A proposed change to the existing regulatory regime may trigger a period of consolidation within Singapore's fund management industry, experts told AsianInvestor.
The new China-Singapore Green Finance Taskforce is expected to facilitate easier access to green bonds in both markets through stock exchange connections and digital trading.
Investment gains were S$4 billion, down from S$22.8 billion last FY, and a strengthening Singapore Dollar resulted in a negative foreign exchange translation of S$8.7 billion.
Asia Pacific is set to see growing inflows into climate, sustainable thematic investing, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and digital infrastructure, according to our top-read stories in June.
The city-state's financial and fintech sectors are expected to create 6,500 jobs in 2021, particularly in technology, wealth management, corporate banking, and insurance, MAS said.
The Singaporean central bank has shifted a healthy slice of its reserves to the sovereign wealth fund, ahead of an expected economic slowdown amid slowing global trade.
Singapore's central bank demonstrated its increased zeal to enforce anti-money laundering laws by revoking Falcon Private Bank's licence and heavily fining DBS and UBS.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore received AsianInvestor's Institutional Excellence award for capital market development for its fostering of domestic and regional cooperation and expansion.
From today AsianInvestor will explain why the asset owners we chose were singled out in our Institutional Excellence Awards. First up is the Monetary Authority of Singapore.