Singapore

NSFR Pushes Singapore Banks to Prioritise Long-term Funding

NSFR requires locally-based D-SIBS to have customer deposits, long-term wholesale funding and equity sufficient to cover extended period of market stress.

Singapore Market Infrastructure Regime Gains CPMI/IOSCO Approval

Peer review finds MAS meets all but one of 24 principles designed to shore up systemically important market infrastructure including central counterparties.

Singapore Banker Gets 2nd Conviction for 1MDB-related Offences

Former wealth manager at shuttered Singapore office of Swiss bank BSI to serve further two years for money laundering after witness tampering sentence ends.

MAS Takes Next Step Towards Increased Powers

Bill would allow regulator to compel firms to prepare recovery plans, enforce mandatory bail-ins for failing institutions.

Fintech Innovation vs. Regulation

Hong Kong needs to beware as Australia and Singapore regulators issue game-changing initiatives.

Singapore to Permit Bank Acquisitions of Fintech Companies

Revised comingling rules would allow lenders to invest up to 10% of capital funds in non-financial businesses.

Prohibition Orders in Singapore: An Introduction

POs are increasingly being used to ensure integrity in Singapore’s financial services industry.

Updated – Singapore to Delay FRTB, IRRBB, SA-CCR

MAS has privately told banks it will alter the implementation timelines for several regulations including FRTB, Regulation Asia can reveal.

More Fintech Regulatory Coordination Needed – ASIFMA

Singapore to Ease Rules for Robo-advisers