Manesh Samtani
Manesh manages the news desk and serves as an editor at Regulation Asia. He covers regulatory changes across Asia Pacific that impact banking, capital markets, asset management, and financial services more generally. Manesh is a former trader and investment consultant with a degree in Finance and Banking. manesh@regulationasia.com
Articles by Manesh Samtani
ESG / Sustainability
Hong Kong Progresses Work to Expand Green Bond Programme
21/03/2024
A new Infrastructure Bond Programme will be established and the Government Green Bond Scheme will be expanded and renamed to cover sustainable projects.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Hong Kong: Prototype Created to Issue Electronic Bills of Lading
21/03/2024
The eBL prototype, developed by GSBN and Ant Group, is being used in the HKMA’s wholesale CBDC sandbox project.
Crypto / Digital Assets
OECD Assesses DeFi’s Role in ASEAN to Promote Financial Inclusion
20/03/2024
Innovation associated with DeFi, provided in a regulated and compliant form, could offer possible financial inclusion benefits such as in MSME financing.
ESG / Sustainability
ASIC to Develop Climate Reporting Guidance for Small Businesses
20/03/2024
Scope 3 requirements for larger businesses mean small businesses may come into scope, even if they do not have direct climate reporting obligations.
ESG / Sustainability
BIS Demonstrates the Use of GenAI in Climate Risk Analysis
20/03/2024
Project Gaia delivered a platform that can extract data from corporate climate-related disclosures and generate harmonised metrics, despite differences in disclosure frameworks.
Capital / Liquidity
RBNZ Assesses Initial Impacts of New Bank Capital Framework
20/03/2024
All NZ banks met their capital requirements over the previous two years. Costs of capital broadly in line with initial estimates. No evidence of financial market disruptions.
Market Infrastructure
FSB Updates Guidance on Operational Continuity in Resolution
19/03/2024
A supplementary note was added to address today’s dependencies on third-party providers for critical shared services, and the digitalisation of such services.
Crypto / Digital Assets
FSS Korea Issues 2024 Virtual Asset Supervision Workplan
19/03/2024
The supervision work plan includes measures to support regulatory compliance by VASPs ahead of the Virtual Asset Users Protection Act coming into force on 19 July 2024.
Capital / Liquidity
APRA Paper Offers Justification for Lower IRB Risk Weights
18/03/2024
APRA explains why the difference in risk-weights for housing lending between IRB and standardised banks is appropriate.
Enforcement
CSRC Unveils New Policies for Boosting Stock Market Quality
18/03/2024
The policies tighten the rules for IPO applicants, increase oversight of listed companies, and impose obligations on brokers and investment banks.
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