The new office, under the Ministry of Finance, will help to catalyse sustainable finance and green investments, said minister Lawrence Wong.
October 4, 2021An open platform will be developed to enable real-time cross-border multi-currency payments, trade finance, foreign exchange and DVP securities settlements.
April 29, 2021MAS' Jacqueline Loh outlined several central bank-led innovation initiatives underway, including a project that will help quantify the ESG impact of investments and loan portfolios.
March 30, 2021The one-month and three-month SIBOR will be discontinued by end-2024. The discontinuation of the six-month SIBOR may depend on the timing of cessation of USD LIBOR.
December 11, 2020MAS and Chinese regulators are collaborating on RMB internationalisation, exchange-traded funds, digital finance and green finance.
December 9, 2020Under the timelines, all lenders and borrowers will stop issuing SOR-linked loans and securities that mature after 2021 by end-April 2021.
October 27, 2020IBF will run surveys every six months to obtain data about job losses at FIs to offer their staff reskilling support and possible redeployments in the industry.
October 21, 2020CSOP 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.
September 18, 2020The 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.
September 17, 2020In an ABS virtual roundtable, MAS deputy managing director Jacqueline Loh spoke of a three-pillar approach to support a smooth transition from SOR to SORA.
September 10, 2020