Monetary Authority of Singapore

    AML / KYC

    MAS Issues AML Guidance for External Asset Managers

    By Manesh Samtani | 25/08/2022

    The guidance covers governance, risk assessment frameworks, customer due diligence, enhanced CDD, and suspicious transaction reporting.

    Enforcement

    MAS Fines Noble Group Over Misleading Financial Statements

    By Editors | 25/08/2022

    The S$12.6mn fine is understood to be the largest fine for the publication of misleading financial statements in Singapore’s history.

    Enforcement

    MAS Penalises Former UOBKH Representative for False Trading

    By Editors | 19/08/2022

    The former UOB Kay Hian trading representative committed false and unauthorised trading for a client who was himself sentenced in March 2021.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Crypto Firm Hodlnaut Applies for Judicial Management in Singapore

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The alternative of forced liquidation would be a “suboptimal solution” that would require Hodlnaut to sell users’ cryptocurrencies at “depressed asset prices”.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Investment Funds Increasingly Setting Up as Singapore VCCs

    By Editors | 17/08/2022

    Singapore has reportedly been welcoming more than a dozen investment funds every month under the VCC regime.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS Rescinds IPA Granted to Crypto Lender Hodlnaut

    By Editors | 11/08/2022

    Hodlnaut froze withdrawals, token swaps and deposits on its platform on Monday to focus on stabilising its liquidity and preserving assets.

    Capital / Liquidity

    MAS Revises Notice to Implement IRRBB Disclosure Requirements

    By Editors | 09/08/2022

    The revised Notice 637 will take effect from 1 January 2023, implementing the revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements for IRRBB.

    Fintech / Regtech

    MAS Sets Out Expectations on Third Party Risk Management 

    By Editors | 08/08/2022

    MAS conducted thematic inspections on the operational risk management standards and practices of selected banks, with a focus on third party risk management.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Laying the Groundwork for Digital Assets to Take Flight in Korea

    By Susan Friedman | 04/08/2022

    South Korea has an opportunity to bolster innovation in digital assets as it develops new regulations for the sector, say Ripple’s Susan Friedman and Rahul Advani.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Data with Destiny: Bridging Asia’s ESG Information Gap

    By Editors | 02/08/2022

    While there has been a surge of data disclosure in Asia, the lack of a unified set of rules across the region opens the door for inconsistencies.

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