Singapore

Climate Risk

Singapore Continues Commitment to Green Finance, Defying Global Pullback

By Nathan Lynch | 08/05/2025

MAS officials said the energy transition across Asia-Pacific would be increasingly critical, despite the recent political pullback on climate change.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

MAS Proposes to Tighten Financial Advertising Regulations

By Nithya Subramanian | 07/05/2025

MAS proposes to remove exemptions applicable to sophisticated investors and to bring non-product financial advertisements into scope.

Anti-Money Laundering

US Settles Credit Suisse Tax Evasion Probe Involving Singapore

By Nithya Subramanian | 07/05/2025

From 2014 to 2023, Credit Suisse’s Singapore branch held over USD 2 billion in undeclared accounts for US taxpayers.

Structural Regulation

Singapore SIC Proposes Changes to Take-overs and Mergers Code

By Nithya Subramanian | 06/05/2025

The proposed changes will enhance the competitive process of M&A deals while improving disclosures to investors and shareholders.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

The Skinny on Scams: Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore Focus on Financial Deception

By Nathan Lynch | 06/05/2025

Nathan Lynch explores the lessons from the different approaches to managing the sophistication and scale of the burgeoning “scam industry”.

Sustainable Finance

Confidence in Green Finance Dropping in Financial Centres

By Manesh Samtani | 29/04/2025

Singapore is the only APAC centre ranked in the top 10 in the 15th edition of the Global Green Finance Index by Z/Yen.

AI Risk & Governance

SC Ventures Completes AI Projects with Singapore’s A*STAR

By Nithya Subramanian | 29/04/2025

The projects focused on regulatory automation and fairness in AI, advancing the use of Generative AI in the financial services sector.

Nature & Biodiversity

SSFA Urges Financial Firms to Target Nature-Related Risks

By Nithya Subramanian | 28/04/2025

The Singapore Sustainable Finance Association published an eight-step framework to help FIs incorporate nature into their financing strategies.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Culture and Conduct as the New Moat in APAC’s Wealth Sector

By Mary Leung | 28/04/2025

Traditional competitive advantages are fading in APAC’s booming wealth management sector, making a strong client-centric culture the new key to success, writes Mary Leung.