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In a continuing effort to improve conduct, integrity and public confidence in financial and insurance markets, the Monetary Authority of Singapore recently announced the Individual Accountability and Conduct Guidelines.

Green bonds have come a long way in the last decade with increasing demand from investors looking to align their investments with the Sustainable Development Goals...

On 25th September 2025, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) rolled out guidelines on Standards of Conduct for Digital Advertising Activities (" Guidelines") slated to gain effect from 25th March 2026.

On 17 July 2018, the Ministry of Law announced that it will put in place a new anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism regulatory regime for precious stones and metals dealers in Singapore.

On 3 July 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") published two consultation papers and a consultation response relating to digital payment token ("DPT") services.

The GIP was launched in 2004 by the Economic Development Board ('EDB') with the objective of providing a faster track to SPR status for eligible global investors who intend to drive their businesses and investment growth from Singapore.

On 28 September 2023, MAS published its response to feedback received on its consultation paper on draft notices on the competency requirements for representatives conducting regulated activities under the SFA and FAA.

The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) introduced its revised due diligence guidelines (Enhanced Guidelines) in respect of listings on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) on 13 May 2016.

Singapore's capital markets are experiencing a significant transformation driven by the MAS-led Equity Market Development Programme, which has injected S$6.5 billion in liquidity and sparked a revival in IPO activity. With over 20 companies preparing to go public and new cross-border listing infrastructure connecting SGX with Nasdaq, the market is showing signs of meaningful structural reform and growing institutional confidence.

Back in 2016, the Singapore government announced that a new flexible investment fund structure called OEIC will be introduced.

The ETA was introduced in 2010 and provides for electronic versions of documents to be legally recognised as equivalent to their hard-copy counterparts.

On 3 December 2019, the Singapore Academy of Law ("SAL") published two model constitutions on the Variable Capital Company ("VCC") framework, one for open ended funds and another for...

Part 9 of, the First and Second Schedules to, and related sections of the FSMA regulating DTSPs will come into force on 30 June 2025.

Soaring prices of houses has made owning a first home a virtual impossibility for our children.

Singapore has launched the Variable Capital Company framework with effect from 15 January 2020 in a bid to attract more investment funds and foreign private capital to Singapore

On 28 June 2019, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it will issue up to five new digital bank licences, which will effectively open digital banking business to non-bank players in Singapore.

The variable capital company ("VCC") is a new corporate structure for all types of collective investment schemes ("CIS") in Singapore. Each VCC may comprise of one or more CIS, which can be open-ended