The Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") has issued a consultation paper on 21 July 2020, proposing a new Act that aims to strengthen MAS' regulatory and supervisory framework to keep...

The Singapore High Court considered for the first time the juridical nature of a contractual lien on sub-freights.

In recent years, Singapore Courts have had a number of opportunities to consider the scope and applicability of the fraud exception, which has been invoked by banks to resist payment under letters of credit.

On 21 February 2018, MAS issued a consultation paper inviting comments on the proposed Securities and Futures (Trading of Derivatives Contracts) Regulations to operationalise the new Part VIC of the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289), ...

On 12 December 2016, MAS issued a consultation paper inviting comments on proposed amendments to the competency requirements for appointed representatives under the SFA (Chapter 289) and the FAA (Chapter 110).

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...

The office of an interpleading suit is not to protect a party against a double liability, but against double vexation in respect of one liability.

The English Court of Appeal recently considered the effect of a contractual prohibition against assignment of receivable in receivable financing.

Family offices trying to solve their clients' complex succession planning issues are increasingly facing a conundrum, says Tan Woon Hum of Shook Lin & Bok LLP: hire external advisers or...

These new initiatives will serve to further bolster Singapore's top position in regional corporate governance rankings and hopefully drive greater investor activity and interest.

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

The Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") has published an information paper on 3 August 2020, which sets out its findings from a series of thematic inspections on enterprise-wide risk...

The case of Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd v Three Sixty Degree Pte Ltd [2013] SGHC 71 is instructive in the law regarding leases, setting out the principles a court would adopt when interpreting a lease.

On 16 July 2018, the Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a consultation paper inviting comments on the proposed amendments to certain regulations issued under the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act.

MAS has issued a consultation paper on 6 October 2017, inviting comments on proposed new notices and guidelines that elaborate on and set out the requirements of key changes to the regulatory framework of the SFA ...

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").

This case provides assurance to trade finance banks in relation to their rights under pledged bills of lading in a typical trade finance transaction.

This is part of MAS' efforts to raise the standards of conduct of CF advisers, to strengthen public confidence and to promote informed decision-making by investors.

Set out below, are the five accountability and conduct outcomes, and our comments on them.

The VCC is a new Singapore fund structure that will go live by the end of 2019. The VCC Act was passed in October 2018 and the draft regulations were released on 30 April 2019 for public consultation.