Singapore
House of the Year, Singapore – DBS
Asia Risk awards 2013 winner: DBS – House of the Year, Singapore
The road to issuance and dispute resolution for structured products in Singapore
While its private bankers have regained an appetite for structured products, Singapore's less rich retail investors have been getting used to a new regulatory and dispute resolution scheme put in place by the MAS
Best in Singapore: UBS
Best in Singapore
Dual reporting requirements in Asia cause concern
While Singapore will mandate single-sided trade reporting, regulators in Australia and Hong Kong will follow the European Union’s requirement for dual reporting, leading to concerns among market participants
Singapore faces double-oversight confusion
Servant of two masters
Asia slow to sign up to IGAs for Fatca implementation
US makes slow progress in signing up Asian states for Fatca IGAs
CFTC cross-border guidelines give US banks in Singapore swap trade booking quandary
Singapore dollar trade potentially hit by US person rule
Singapore's absence from CFTC substituted compliance regime creates uncertainty
Treatment of Singapore-based branches of US firms unclear
MAS proposes to amend laws to allow trade reporting of counterparty name
Consultation on the reporting of derivative contracts includes a reporting threshold for non-financial persons and collateral reporting requirements
Asic trade reporting rules seek convergence with international standards
Australian trade reporting rules to be in force by October
MAS benchmark proposals may reduce number of players in SGD market
MAS proposal on financial benchmark setting aims to hold banks more accountable by imposing criminal and civil punishment
Launch of renminbi clearing in Singapore could spur RMB commodity derivative market
Infrastructure to clear RMB trades in Singapore is now live
France and Germany seeking greater Fatca reciprocity before signing IGAs, expert says
Questions remain about why France and Germany are yet to sign their IGAs with the US
Singapore to implement Fatca after agreeing IGA
Singapore agrees to sign up to Model 1 intergovernmental agreement to implement Fatca
Lack of co-ordination of bank resolution regimes behind subsidiarisation push
Asia still behind on global rules forcing subsidiarisation of foreign banks in the region
Structured products prepare for growth in Asean region
Product placement
Editorial: Clearing the way
Banks have focused their attention on central clearing – but trade reporting could prove even more problematic
China onshore OTC clearing postponed until 2014
OTC clearing onshore in China will be delayed until at least the end of 2013 or early 2014 according to an official at Shanghai Clearing House
Singapore presses ahead with new ERM framework for insurers
Regulator soothes industry concerns over tight compliance deadlines
Singapore set to be RMB gateway to Asean region
Trade lines
Asia-based cat bond issuance unlikely
A catastrophe bond from an Asian-based issuer is unlikely in the near term due to the high cost relative to traditional reinsurance
Isda AGM: OTC trade reporting system in danger of fragmentation
The large number of trade repositories planned globally will reduce the quality of data, panellists warn