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Securities / Derivatives
Singapore Bourse Pushes into Foreign Exchange Market
By Manesh Samtani | 12/06/2019
SGX wants to reduce its reliance on equity index derivatives by aggressively pushing into the FX markets over the next five years.
Market Infrastructure
MAS Proposes Increased Scope for Accountability, Conduct Guidelines
By Garima Chitkara | 07/06/2019
MAS proposes to apply its 2018 accountability and conduct guidelines to a wider range of financial institutions, including fund managers, trade repositories and benchmark administrators.
AML / KYC
MAS Consults on AML/CFT Notices for Payment Services
By Manesh Samtani | 07/06/2019
The first Notice covers account issuance, money transfers and money changing services. The second Notice sets out a separate framework for digital payment tokens.
Market Infrastructure
Finance Should be a Force for Good: MAS
By Garima Chitkara | 05/06/2019
Financial institutions need to build trust, inclusivity and sustainability in order to be a force for good, MAS managing director Ravi Menon said in a speech on Monday.
Enforcement
MAS Penalises Singapore National in LSE Insider Trading Case
By Editors | 05/06/2019
The penalty was the result of close cooperation and information sharing between MAS and the UK FCA, which had referred the case and provided investigative assistance.
Capital / Liquidity
Singapore Banks Well Positioned for Final Basel III Rules
By Manesh Samtani | 02/06/2019
Moody’s says Singapore performs better than other banking systems in a high stress scenario. The new report also looks at banks’ digitisation push.
Market Infrastructure
Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam on US Watchlist for Currency Practices
By Manesh Samtani | 31/05/2019
The US Treasury’s monitoring list now names nine countries that could potentially be labeled currency manipulators, including China, Japan and Korea.
Capital / Liquidity
BCBS 239 – What Lies Ahead?
By Irene Liu | 27/05/2019
There is clear fatigue in the industry around BCBS 239 compliance, but the exercise has also enabled other capabilities, say PwC’s Irene Liu, David Yakowitz and Catherine Lee.
Crypto / Digital Assets
MAS Sandbox Admits SGX-Backed Digitised Securities Platform iSTOX
By Editors | 27/05/2019
From within the sandbox, iSTOX is currently onboarding the first batch of issuers and investors who will participate in issuance and trading of digitised securities starting in 4Q 2019.
Fintech / Regtech
HKMA Steps Towards Regulating Big Data Analytics, AI in FinTech
By Hannah Cassidy | 24/05/2019
Herbert Smith Freehills says the HKMA push for adoption of the Ethical Accountability Framework in FinTech development represents a broader movement toward regulating artificial intelligence.
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