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IT is transparency, not disclosure alone, that defines proper fair dealing from financial institutions, said Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon on Monday, as the top regulator noted as well the "uneven" culture and conduct practices in the financial industry here.

INTERNATIONAL law firm Allen & Overy has welcomed Pallavi Gopinath Aney to its Singapore office as a capital markets partner, amid a string of movements within the legal profession in the city-state.

INVESTMENT platform CapBridge has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with CIMB to help regional SMEs (small and medium enterprises) and mid-corporate firms raise private capital via the startup's investment platform or its affiliated private exchange, 1exchange (1X).

AFTER being de-sensitised for many years by virtually zero interest rates, one can suddenly earn a positive yield on cash again in many major currencies. While the rates may still not be terribly exciting - 12-month USD Libor yields are now approximately 2.75 per cent per annum,...

TEMASEK Trust, the philanthropic arm of investment company Temasek Holdings, has established ABC World Asia, a private equity fund dedicated to impact investing.

THE Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) has launched a regtech sub-committee to promote the invention and adoption of technologies to overcome regulatory challenges in Singapore.

BANK lending in Singapore was flat in April from a month ago, bogged by a continued contraction in consumer loans and moderated growth in business lending, preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed on Friday. 

HOUSING loans in Singapore shrank for a third month in April, leading a continued contraction in consumer loans, preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed on Friday.

BEING an internal auditor - and a movie buff - I sometimes wonder how the outcome of a movie would change if an internal auditor was involved in the plot.

GOLDMAN Sachs is eyeing sunnier shores abroad. It just cut the ribbon at a new US$250 million office in Bengaluru, which has room to grow headcount by almost 50 per cent, to 7,300. After supplying US President Donald Trump with a coterie of close advisers, the Wall...