This information paper follows from MAS’ thematic inspection of eight Issue Managers (“IMs”), which focused on the IMs’ controls regarding the due diligence process for Initial Public Offerings, as well as placement activities. It sets out the good practices and weaknesses observed, and MAS’ expectations for IMs arising from the inspections.

Project Orchid is a multi-year, multi-phase exploratory project examining the various design and technical aspects pertinent to a retail CBDC system for Singapore, from its functionalities to its interaction with existing payment infrastructures. Though MAS has assessed that there is no urgent need for a retail CBDC in...

Taking into account the findings of the Terrorism Financing National Risk Assessment (TF NRA) 2020 , Singapore formulated our National Strategy for Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). The National CFT Strategy forms the blueprint that outlines Singapore’s national approach to address our TF risks and serves as...