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
Structural Regulation
CBIRC to Scrap Foreign Ownership Cap for Insurance AMCs
14/12/2021
Foreign investors will be able to increase their stakes in insurance asset management companies to 100 percent and assume control.
Structural Regulation
SFC Sets Out Rules for Quarantine-free Travel to Mainland
14/12/2021
Staff or directors of licensed corporations whose main purpose of travel is for the management of the firm’s Mainland business are eligible.
Tokenisation
Bursa Malaysia Concludes Dematerialised Structured Warrants PoC
14/12/2021
The PoC demonstrated that smart contracts can help to enable parties to share standardised and automated business processes and enable increased workflow efficiency.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Sanctions Force Chinese AI Firm to Postpone HK IPO
13/12/2021
The US Treasury placed Chinese AI firm SenseTime on an investment blacklist just as the company was preparing to list in Hong Kong.
Capital Adequacy
RBI Loosens Rules on Bank Management of Overseas Units
13/12/2021
The RBI will also introduce new rules for how banks classify and value their investment portfolios, and how payment systems charge their customers.
CBDCs
RBA, CBA, NAB Conclude Project Exploring Wholesale CBDC
13/12/2021
The model used in the PoC preserves the current role of banks in the financial system and allows non-bank wholesale market participants to access the CBDC.
Operational Risk
BIS Paper Says Suptech Tools Could Diminish Supervisory Judgment
12/12/2021
The increasing use of suptech tools may diminish supervisory judgment, which could lead to “supervisory blind spots” and a “broader loss of institutional knowledge”.
Structural Regulation
China to Restrict Use of VIE Structures for Foreign IPOs
10/12/2021
The blacklist is expected to target new companies in sensitive sectors that use VIE structures to run their China businesses.
Cryptocurrency
IMF Calls on FSB to Create Global Regulatory Framework for Crypto
10/12/2021
The IMF proposes three elements that should be included in the framework, which is urgently needed to manage financial stability and market conduct risks.
Structural Regulation
US House Passes LIBOR Replacement Legislation
10/12/2021
The legislation will automatically shift tough legacy contracts to a new benchmark, preventing disputes over which rate should apply and how interest is calculated.
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