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
PEPs & Sanctions
UK Publishes Briefing on Third Countries Helping Russia
22/07/2024
The briefing names Belarus, Iran, North Korea and China as the main countries providing military support to Russia.
Cybersecurity
Global IT Outage: ‘Significant Number’ of Affected Devices Back Online
22/07/2024
NAB, CBA, SGX, LSE, Amex, Barclays, Macquarie Capital, and TD Bank were among those impacted, along with some Indian and Philippine banks.
Trading & Investment
NZX Consults on Regulatory Settings for Index Futures Relaunch
19/07/2024
One of the changes is to reduce the unit of trading from NZD 25 to NZD 1 to enable greater participation from smaller investors.
Cryptocurrency
New Virtual Asset Law Takes Effect in South Korea
19/07/2024
The FSC expects the law to establish a foundation to provide safe protection for users and sound order in the virtual asset market.
Anti-Money Laundering
FATF Issues Update on Standards Work for the NPO Sector
19/07/2024
The FATF will revise Recommendation 1 to better enable financial inclusion by improving the risk-based approach and supervision.
Nature & Biodiversity
FSB Publishes Stocktake on Nature-related Financial Risks
19/07/2024
Work by authorities indicates that FIs face large exposures to nature-related physical risk via their investments and financing activities.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
FSS Korea to Sanction Execs for Internal Control Issues
18/07/2024
FSS sets out how it will decide on imposing sanctions on CEOs and executives who violate their internal control management duties.
Emerging Prudential Risks
BCBS Publishes Final Standards for Bank Crypto Exposures
17/07/2024
The BCBS published final amendments to the prudential standard and the final disclosure framework for banks’ cryptoasset exposures.
AI Risk & Governance
FSB to Update 2017 Paper on AI-related Risks
17/07/2024
FSB Chair Klaas Knot said this work is not currently aimed at developing policy options or regulatory standards.
Payments & Settlements
FSB Proposes Measures to Address Cross-border Payment Frictions
17/07/2024
Two new FSB reports offer policy recommendations to address legal, supervisory and regulatory frictions in cross-border payments.
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