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
IOSCO Takes Stock of Measures to Address Greenwashing
04/12/2023
IOSCO describes the challenges of addressing greenwashing and provides an overview of initiatives undertaken in various jurisdictions to tackle this risk.
ESG / Sustainability
MAS Finalises Sustainable Finance Taxonomy After Four Consultations
04/12/2023
The Singapore-Asia Taxonomy now provides a framework to phase-out coal-fired power plants, which MAS says is critical in APAC.
ESG / Sustainability
IOSCO Proposes 21 Good Practices to Promote VCM Integrity
04/12/2023
The Good Practices cover regulatory frameworks, primary market issuance, secondary market trading, and use and disclosure of use of carbon credits.
Market Infrastructure
RBI, BOE Agree to Cooperate on CCIL Information Exchange
03/12/2023
The BOE recognises the “primacy” of the RBI in supervising India-based CCPs and agrees to rely on home country regulation and supervision.
Market Infrastructure
SGX Announces First Listings Under Shanghai ETF Link
03/12/2023
ETF listed on SGX will give investors exposure to high dividend paying Shanghai stocks. ETF listed on SSE will track Indian and Southeast Asian tech companies.
ESG / Sustainability
Version 2 of ASEAN Taxonomy Affirmed by Stakeholders
03/12/2023
The ASEAN Taxonomy Board said some feedback will be incorporated in the Version that will be effective in Q1 2023, and other improvements will be rolled out later.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Third Phase of CBDC Project “Helvetia” Gets Underway
01/12/2023
The pilot programme allows participating banks to settle digital bonds and repo transactions against wholesale CBDC on a DvP basis.
Enforcement
ASIC: Morningstar Pays Two ESG-related Infringement Notices
01/12/2023
Morningstar fund investors were exposed to weapons companies for “short periods of time” despite an ESG Policy that prohibited such exposures.
Fintech / Regtech
JPX to Distribute GenAI-based Stock Analysis to Investors
01/12/2023
JPXI will use AI technology from Israeli venture Bridgewise to deliver more information on TSE-listed companies to investors “than ever before”.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Cyber Security is a Key Risk for CBDCs: BIS Paper
01/12/2023
The report points to potential gaps in central banks’ internal capabilities and skills as a “key risk”.
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