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Singapore's reputation as a global financial centre is grounded in a robust regulatory regime. At its core is the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which serves as the country's central bank and key financial regulator.

In a press release issued on Tuesday, August 1, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") provided its most direct guidance yet on how it intends to treat "token offerings."

Senior accountability regimes were a flagship of post Global Financial Crisis regulatory change in many key jurisdictions.

In August 2016, the Court of Appeal in Vintage Bullion DMCC v Chat Fook Yuen delivered a very important written judgment on the nature of certain types of client moneys held by a commodities and securities broker.

The Payment Services Bill ("Bill") was tabled for First Reading in Parliament on 19 November 2018.

Exchange Traded Funds are listed funds that track an underlying basket of assets that typically share a similar investment profile, which can be a stock index, commodity, bonds, or any basket of assets.

In late Dec 2015, the International Organization of Securities Commissions released a report summarising its findings following a survey of twenty three IOSCO members concerning regulation of crowdfunding.

We believe the unannounced RFMC regime repeal date (R Day) should be sometime in 2024, or early 2025.

Currently, the SFA and FAA regulatory regimes provide for MAS to have the power to approve such collaborative cross-border business arrangements between a local FI and its FRC.

This note summarises the key policy postures announced by MAS.

On 28 May 2018, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") issued new Securities and Futures (Short Selling) Regulations 2018 ("SF(SS)R") and new regulatory guidelines ("Guidelines"), ...

There are 34 companies with a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. Out of these companies, 7 achieved their secondary listing on the SGX in the past 5 years.

Employee equity-based incentive plans seek to remunerate their employees by offering them an opportunity to participate in the share ownership of the company.

The Companies (Amendment) Act 2014 was passed by the Singapore Parliament on 8 October 2014, introducing a wide range of changes to the Singapore Companies Act (the CA).

February 21, 2025 – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement strategy underwent seismic changes today as the agency moved to dismiss its high-profile lawsuit against Coinbase.

The appellant, Maybank Kim Eng Securities Pte Ltd (Kim Eng) had commenced an action against its customer and her husband-remisier.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued a consultation paper inviting comments on proposed new regulations that implement some of the key changes to the regulatory framework of the SFA...