Financial Sector Growth Initiatives
Amending the Exchanges (Demutualisation and Merger) Act to provide the Financial Sector Development Fund (FSDF) with an additional option to earn income to support financial sector development
11 January 2022
The Exchanges (Demutualisation and Merger) Amendment Act was passed on 11 January 2022 to provide SEL Holdings Pte Ltd (SEL) the flexibility to elect to receive new Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) shares arising from SGX’s corporate actions, such as a scrip dividend scheme. As SEL holds SGX shares for the benefit of the FSDF, dividends and sale proceeds from SGX shares held by SEL are channelled to the FSDF. The legislative amendments thus provide an additional option to generate income for FSDF, which can in turn be used to drive growth in the financial sector and enable Singaporeans to develop good careers in the financial sector.
- Minister of State for Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Ministry of Trade and Industry and Board Member of MAS Alvin Tan's Second Reading speech on the Exchanges (Demutualisation and Merger) (Amendment) Bill, delivered on 11 January 2022
- MAS explanatory brief, published on 4 October 2021, on the Exchanges (Demutualisation and Merger) (Amendment) Bill