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Significant Investments Review Act Update: Singapore Publishes List of Designated Entities

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A list of companies considered critical to Singapore’s national security interests was published on May 31, 2024 in the nation’s e-Gazette. The list is tied to the Significant Investments Review Act 2024 (the Act), which sets...more

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The Evolving Global Foreign Direct Investment and National Security Review Landscape - May 2024

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Key Takeaways - - As FDI regimes proliferate and mature around the globe, governments are taking an ever-more expansive view of the concept of “national security” to include more than military and defense interests, which...more

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Singapore Passes Significant Investments Review Bill in Relation to Transactions Involving National Security Assets

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In recent years, the world has witnessed heightened sensitivity surrounding foreign investments, leading to increased regulatory scrutiny of foreign direct investments ("FDI") on the basis of national security concerns. The...more

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B2B, B2C, BVI – Crypto Disputes in the Caribbean

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In the crypto world, does it really matter where you are? Is there a sunny offshore paradise perspective on the click of a button and a fintech trade? The answer lies as usual in how to unravel a problem should it arise. Both...more

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Monetary Authority of Singapore Set to Repeal Registered Fund Management Companies Regime

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) intends to repeal the Registered Fund Management Companies (RFMCs) regime to streamline fund management regulations. Ahead of this substantial change, the MAS has launched a public...more

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Changes to Singapore selling restrictions for the wholesale debt market

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The MAS issued a Notice on Business Conduct Requirements for Corporate Finance Advisers on 21 June 2023 that, among other things, imposes a requirement on relevant persons advising on corporate finance to apply enhanced due...more

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AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 1

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Welcome to the first edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! With both the temperature and artificial intelligence developments heating up, the time is ripe to provide periodic updates this summer on recent legal...more

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ACRA and SGX RegCo Consult on Climate-Related Disclosure

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ACRA and SGX RegCo are consulting on recommendations for climate-related disclosure reporting for Singapore companies. The recommendations cover both listed and large non-listed companies. The requirement will be rolled out...more

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SGX Sustainable Fixed Income Initiative

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The Singapore Stock Exchange (“SGX”) has recently launched the SGX Sustainable Fixed Income Initiative (“SFI Initiative”). The SFI Initiative aims to accredit wholesale and fixed income securities listed on the SGX that meet...more

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De-SPACs and other exit activity in Asia-Pacific

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S&P Global crowned 2020 "The Year of the SPAC," and it is hard to disagree with this sentiment. The wave of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) has dominated headlines as the SPAC, together with its ensuing business...more

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Southeast Asia’s tech boom fuels recordbreaking H1

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The region’s burgeoning digital economy is drawing attention from investors across the globe - The value of deals taking place in Southeast Asia reached a new high in the first half of 2021. Deals worth US$101.6 billion...more

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SPACs Arrive in Singapore - Singapore Exchange Issues Listing Framework

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The SPAC Framework proposes to safeguard investor interests and meet capital-raising market needs. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) can now list on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading...more

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2021 Venture Capital Guide - Singapore

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World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Venture Capital Guide that covers more than 30 jurisdictions on investment approval processes, typical investment sectors and investment structures on Venture...more

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Key Regulatory Developments in Hong Kong and Singapore: December 2020

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Regulators consult on an investor identification regime and outsourcing requirements, and issue guidance on electronic storage of regulatory records and environmental risk management - This blog post summarises key...more

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Information to be disclosed if it would influence an investor to trade even if it Is not price-sensitive

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The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has amended the Listing Rules with effect from 7 February 2020 to enhance the continuing disclosure requirements. The amendments highlight the need to consider whether information is...more

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Cutting through the noise: Infrastructure in Asia-Pacific 2019 - Fundraising: Public and private

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There has been a growth in the number of funds targeting the APAC infrastructure market as investors seek out greater returns. Meanwhile, public-private partnerships are likely to increase if they can overcome several...more

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The New Regime for Accredited Investors

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The test for who may be regarded as an accredited investor has been tightened. In addition, from 8 January 2019, new customers who qualify under the quantitative criteria to be accredited investors must specifically consent...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - September 2018 #3

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Hester Peirce Remarks at Cato Institute Conference - Hester Peirce made remarks at the Cato Institute’s Fintech Unbound conference on September 12, 2018. Commissioner Peirce commented that securities regulators are too risk...more

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The Variable Capital Company: A New Corporate Structure for Funds in Singapore

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The Variable Capital Company (VCC) is a new corporate entity structure under which several collective investment schemes (whether open-end or closed-end) may be gathered under the umbrella of a single corporate entity and yet...more

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Singapore Legal Update - August 2018

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SIC Consulting on the Application of the Takeover Code to Dual Class Shares Companies - The SIC’s consultation proposes that where changes in the number of votes of multiple vote shares in a dual class shares company...more

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Issuers Making Offers to Investors in Singapore Face a New Obligation to Classify Their Products

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A new section 309B of the Securities and Futures Act affects all offers made in or into Singapore, whether the issuer is incorporated in or outside Singapore. It requires issuers to classify their capital markets product...more

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New Requirements for Advertisements of Investment Products

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has enhanced requirements for advertisements and publications on capital markets products. The enhanced requirements also apply to advertisements by holders of capital markets...more

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Reporting of Short Positions to Be Mandatory by 1 October 2018

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will require short order disclosure and short position reporting to commence from 1 October 2018. The main impact is the requirement for short position reporting as the Singapore...more

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Family Offices Market Intelligence: Developments in Family Offices - Q1 2018

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Bank of Singapore Seeks to Expand Its Family Office Business - Bank of Singapore, the private bank of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., is looking to expand its family office business as the city-state rolls out the red...more

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International Investor Sentiment Toward Brexit - Views From Major Tech And Financial Centers

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Amid the uncertainty Brexit has created, foreign investors are assessing their existing and prospective investments in the UK, with particular focus on Brexit’s potential impact on EU-UK trade and labor mobility. No one has a...more

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