Nithya Subramanian, a deputy editor at Regulation Asia, has wide experience covering the financial sector in India and Singapore. She has written extensively about wealth management, capital markets and insurance sectors tracking policy and corporate developments. Researching and writing about the South Asian diaspora settled in Singapore and the region is another area of interest. She has a post-graduate degree in English literature. Reach out to her at nithya@regulationasia.com
Enforcement
MAS Issues Prohibition Order Against Former DBS Employee
21/05/2024
Muhammad Hafiz Bin Ismail applied to be a wealth planning manager with DBS but failed to state in his fit and proper declaration that he was under investigation.
Enforcement
Former Eagle Hospitality Trust CEO Charged for Disclosure Breaches
20/05/2024
The former CEO is accused of “reckless” failure to disclose information that was necessary to avoid the establishment of a false market.
Crypto / Digital Assets
CME Group Plans to Launch Spot Bitcoin Trading – Report
17/05/2024
Traders and fund managers say they want to buy and sell bitcoin on a regulated marketplace.
Big Picture
Digitisation of Finance Can Create and Amplify Risks: BCBS
17/05/2024
New BCBS report offers recommendations for banks to consider to mitigate digitalisation-related risks.
Fintech / Regtech
StanChart Completes First EUR Transactions on Partior
17/05/2024
The bank completed the transactions between Hong Kong and Singapore involving Siemens and iFAST Financial.
Capital / Liquidity
FSA Japan Issues Order Over Use of Falsified Data in Stress Tests
16/05/2024
Avatrade Japan used falsified data in stress tests to conceal its poor results and avoid having to increase capital.
Enforcement
Taiwan’s Yuanta Bank Fined for Embezzlement by Employee
16/05/2024
An employee privately negotiated repayment plans with customers and provided them a personal account for their debt repayments.
AML / KYC
Chinese Authorities Arrest Six in Crypto Money Laundering Scheme
16/05/2024
The suspects were involved in laundering CNY 2.14 billion through crypto transactions to South Korea.
AML / KYC
Singapore Makes Sixth Conviction in Money Laundering Case
15/05/2024
Turkish national Vang Shuiming was sentenced to “13 months and six weeks” imprisonment and required to forfeit S$179mn in assets.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Deutsche Bank Joins Singapore’s Project Guardian
15/05/2024
The bank will test an open architecture and interoperable blockchain platform to service tokenised and digital funds.
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