigation
29/06/2021
Lax attitudes towards security by consumers have made it increasingly important for banks to take advantage of digital identity systems and put in place robust security measures.
AML / KYC
New FATF Report Sounds Alarm Over Environmental Crime
29/06/2021
The report highlights the use of trade-based fraud and shell companies by criminals to launder proceeds from environmental crime.
Big Picture
New Report Explores Impact of AT/HFT on Hong Kong Equities
28/06/2021
Algorithmic trading and high-frequency trading were generally not found to have a deteriorating impact on market liquidity or increase market volatility.
Capital / Liquidity
FSC Korea to End Bank Dividend Cap on 30 June
28/06/2021
The FSC arrived at the decision based on economic projections, bank stress tests, higher capital adequacy ratios, and higher loan loss provisions.
Capital / Liquidity
Hong Kong: ‘Stay Rules’ to Come into Operation on 27 August
27/06/2021
Banks have to adopt provisions in financial contracts binding counterparties to temporary stays on termination rights that may be imposed by the HKMA during a bank resolution.
Crypto / Digital Assets
ASIFMA Spotlights Tokenised Securities in New Paper
27/06/2021
The paper calls on regulators to issue more guidance on the classification of tokens and modernise paper-based requirements in securities markets.
AML / KYC
FATF Plenary Packs Powerful Punch
25/06/2021
The FATF finalised reports on technological innovation, environmental crime, and asset recovery. New guidance on PF risk and a white paper on beneficial ownership were also finalised.
Enforcement
SGX RegCo Set to Expand Enforcement Powers
25/06/2021
From 1 August, SGX RegCo will be able to issue public reprimands, require issuers to comply with specified conditions, and demand director resignations.
AML / KYC
Australian Senate to Launch Inquiry into DNFBP Regulation
24/06/2021
The inquiry will examine the impacts of bringing DNFBPs into scope under Australia’s AML/CTF regime, including AUSTRAC’s capacity to regulate 100,000 more entities.
Big Picture
Citadel Securities Offers Best Practices to Address Exchange Outages
24/06/2021
Common issues that have compounded the impact of recent outages continue to be largely overlooked by some exchanges.
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