Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

First Rural Lender Added to Greater Bay WMC Scheme

By Darien Choong | 11/05/2022

Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank has partnered with DBS Hong Kong to offer cross-border wealth management services to mainland residents in the GBA.

Anti-Money Laundering

Taiwan FSC Fines KGI Bank Over Misappropriated Client Assets

By Editors | 11/05/2022

KGI Bank was fined after one employee misappropriated customer funds and another improperly executed customer transactions.

Tokenisation

ADDX, Fullerton Partner to Tokenise Private Equity Fund

By Editors | 11/05/2022

Temasek subsidiary Fullerton Fund Management is issuing tokenised units of a new private equity fund of funds on the ADDX platform.

Trading & Investment

ASIC to Issue Derivatives Reporting Consultation Soon

By Manesh Samtani | 11/05/2022

ASIC’s Alex Orgaz-Barnier says APAC regulators are targeting a common implementation date and alignment to the greatest extent possible.

Market Abuse

BSEC Proposes to Strengthen Rules Against Insider Trading

By Editors | 10/05/2022

Listed companies will have to disclose all loan activities, contracts with related parties, and technology changes as ‘price sensitive information’.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Cum-Ex Scandal Widens like a Regulatory Inquisition 

By Peter Guy | 10/05/2022

A common tax arbitrage trading strategy is now being prosecuted as outright tax avoidance, catching global banks and traders in a broad net.

Cryptocurrency

MAS Grants Fifth DPT Licence Under PSA to Coinhako

By Editors | 10/05/2022

Coinhako is the fifth firm to receive a full DPT licence under the PSA, after TripleA, FOMO Pay, DBS Vickers and Independent Reserve.

Payments & Settlements

QR Code Payments Promote Credit Access for SMEs: BIS

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/05/2022

QR payments allow the creation of a digital payment footprint that enables small firms to access credit from both big tech firms as well as banks.

Trading & Investment

LSEG to Launch New NDF Matching Venue in Singapore

By Editors | 09/05/2022

The fully cleared NDF matching venue will be open for integration testing later this year, with a full production launch in mid-2023.