Singapore

    ESG / Sustainability

    Singapore Continues to Grow as Asia Pacific Gateway: MAS

    By Manesh Samtani | 04/10/2020

    As of mid-September, 120 VCCs have registered in Singapore, on top of 15.7% year-on-year growth in total AUM recorded at the end of 2019.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SGX RegCo Publishes Regulatory Guide on Algorithmic Trading

    By Manesh Samtani | 02/10/2020

    The guide describes the governance, risk controls, and development and testing process that SGX members should have in place when using algorithms in trading.

    Market Infrastructure

    DBS, ICBC Issue First Club Loan Pegged to SORA

    By Editors | 01/10/2020

    The SORA-pegged club loan coupled with a cross-currency swap, which provides added certainty on interest rates and swap SGD proceeds into USD.

    Fintech / Regtech

    MAS Orders Wirecard Entities to Cease Singapore Payment Services

    By Editors | 30/09/2020

    Wirecard has informed MAS that it is unable to continue providing payment processing services to a significant number of merchants.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Goldman to Build Out FX Trading Infrastructure in Singapore

    By Editors | 30/09/2020

    Goldman expects its FX pricing engine in Singapore to be live in the first quarter of 2021 across deliverable and non-deliverable currencies.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Singapore Extends Measures on Electronic Offer Documents

    By Editors | 29/09/2020

    Listed issuers and parties involved in rights issues and takeover or merger transactions can electronically disseminate offer documents for 9 more months.

    MAS in Talks with Banks on Extending Relief for Borrowers

    By Editors | 29/09/2020

    MAS may extend relief measures announced in March which allowed principal and interest payments on loans to be postponed until year-end.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Singapore’s iFAST to Launch China Private Fund Manager Business

    By Editors | 28/09/2020

    iFAST Corporation expects to start selling private funds to qualified onshore individual and institutional investors in China in early 2021.

    Enforcement

    Singapore Police Lay Second Charge Against Hin Leong Founder

    By Editors | 28/09/2020

    The second charge is for a forged email that was used alongside an inter-tank transfer certificate to secure more than $56mn in trade financing.

    Fintech / Regtech

    PayNow Banks Raise Default Limit for Ad-hoc Transactions

    By Editors | 28/09/2020

    Customers can enjoy the convenience of making higher value transfers without adding the recipient as a payee, ABS said in a statement.

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