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
Market Infrastructure
HK Budget Includes More Borrower Relief, Capital Market Reforms
23/02/2022
Finance Secretary Paul Chan announced measures to further reform Hong Kong’s listing rules, promote the bond market, and introduce yuan share trading in the city.
Securities / Derivatives
SFC Confirms Plans to Regulate Fund Trustees, Custodians
23/02/2022
A new regulated activity (RA 13) will be introduced which will subject trustees and custodians of public funds to licensing requirements and ongoing regulatory supervision.
AML / KYC
US, EU, UK, Japan Announce Sanctions Against Russia
22/02/2022
Sanctions are being imposed against Russian state-owned banks, officials, oligarchs, and new debt issued by the central bank, sovereign wealth fund or government.
AML / KYC
Tax Justice Network: Measures to Address Complex Ownership
21/02/2022
Countries should ‘name and shame’ companies with highly complex ownership structures and consider forcing ‘too complex to fail’ companies to simplify.
AML / KYC
Suisse Secrets: Data Leak Reveals Criminals Clients at Swiss Bank
21/02/2022
The data unearthed evidence that Credit Suisse accounts were used by clients involved in torture, drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption and other serious crimes.
Market Infrastructure
FSB Updates G20 on 2022 Priorities, Including Work on Crypto-assets
17/02/2022
The FSB has started to examine regulatory and supervisory issues and approaches to address risks stemming from unbacked crypto-assets.
Fintech / Regtech
NFTs Are Not Suitable for Retail Investors, MAS Chairman Warns
17/02/2022
MAS chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam said NFTs could be regulated only if they are used to represent capital markets products.
Fintech / Regtech
Crypto-related Financial Stability Risks are Increasing: FSB
16/02/2022
Crypto-related financial stability risks could “rapidly escalate”, underscoring the need for “timely and pre-emptive” evaluation of possible policy responses.
Fintech / Regtech
Thai SEC Proposes New Rules on Crypto-related Advertising
15/02/2022
Advertisements related to cryptocurrencies in public areas will be prohibited, but advertising of services “can still be carried out normally”.
AML / KYC
MAS Issues Guidance on Tech Adoption for Remote CDD
14/02/2022
MAS identifies good industry practices used to guard against fraud, impersonation, and document tampering in a non-face-to-face setting.
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