Financial Regulatory Forum

By Kevin Lim
SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Singapore is preparing to tighten regulations for hedge funds and other alternative fund managers, potentially making it more difficult and expensive for smaller newcomers to set up operations, sources said.

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TOKYO, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Japan’s incoming government has picked a 72-year-old veteran politician and former police official to take charge of financial supervision in the world’s second-largest economy, public broadcaster NHK said on Tuesday.

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   SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) – Singapore’s central bank banned 10 financial institutions on Tuesday from selling structured notes, saying they sold investment products linked to Lehman Brothers without adequately highlighting the risks. (more…)