Who is the Wolfsberg Group?The Wolfsberg Group (the Group) is an alliance of 13 global banks formed in 2000 to develop anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing guidelines. Its members collaborate…
The regulators in Singapore have been busy in recent times, issuing multiple circulars and information papers detailing the expected market standards and supervisory expectations for Financial Institutions (FIs) in relation…
For fund management companies in Singapore, liquidity risk refers to the risk that the Fund vehicles they manage may not have sufficient cash or liquid assets to meet obligations when…
Technology is an inevitable part of the financial industry as Financial Institutions (FIs) continue to adopt cutting-edge technologies for operational efficiency and for better service delivery to their clients. As…
With the repeal of the Registered Fund Management Company (RFMC) regime, all Fund Management Companies (FMCs) are now under the Capital Markets Services License (CMSL) regime, broken down for Retail…
There have been an array of new circulars, guidelines and announcements from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently, relating to the improvement of Anti-Money Laundering/ Countering the Financing of…
In the wake of the recent global IT outage affecting CrowdStrike (CS) from a periodic software update, Financial Institutions worldwide and in Singapore are reassessing the critical importance of robust…