Singapore

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.

Market Infrastructure

SGX, NSE Formalise Agreement to Operationalise ‘Connect’

By Manesh Samtani | 22/09/2020

The Connect will bring trading of SGX Nifty products to GIFT City to create a larger pool of liquidity, comprising both foreign and domestic market participants.

AML / KYC

MAS ‘Closely Studying’ Singapore Mentions in FinCEN Files

By Editors | 21/09/2020

The SARs contained in the FinCEN Files flagged 1,781 transactions that flowed through Singapore as potentially suspicious.

Securities / Derivatives

Barclays to Build Out FX Trading Infrastructure in Singapore

By Editors | 19/09/2020

Barclays will launch an FX trading and pricing engine in Singapore by mid-2021, adding to existing platforms in New York, London and Tokyo.

Securities / Derivatives

SGX to List World’s Largest Chinese Pure Government Bond ETF

By Editors | 17/09/2020

CSOP Asset Management’s inaugural ETF on SGX will track the performance of fixed-rate government bonds issued in China as measured by a FTSE Russell index.

Enforcement

Singapore Convicts Three Individuals for Unauthorised Trading

By Editors | 16/09/2020

The former trading representatives acted on the instructions of a fourth individual to use accounts belonging to family, friends and clients to buy and sell Skyone shares.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Fund Industry to Collaborate to Address Skills Gap

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/09/2020

The first phase of the initiative will equip asset management trainees with foundation skills as well as future-ready skills in fintech, impact investing and ESG.