MAS
StanChart Singapore hit with $5m fine for Guernsey transfers
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) has fined Standard Chartered S$6.4m (£3.5m, $4.9m €3.9m) for breaches to anti-money laundering and countering the financial of terrorism following the transfer of trusts from Guernsey.
Singapore clamps down on adviser recruitment incentives
In an attempt to curb mis-selling and adviser mass-migration, guidelines on the use of sign-on incentives in the recruitment of financial advisers have been rolled out by the Life Insurance Association of Singapore (LIA).
Singapore police and regulator team up to investigate IFAs
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) and the white-collar crime unit of the city-state’s police force are teaming up to investigate all capital markets and financial advisory offences.
Goldman Sachs execs grilled in 1MDB probe
Singapore’s economic crime unit has interviewed current and former Goldman Sachs executives over their links to beleaguered sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), reports Bloomberg.
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