
Manesh Samtani is Editor at Regulation Asia, where he leads the editorial and research teams from Hong Kong. His work examines how regulatory change and technology are reshaping banking and financial markets, with a particular focus on digital assets, financial crime and sanctions. Manesh is a former securities industry practitioner and holds a bachelor's degree in finance and banking. manesh@regulationasia.com

AI Risk & Governance
US Court Rules AI-Generated Work Cannot be Copyrighted
22/08/2023
Human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright, a federal judge ruled in a case that dates back to 2019.

Cryptocurrency
NZ Parliamentary Report Warns Against Overregulating Digital Assets
21/08/2023
New Zealand does not need to urgently design and implement an integrated regulatory framework for digital assets at this time, the report says.

Trading & Investment
China Unveils Package of Measures to Reinvigorate Stock Market
21/08/2023
The measures include reducing transaction fees, encouraging stock buybacks by listed companies, and a possible extension of trading hours.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
FSS Korea Targets Internal Controls, Lending Compliance at Banks
20/08/2023
Bank presidents asked to inspect their institutions’ internal control systems, and to do more to contain rising levels of household indebtedness.

Model Risk
ECB Calls on Banks to Simplify and Streamline Internal Models
20/08/2023
Banks should consider using less sophisticated approaches for exposure classes that involve small portfolios or portfolios with limited representative data.

Anti-Money Laundering
FCA Sets Out Expectations on Crypto Travel Rule Compliance
18/08/2023
UK firms that receive a crypto transfer with incomplete information may block the beneficiary from accessing the crypto.

Anti-Money Laundering
Singapore Police Arrests 10 Foreigners for Forgery, Money Laundering
16/08/2023
The suspects were involved in laundering proceeds from organised crime activities. MAS is scrutinising FIs where tainted funds were found.

Trading & Investment
HKEX, Banks Working to Enhance Market Attractiveness – Report
16/08/2023
Measures discussed include scaling back the stamp duty, and introducing cross margin arrangements to lower margin financing costs.

Structural Regulation
Inside ASIC’s Derivatives Reporting Rule Rewrite
14/08/2023
ASIC’s Alex Orgaz-Barnier and DTCC’s Priya Kundamal spoke to Regulation Asia about the changes to the derivative transaction reporting regime in Australia.

Credit Risk
CSRC Meets With Developers as Property Market Faces Renewed Pressure
13/08/2023
Property firms were asked to share information about their home sales, cash flow, debt situation, and funding needs.
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