For married home owners, the concept of decoupling may be a familiar solution to better manage their stamp duty liabilities should they consider investing in a second residential property.

In CCM Industrial Pte Ltd (in liquidation) v Chan Pui Yee [2016] SGHC 231 (CCM Industrial), the liquidators of CCM Industrial Pte Ltd (the Company) brought a claim for the recovery of certain payments...

CIMB Bank Berhad ("Bank") provided banking facilities to Panoil Petroleum Pte Ltd ("Panoil") secured by a deed of debenture ("Debenture"). Pursuant to the Debenture, Panoil assigned to the Bank...

National authorities across Asia Pacific are at very different stages in their digital transformation journey – and this has been particularly apparent during the COVID-19 crisis, writes Edmund Lee.

Executive Summary: 2015 was a mixed year for the world's capital markets and the story was no different across ASEAN. Spread across two client alerts, we take a brief look at the capital markets of each of the ASEAN members, how they fared in 2015 and the outlook for 2016.

In certain jurisdictions, there may be restrictions on foreign ownership of domestic companies or in respect of certain industries.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") has on 15 October 2021 promulgated the Securities and Futures (Closed-End Fund) (Excluded Arrangements) Notification 2021 ("Closed-End Fund Notification 2021").

Singapore's Variable Capital Company ("VCC") is now in its third year and gaining market traction, with considerable financial incentives for qualifying managers.

As Singapore commodities lawyers, PDLegal has extensive experience in advising clients on disputes arising from the international sale of goods.

The subject of Dual Class Shares (DCS) has given rise to much debate in the context of public listed companies.

The Securities and Futures (Amendment) Act 2009 was passed by Parliament on 19 January 2009 ("SFAA") to amend the Securities and Futures Act ("SFA"). Following that, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") issued a consultation paper on 16 April 2010 to invite comments on the proposed consequential amendments to the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005 ("SFR"). The key proposed amendments to the SFR are summarised below.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") has issued a consultation paper ("Consultation Paper"), inviting comments on its proposal ...

On 26 February 2019 the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the expansion of its Green Bond Grant Scheme to include social and sustainability bonds, and renamed the framework the Sustainability Bond Grant Scheme.

VCCs are flexible and low cost and are a compelling option for both local managers and foreign-based managers domiciling their funds in Singapore.

With crypto currencies and assets firmly lodged in the public mind, regulators need to lay guardrails to facilitate innovation and combat misbehaviour...

Asia is now home to more than a quarter of the world's 2,754 billionaires and this portion is predicted to rise to one-third by 2023, according to Wealth-X's 2021 Billionaire Census.

The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) will be launching second level domain names (SLDs) come 3 January 2005. Until now, Singapore has only allowed registration of third level domain names (TLDs) such as <<I>name.com,sg>. The move mirrors that of Hong Kong, the United States of America, China and Japan, which saw strong uptake for SLDs following their introductions earlier on. In anticipation of a surge in registrations, SGNIC has introduced a "sunrise" period, from 1

Singapore's recent enactment of the Choice of Court Agreements Act 2016 (No. 14 of 2016) has given effect to the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005...

The Payment Services Act 2019 ("PS Act"), which was passed by Parliament in January 2019 and will come into force on 28 January 2020, regulates payment systems and payment service ...