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
Western Leaders Pledge to Remove Russian Banks from SWIFT
28/02/2022
Western leaders have committed to removing “selected Russian banks” from the SWIFT financial messaging system to harm their ability to operate globally.
Reporting & Disclosures
EC Adopts Proposal on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
28/02/2022
The proposal requires companies, including certain non-EU companies, to address negative human rights and environmental impacts in their supply chains.
PEPs & Sanctions
Russia Facing Comprehensive Sanctions Over Ukraine Invasion
25/02/2022
The US is targeting all ten of Russia’s largest financial institutions. Russian access to most major markets has been restricted.
Credit Risk
China Continues Work to Defend Against Property Sector Woes
24/02/2022
Lenders are being asked to accelerate lending to homebuyers and developers. Bad debt managers are being asked to buy up property assets and help restructure smaller lenders.
Trading & Investment
HK Budget Includes More Borrower Relief, Capital Market Reforms
23/02/2022
Finance Secretary Paul Chan announced measures to further reform Hong Kong’s listing rules, promote the bond market, and introduce yuan share trading in the city.
Structural Regulation
SFC Confirms Plans to Regulate Fund Trustees, Custodians
23/02/2022
A new regulated activity (RA 13) will be introduced which will subject trustees and custodians of public funds to licensing requirements and ongoing regulatory supervision.
PEPs & Sanctions
US, EU, UK, Japan Announce Sanctions Against Russia
22/02/2022
Sanctions are being imposed against Russian state-owned banks, officials, oligarchs, and new debt issued by the central bank, sovereign wealth fund or government.
KYC & CDD
Tax Justice Network: Measures to Address Complex Ownership
21/02/2022
Countries should ‘name and shame’ companies with highly complex ownership structures and consider forcing ‘too complex to fail’ companies to simplify.
Anti-Money Laundering
Suisse Secrets: Data Leak Reveals Criminals Clients at Swiss Bank
21/02/2022
The data unearthed evidence that Credit Suisse accounts were used by clients involved in torture, drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption and other serious crimes.
Cryptocurrency
FSB Updates G20 on 2022 Priorities, Including Work on Crypto-assets
17/02/2022
The FSB has started to examine regulatory and supervisory issues and approaches to address risks stemming from unbacked crypto-assets.
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