Singapore
Best Practice | 16 May 18
Swiss to exchange information with HK and Singapore in 2019
Switzerland will start automatically exchanging financial account information with Singapore and Hong Kong from Autumn 2019 and with other financial centres from 2020.
Advisory firm targets affluent Singaporeans with expansion
Crossbridge Capital has unveiled what it describes as a “significant expansion” of its digital wealth and management offerings for affluent investors in Singapore.
Ex-Credit Suisse banker banned for hiding beneficial owners
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) has banned a former Credit Suisse banker for deliberately concealing the identity of the true beneficial owners of three bank accounts.
Recruitment woes squeezing Singapore advice firms
Firms in Singapore are under pressure to hire locally, making an already arduous process even more challenging, not to mention expensive!
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.