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
Fintech / Regtech
Japan FSA Updates Financial Sector Cyber Policy
21/10/2018
Japan’s financial infrastructure may come under attack in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the FSA says as it prepares to guard against potential large-scale incidents.
Enforcement
ASIC Will Use Every Power Available to Punish Dishonest Behaviour – Shipton
19/10/2018
The Royal Commission has reinforced that the financial industry has abandoned its core role of being custodians of other peoples’ money, said ASIC chair James Shipton.
Securities / Derivatives
Japanese Brokers to Seek TSE Compensation for Trading Glitch
19/10/2018
Up to 40 brokerages face billions of yen in potential losses on over 100,000 retroactive trades they are duty-bound to make after trading was halted last week due to a connection failure.
Market Infrastructure
DLT Can Process Peak Equity Trading Volumes – DTCC
18/10/2018
The results of the study prove that distributed ledger technology’s performance can scale to meet the needs of markets of different sizes and maturity, says DTCC’s Murray Pozmanter.
Fintech / Regtech
RBI Issues Guidelines Enabling Interoperability Between Payment Systems
17/10/2018
E-wallet providers can use the state-backed UPI network to make their wallets interoperable with other payment platforms, which will in time include banks and card networks.
Big Picture
ISDA Publishes Updated Template for Close-Out Netting Legislation
17/10/2018
Jurisdictions are increasingly seeking guidance on implementing legislation to ensure the enforceability of close-out netting, the “single most important risk mitigation tool in derivatives markets”.
Capital / Liquidity
IFRS 9 Does Not Materially Affect APAC Banks’ Fundamentals – Moody’s
16/10/2018
Moody’s says problem loan coverage has improved for many APAC banks, offsetting overall declines in CET1 ratios as a result of IFRS 9.
Big Picture
E-wallet Operator Oversight to Benefit Singapore Financial Stability: Moody’s
16/10/2018
Coming into force next year, the Payment Services Bill will require e-wallet operators to ring-fence wallet funds from lending activities, a move Moody’s says will benefit banks.
Enforcement
SFC Ramps Up Enforcement Against Capital Market Abuse
12/10/2018
Life is about to get very uncomfortable for those who abuse Hong Kong’s capital markets, said the SFC’s Thomas Atkinson at the 2018 Refinitiv Pan Asian Regulatory Summit.
Fintech / Regtech
Fragmented Data Privacy Rules Impede Fintech Growth in Asia
11/10/2018
New ASIFMA whitepaper advocates regional harmonisation of data privacy rules to facilitate continued growth of fintech ecosystems in Asia.
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