12 briefs
Issue managers on SGX-Nasdaq Global Listing Board listings may now use alternative due-diligence steps in place of the prescribed paragraph 23 procedures.
Offerors, offeree boards and financial advisers in Singapore take-overs must apply the revised Code from 16 July 2026 — including a 1% break-fee cap, a six-month scheme deadline, tighter offeror-statement rules and mandatory independent advice on frustrating actions
Single Family Offices in Singapore must notify MAS, hold a MAS-licensed bank account and file an annual AUM return to use the class licensing exemption
Merchant banks in Singapore must meet amended MLA/LCR requirements and adopt the revised Form 2 from 1 September 2026
Banks in Singapore must meet amended MLA/LCR requirements and adopt the revised Form 2 from 1 September 2026
Predominantly-banking financial holding companies in Singapore must meet amended MLA/LCR requirements and adopt the revised Form 2 from 1 September 2026
Licensed trust companies must evidence unusual-transaction inquiry and prompt STR escalation
Singapore merchant banks must apply revised single-borrower exposure limits from 1 June 2027
Singapore DPT providers must evidence risk controls and accurate MAS filings
CMS-licensed fund managers must maintain an adequate risk-management framework, meet and self-report base-capital compliance, and obtain MAS pre-approval before launching new products — MAS reprimanded Havenport's senior management and fined the firm S$40,000
Singapore fund and banking control teams face active MAS conduct exposure
Financial institutions should align AI controls with MAS’ MindForge toolkit
