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Signing of the third Bilateral Swap Arrangement between Japan and Singapore
May 21st, 2015
1. The Bank of Japan, acting as the agent for the Minister of Finance of Japan, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore signed the third Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) on May 21, 2015. The arrangement will enable the authorities ...
Singapore Returns Up to $9 Billion to Banks in Rate Probe
November 7th, 2014
Singapore’s central bank gave back as much as S$12 billion ($9.3 billion) that it took from 19 lenders last year as a penalty for trying to manipulate benchmark interest rates. The banks have taken steps to prevent a recurrence ...
IMF: Singapore may decline its competitiveness
October 20th, 2014
Singapore’s plans to cut reliance on foreign workers could reduce its competitiveness and growth potential while keeping core inflation elevated, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Saturday. The IMF said Singapore’s plans to restructure its economy ...
Singapore Issues Modified Research E-Tax Guide
August 26th, 2014
Following the changes announced in February’s 2014 Budget, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has published an updated e-Tax Guide on Singapore’s research and development (R&D) tax deductions. IRAS’ e-Tax Guide also clarifies the existing definition of R&D ...
Singapore GDP Unexpectedly Expands as Outlook Improves
August 12th, 2014
Singapore’s economy unexpectedly expanded last quarter as manufacturing declined less than initially estimated amid recoveries in advanced countries. Gross domestic product rose an annualized 0.1% in the three months through June from the previous quarter, when it climbed a ...
ayondo Opens Office in Singapore
July 11th, 2014
The ayondo group announced that it has opened an office in Singapore, the ayondo Asia PTE Ltd, following its strategist expansion worldwide. The holding company, which operated as an investment group under the name Next Generation Finance until April ...
Singapore to Require Banks to Hold Liquid Assets for Crises
June 25th, 2014
Banks in Singapore will soon be required to keep certain amounts of easy-to-sell assets on hand in the country to support themselves in times of stress. The new liquidity framework applies to lenders with a “significant retail presence” in ...
A resident of Denmark charged in $1.5 million Forex fraud scheme
May 25th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform about the filing of an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging defendant Casper Mikkelsen, a/k/a “Carsten Nielsen,” a/k/a ...
SEC halts alleged insider trading ring spanning three countries
December 7th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed insider trading charges against an IT contractor and two others he illegally tipped with confidential client information he stole while working in the Singapore branch of an investment bank. The SEC ...
Emergency action filed against a Swiss-based company for microcap fraud scheme
October 9th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against two individuals and their companies in a scheme that generated more than $165 million of illegal sales of stock in at least 50 ...
