Singapore plans wider retail investor participation in the bond market by offering increased access to corporate bonds in a bid to boost trade in securities.
September 2, 2014Singapore Exchange will reduce the standard board lot size of securities listed on SGX from 1,000 to 100 units from January 19 next year in order to make investing more affordable to retail investors.
August 26, 2014Singapore-based fund managers can now offer their funds directly to investors in Malaysia and Thailand under a streamlined authorization process following the launch of the ASEAN Collective Investment Scheme (CIS).
August 26, 2014India’s large banks are reducing their exposure in Singapore amid tightened regulation and oversight by the Monetary Authority of Singapore of foreign banks.
August 20, 2014The Monetary Authority of Singapore is seeking industry views on a proposal to tighten oversight of credit bureaus.
August 13, 2014The Monetary Authority of Singapore is proposing a legislation that will introduce a regulatory framework for financial benchmarks.
July 30, 2014The Monetary Authority of Singapore is requiring banks and other financial institutions to perform a risk assessment on money laundering and terrorist financing at a wider institutional level, beyond the assessment of individual customers.
July 20, 2014The Monetary Authority of Singapore will launch a facility providing overnight Renminbi (RMB) liquidity to financial institutions in Singapore from July 1.
June 16, 2014The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the re-appointments of Lim Hng Kiang, the city-state’s Minister for Trade and Industry to the MAS board of directors as deputy chairman for a further period of two years with effect from 1...
June 3, 2014Singapore-incorporated companies listed on Singapore Exchange (SGX) will apply a new financial reporting framework identical to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in 2018, according to the Singapore Accounting Standards Council.
May 30, 2014