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
ISDA Calls for Uniform Approach to Risk Data Reporting
22/05/2021
Regulators would have a greater degree of confidence in the consistency and accuracy of the risk data being collected if they used an established industry standard in their reporting requirements.
Enforcement
HKEX Finalises Rule Changes to Enhance Market Quality
21/05/2021
HKEX will increase the profit requirement to HKD 80 million in combined profits over the three years. Proposals to enhance its disciplinary powers and sanctions will also be adopted.
Market Infrastructure
BNM Consults on Multi-rate Approach to LIBOR Transition
21/05/2021
A new discussion paper proposes that the Malaysian ARR be based on overnight transactions in the interbank market, and that the ARR runs in parallel to KLIBOR.
Enforcement
SFC to Investigate, Punish Misconduct in ‘Problematic’ IPOs
20/05/2021
In a joint statement with the stock exchange, the SFC says it will not hesitate to take enforcement action against intermediaries for IPO-related misconduct.
Crypto / Digital Assets
China Renews Crackdown on Cryptocurrencies
19/05/2021
Three state-backed associations representing internet firms, banks, and payments companies have barred their members from providing crypto-related services to customers.
AML / KYC
Proliferation Financing Risk: A Due Diligence Challenge
19/05/2021
Measures for detecting proliferation financing risk are designed to help identify sanctions evasion and uncover the beneficial owners of corporate entities.
Market Infrastructure
HKMA Instructs Banks to Assess Need for Tertiary Data Backup
18/05/2021
Banks are asked to critically assess the need to set up a secure tertiary data backup to guard against destructive cyber attacks.
Securities / Derivatives
Japan to Start Holiday Trading in Derivatives in Sep 2022
18/05/2021
Osaka Exchange and Tokyo Commodity Exchange will begin holiday trading in index and commodity futures and options in September 2022.
Market Infrastructure
China & HK Agree Cross-border Insolvency Framework
18/05/2021
Hong Kong courts and Chinese courts in pilot cities will be able to recognise insolvency, bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings under each other’s laws.
Big Picture
Conduct Risk Management Shifts to ‘Predict and Prevent’ Approach
18/05/2021
In its annual Compendium on culture and conduct risk supervision, Starling highlights a shift from ‘detect and correct’ to ‘predict and prevent’.
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