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 Infrastructure
GBA Initiative on Cross-border Data Transfers Extended and Enhanced
07/11/2024
The framework, launched at the end of last year, initially only applied to the banking, credit referencing and healthcare sectors. All sectors can now participate.
AML / KYC
MAS Announces Key Decisions on New AML Framework for SFOs
07/11/2024
MAS has extended the timelines for single family offices to submit initial notifications and annual reports. The transitional period will be 1 year instead of 6 months.
Crypto / Digital Assets
FCA, MAS to Explore Regulatory Considerations for Tokenisation
07/11/2024
The FCA and ICMA welcomed reports released by MAS this week offering tokenisation frameworks for funds and fixed income securities.
Fintech / Regtech
FCA Issues Guidance on Preparing for CrowdStrike-Style Outages
05/11/2024
The FCA offers guidance on compliance with its operational resilience rules by 31 March 2025, drawing lessons from the response to CrowdStrike’s July outage.
Securities / Derivatives
Tokyo Stock Exchange Goes Live With Trading System Upgrade
05/11/2024
The changes allow bulk order cancellation, introduce a closing auction session, and extend the TSE’s trading hours by 30 minutes.
AML / KYC
China: NPC Standing Committee Reviewing Updates to AML Law
04/11/2024
The revisions were first proposed in 2021 and have undergone two stages of review. This is expected to be the final stage of review.
AML / KYC
MAS Publishes Findings from Recent AML Inspections at FIs
03/11/2024
The new information paper addresses customers with multiple nationalities, source of wealth establishment, and post-STR risk mitigation measures, among other areas.
Securities / Derivatives
SFC, CSRC Announce First Batch of Brokers Eligible for WMC Scheme
02/11/2024
The list includes the likes of CICC, China Merchants Securities, CITIC Securities, Guotai Junan Securities, and Huatai Securities.
Market Infrastructure
China Eases Rules for Foreign Investment in Domestic Stocks
02/11/2024
China lowered the asset requirement, shareholding ratio and lock-up period for foreign strategic investors in domestic stocks.
Securities / Derivatives
SFC Sets May 2025 Effective Date for New Market Sounding Guidelines
01/11/2024
The SFC has narrowed the scope of the market sounding guidelines and clarified some requirements in response to market feedback.
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