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
Trading & Investment
ASIC Probes Market Participants for Possible Best Execution Failures
21/12/2020
ASIC is concerned Chi-X as an alternative venue did not see more trading activity during ASX’s November outage, as would be expected given participants’ best execution duty to clients.
Cloud & Infrastructure
MAS Consults on Proposed Notices for Outsourced Services
21/12/2020
Banks’ outsourcing agreements must include terms that grant MAS the right to audit the outsourced arrangement and obtain information from the service provider.
Structural Regulation
PBOC Publishes Roadmap for Full LEI Adoption in China
18/12/2020
By end 2022, LEIs will be used in securities and derivatives trading, risk monitoring, regulatory reporting, listed company supervision and the digital yuan ecosystem.
Anti-Money Laundering
FATF Warns of Continued Criminal Exploitation of Covid-19
17/12/2020
The effective use of technology to support onboarding and ensure effective information sharing has become even more important, the FATF says.
Sustainable Finance
Hong Kong Launches Strategic Plan for Greener Financial Ecosystem
17/12/2020
A cross-agency steering group has announced a green and sustainable finance strategy for Hong Kong and five key action points.
Sustainable Finance
SGX Launches New Sustainability Platform, Plans New ESG Products
16/12/2020
SGX is bringing third-party ESG ratings to Singapore listed companies and will introduce new ESG-focused investment and risk management products.
PEPs & Sanctions
No Banks Subject to HKAA Secondary Sanctions: US Treasury
13/12/2020
In a report to Congress, the Treasury said it has not identified any foreign FIs that “knowingly” conducted significant transactions with the ten individuals sanctioned in October.
Anti-Money Laundering
Australia: AML Bill Passes Senate, DNFBP Amendment Rejected
13/12/2020
An AML bill introduced last October has passed the Senate but without last month’s amendment to include real estate agents, accountants, lawyers.
Structural Regulation
Singapore Set Out Timelines for Full Discontinuation of SIBOR
11/12/2020
The one-month and three-month SIBOR will be discontinued by end-2024. The discontinuation of the six-month SIBOR may depend on the timing of cessation of USD LIBOR.
Sustainable Finance
China to Ease Foreign Access to Domestic Green Finance Market
11/12/2020
PBOC governor Yi Gang also said China will work to enhance its green finance standards, and explore the introduction of mandatory reporting of environmental risks by FIs.
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