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Financial Services and Markets Act 2022 – 1st phase commencement

The Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) was passed in Parliament on 5 April 2022. The FSMA is expected to be implemented in phases, with the first phase having commenced on 28 April 2023. The FSMA is the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) omnibus act for the sector-wide regulation of financial services and markets and … Continue Reading

MAS Consultation – Proposed amendments to impose requirements on financial institutions conducting unregulated business

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a consultation paper on 2 July 2021 seeking views on various proposals, including to introduce powers to enable the MAS to impose requirements on certain financial institutions conducting unregulated business. The MAS recognises that some of its regulated entities may be carrying on unregulated activities (e.g. trading bitcoin … Continue Reading

Animal, Vegetable, Token

This blog series has been named after the classic children’s categorisation game where one player names an object and the other player has to categorise it as an animal, vegetable or mineral. Whilst simple in concept, the difficulty of the game varies – some things are extremely easy to categorise (such as ‘cat’), whereas others … Continue Reading

Animal, Vegetable, Token

This blog series has been named after the classic children’s categorisation game where one player names an object and the other player has to categorise it as an animal, vegetable or mineral. Whilst simple in concept, the difficulty of the game varies – some things are extremely easy to categorise (such as ‘cat’), whereas others … Continue Reading
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