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Financial & markets regulation

Opinion & Features

Stablecoins and the global crypto regulatory arms race: What’s at stake for Singapore?

Recent history shows the deeper consequences of lax supervision: after Enron's collapse, and the US and global corporate scandals uncovered in its wake, came the financial crisis of 2008.
Opinion & Features

The pitfalls of overhasty business deregulation

Singapore Exchange Regulation issues its “Trade with Caution” notices sparingly, given the seriousness of the intended signal.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Fewer SGX queries are a step in the right direction

The FDIC took over Silicon Valley Bank in March 2023 when the bank suffered a sudden run on its deposits after reporting that it needed to raise more capital to offset losses on its portfolio.
Banking & Finance

US bank regulator considering legal action against former SVB executives

Macquarie Group was fined millions for allowing a rogue trader, Travis Klein, to book 426 fictitious trades to hide his losses.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

The original rogue trader’s comment: Compliance is still an afterthought

SGX RegCo found that the company had failed to put in place adequate risk management systems and internal controls.
Companies & Markets

SGX RegCo reprimands former Sunrise Shares directors, CEO for breaches of listing rules

Generic shots of SGX
Companies & Markets

UOB Kay Hian cleared to resume IPO and RTO activities following moratorium lift

At the end of a round of tightened financial regulations, proper supervision is vital.
Opinion & Features

Banking’s new era of capital puts watchdogs on the spot

The local banks will likely only take a hit if Singapore’s regulators follow suit, but analysts said this will unlikely happen given the difference in the investor pool from Australia and that there is enough appetite for AT1s here.
Companies & Markets

Australia’s plan to scrap AT1 bonds unlikely to affect Singapore banks

Colm Kelleher (right), chairman of UBS Group, noted that the lack of visibility among non-bank financial institutions may pose a problem for regulators. He was speaking at a panel during the Bretton Woods Committee's Future of Finance Forum 2024, moderated by BWC executive director Emily Slater (left).
Companies & Markets

Regulate liquidity, not just capital, to better stabilise financial systems

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