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
AML / KYC
Trade Misinvoicing a Persistent Problem Across Nations: GFI
22/12/2021
GFI says countries need to make trade misinvoicing illegal at the national level and strengthen law enforcement capacities of customs authorities.
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Suspends Trading in Key Agri-Derivatives to Curb Inflation
22/12/2021
The trading suspension is a response to rising food inflation. Observers expect the move to impact market confidence and make hedging more difficult.
Market Infrastructure
PBOC, CBIRC Urge Banks to Support Real Estate M&A Deals
21/12/2021
Banks are asked to support acquisitions of property development projects by healthy real estate companies, including by providing direct loans and facilitating bond issuance.
Big Picture
ISDA Outlines Next Steps to Develop China Derivatives Markets
20/12/2021
China’s draft Futures and Derivatives Law will remove a major barrier to international participation in China’s derivatives markets, ISDA says.
Securities / Derivatives
HKEX Finalises Framework for SPAC Listings in Hong Kong
20/12/2021
The new framework takes effect on 1 January. A SPAC’s securities must be distributed to at least 20 institutional professional investors, down from 30 proposed during consultation.
Market Infrastructure
HKMA Sets Targets for Launch of New Credit Reference Platform
19/12/2021
The new platform will serve as an interface for credit providers and CRAs to share credit data, as Hong Kong prepares to introduce additional CRAs in the city.
AML / KYC
FCA Fines HSBC Over ‘Prolonged’ AML Deficiencies
19/12/2021
Three key parts of HSBC’s automated transaction monitoring systems showed “serious weaknesses” between March 2010 to March 2018.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA Publishes New Set of Fallbacks for IBOR Derivatives
17/12/2021
The new fallbacks cover IBORs in India (MIFOR), Malaysia (KLIBOR), New Zealand (BKBM), Norway (NIBOR), the Philippines (PHIREF) and Sweden (STIBOR).
Securities / Derivatives
Malaysia SC Revises SPAC Framework to Spur Listings
16/12/2021
The minimum amount of funds required to be raised by a SPAC through its IPO has been reduced by a third, among other changes.
AML / KYC
Hong Kong, Singapore Authorities Arrest 10 in Joint Operation
16/12/2021
Six senior executives of Hong Kong listed companies were among those arrested, for operating a cross-border pump-and-dump manipulation scheme.
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