M&As
MAS chief Chia Der Jiun on crypto, AI and battling inflation
AS THE central bank of a leading global financial powerhouse, the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) policy decisions can have a wide-ranging impact on the global economy and financial...
All eyes on MAS review group as potential issuers wait on the sidelines
Forming it is an encouraging move, but IPO aspirants may opt to take in any possible changes before considering an SGX listing: observersINITIAL public offering (IPO) interest appears to...
Catalist-listed SIAMH may have gone public before it was ready – MAS review group should figure out why
Can the enablers of public listings be incentivised to ensure that companies do not come to market without a credible growth story? When news broke earlier this month that...
Axiata, Sinar Mas are said to near deal for Indonesian units
MALAYSIAN wireless carrier Axiata Group and Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas Group are nearing an agreement to merge their telecommunications operations in South-east Asia’s largest economy, people familiar with the...
MAS extends deadline to cease corporate cheques to end-2026
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will extend the deadline to cease the processing of corporate cheques to the end of 2026.
This comes after the Association of Banks in...
JPMorgan fined S$2.4 million by MAS for misconduct by relationship managers
JPMORGAN Chase Bank has paid a S$2.4 million civil penalty to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its failure to prevent and detect misconduct by its relationship managers...
MAS is right to resist push for even looser leverage requirements for Singapore Reits
A more liberal regulatory stance towards these trusts – including the ones that are here just for the external manager model – may be a recipe for troubleSOME respondents...
Single leverage limit, additional disclosures imposed on all S-Reits: MAS
S-Reit managers will have to disclose their plans to manage Reits’ leverage and ICR levels in their financial and annual reportsALL Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts, or S-Reits, will...
Singapore banks, insurers in ‘good position’ to withstand severe macrofinancial shock: MAS
Most investment funds also have enough liquidity to meet redemption shocks, its liquidity stress-simulation tests have found SINGAPORE’S banks and insurers have sufficient capital and liquidity buffers to withstand...
