Manesh Samtani
Manesh Samtani is Editor at Regulation Asia, where he leads the editorial and research teams from Hong Kong. His work examines how regulatory change and technology are reshaping banking and financial markets, with a particular focus on digital assets, financial crime and sanctions. Manesh is a former securities industry practitioner and holds a bachelor's degree in finance and banking. [email protected]
Articles by Manesh Samtani
Capital Adequacy
Singapore Banks Well Prepared for Fully Phased-In Basel III Regime
03/02/2025
Analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence shows that Singapore’s major banks face contained capital pressure under the final Basel III rules
PEPs & Sanctions
US Uses Sanctions Law to Impose Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China
03/02/2025
Canada and Mexico will impose retaliatory tariffs against the US. China also said it would take “countermeasures”.
AI Risk & Governance
HKMA Develops AI-Powered Sentiment Tracker for Mainland Property Market
03/02/2025
The GenAI-driven sentiment index, which uses Chinese social media data, is able to act as a leading indicator for Mainland property sales
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
BOT Announces Enhanced Measures to Address Mule Accounts
02/02/2025
The BOT also said it supports a recently approved emergency decree amendment that will establish a shared responsibility framework for FIs, telcos and users.
Clearing & Post-Trade
FMSB Publishes Standard for Sharing Standard Settlement Instructions
02/02/2025
The Standard aims to address operational risks caused by incorrect or missing SSIs, one of the biggest causes of settlement fails.
Liquidity Risk
RBI Announces Largest Liquidity Injection Since Pandemic
31/01/2025
The new measures are aimed at addressing a INR 3 trillion liquidity shortfall caused by the RBI’s own intervention in the FX markets
PEPs & Sanctions
US Suspects Sanctions Circumvention by Chinese AI Firm DeepSeek
31/01/2025
US authorities investigating whether Deepseek bypassed US export controls and whether Singapore served as an intermediary for restricted Nvidia chip shipments
Cryptocurrency
Hong Kong SFC Grants Two New Crypto Licences
30/01/2025
The licences were granted to YAX, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tiger Brokers, and Panthertrade, a subsidiary of Futu Holdings.
Trading & Investment
CSRC to Promote Development of Index Investment Products
30/01/2025
The CSRC will establish a fast-track registration mechanism for registering stock ETFs and expand cross-border ETF connectivity
Trading & Investment
China Grants Three Insurance Firms Approval for Stock Investments
29/01/2025
The insurance firms received NFRA approval to participate in a pilot programme to invest CNY 52 billion in the stock market
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