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 Abuse
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.
Cryptocurrency
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.
PEPs & Sanctions
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.
Cybersecurity
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.
Trading & Investment
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.
Resolution & Recovery
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.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
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’.
Trading & Investment
Credit Sensitive Alternatives to RFRs Have Limited Durability: Bailey
17/05/2021
Non-financial borrowers may not want their cost of borrowing to be driven by thin liquidity in CP and CD markets, says BOE governor Andrew Bailey.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
MAS to Expand Scope of Mandatory Reference Check Regime
16/05/2021
MAS proposes to expand the scope of FIs and employees subject to the mandatory reference checking regime. FIs will have to maintain records for all employees.
Cloud & Infrastructure
HKMA Sets Out Next Steps to Implement Open API Framework
13/05/2021
Phase 3 and 4 API functions will be implemented progressively by 28 participating banks starting from December 2021, the HKMA says.
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