Singapore Academy of Law / 16 Oct 2026 [SAL Prac (Insolvency)]: Re-imagining the Future of Personal Insolvency There is inherent tension between rehabilitating individuals where business debts are concerned and fairness to creditors in insolvency proceedings. This article distils insights from the existing personal insolvency framework, recent reforms,...
Allen & Gledhill / 14 Oct 2026 Financial Services and Markets (Amendment) Bill introduced to empower MAS to impose total loss-absorbing capacity requirements on systemically important financial institutions The Bill seeks to empower the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) to require systemically important financial institutions to maintain a minimum level of total loss-absorbing capacity. This measure will complement MAS’...
WongPartnership LLP / 14 Oct 2026 EMA consults on modifications to the Gas Safety Code The proposed modifications clarify the applicability of the Gas Safety Case Guidelines to licensees whose premises are registered as major hazard installations, update technical references and make edits to improve clarity. The consultation...
WongPartnership LLP / 13 Oct 2026 MAS consults on updated corporate governance requirements for banks and insurers The proposed changes address director independence, board composition, key appointments, and streamlined requirements for lower-impact financial institutions, and apply mainly to banks, direct insurers (other than marine mutual insurers),...
Allen & Gledhill / 12 Oct 2026 MAS to introduce new initiatives to boost Singapore’s competitiveness as leading asset management hub The initiatives comprise tax exemption for profit-related returns, a new hedge fund investment programme to anchor leading hedge fund managers in Singapore and a new Investment Management Track under the Overseas Network & Expertise Pass...
Rajah & Tann / 15 Oct 2026 Getting the record straight: Employers' duties and risks in providing employee references What obligations does an employer have when providing an employee reference? And what might an inaccurate reference give rise to liability in negligence or defamation? These questions were considered in the decision of Chua Kim Chuan v HSBC Life...
Rajah & Tann / 12 Oct 2026 Insurance claims and admissions of liability: The importance of reserving rights The phrase "liability being otherwise admitted" has been used in insurance policies for decades across the global industry. It may appear in the context of an arbitration clause where parties agree to submit issues of quantum to...
Singapore Academy of Law / 09 Oct 2026 [SAL Prac (Family)]: Bankruptcy and Matrimonial Assets – When Divorce Orders Meet Creditors’ Rights How does a divorcing spouse’s bankruptcy affect the division of matrimonial assets? How does the law balance creditors’ rights against a spouse’s entitlement to a just and equitable share? This article compares two recent...
Drew & Napier LLC / 09 Oct 2026 Private examiner appointments & governing law for oral depositions in aid of foreign judicial proceedings In a recent decision, the General Division of the High Court determined the procedural arrangements for the oral deposition of a Singapore-based witness pursuant to a Letter of Request from a Texas court under the Hague Convention of 18 March...
Singapore Academy of Law / 07 Oct 2026 [SAL Prac (Arbitration)]: Redefining the Finish Line in Arbitration: Execution, Not the Award The arbitration community often treats the award as the end of the dispute. In practice, recovery depends on recognition and execution before national courts, where local laws, public policy and procedural rules can significantly affect...
Allen & Gledhill / 29 Sep 2026 CSA publishes Quantum-Safe Handbook and Quantum Readiness Index The handbook provides practical guidance on what is at stake, what organisations should focus on, and how to build readiness step by step while the index is a self-assessment questionnaire that complements the handbook by helping organisations...
Allen & Gledhill / 23 Sep 2026 MAS and ABS establish taskforce to strengthen cyber and technology resilience against AI-driven threats The AI-Driven Cyber and Technology Risk Taskforce will address emerging AI-driven threats through collaboration, innovation, and shared expertise and focus on the areas of industry collaboration, capability uplift and guidance development.
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 16 Sep 2026 Singapore strengthens its position as a leading asset management hub: Key measures announced by MAS The measures are intended to anchor high-value asset management activities in Singapore, deepen the capabilities of the local industry and attract global asset management talent, against the backdrop of increasing competition between regional...
WongPartnership LLP / 15 Sep 2026 BCA Launches Green Mark Version 7 The refreshed Green Mark seeks to take sustainability standards to the next level and introduces key enhancements to accelerate decarbonisation of the built environment in support of Singapore’s broader climate commitments under the...
WongPartnership LLP / 08 Sep 2026 ACRA and SID partner to strengthen director capability and governance standards in Singapore On 28 August 2026, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) announced the entry into a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop the Company Director Fundamentals (CDF) training...
Allen & Gledhill / 15 Oct 2026 SIAC broadens international arbitration cooperation through MOUs with institutions in Bhutan, Brazil, and China This is part of efforts to promote international arbitration as an effective method of dispute resolution for resolving international disputes.
Allen & Gledhill / 13 Oct 2026 Singapore office of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes to serve as its regional hub This is the first staffed office outside of its Washington, DC headquarters and will provide support to parties and counsel, deepen outreach to States, investors, and legal practitioners, and raise awareness of the full scope of its offerings.
WongPartnership LLP / 06 Oct 2026 Silence is not a grant of power: emergency arbitrators in China-seated arbitrations In Zhejiang Crystal-Optech Co Ltd v Moveon Technologies Pte Ltd [2026] SGHC 186, the General Division of the High Court of Singapore set aside an order granting permission to enforce an interim arbitral award issued by an emergency arbitrator in...
Rajah & Tann / 30 Sep 2026 The Ralli Brothers Rule in an age of sanctions The increasing deployment of sanctions has given rise to a greater number of cases where banks and other financial institutions receive demands to make payment to entities sanctioned under foreign law. The relevant contract sometimes may not...
WongPartnership LLP / 30 Sep 2026 Singapore and Lao PDR sign Implementation Agreement on carbon credits collaboration This is Singapore’s 12th Implementation Agreement on carbon credits collaboration, and its fourth with an ASEAN Member State. The Agreement establishes a legally binding bilateral framework for the generation and international transfer of...
Singapore Academy of Law / 16 Oct 2026 [SAL Prac (Insolvency)]: Re-imagining the Future of Personal Insolvency
Rajah & Tann / 15 Oct 2026 Getting the record straight: Employers' duties and risks in providing employee references
Allen & Gledhill / 15 Oct 2026 SIAC broadens international arbitration cooperation through MOUs with institutions in Bhutan, Brazil, and China
Allen & Gledhill / 14 Oct 2026 Financial Services and Markets (Amendment) Bill introduced to empower MAS to impose total loss-absorbing capacity requirements on systemically important financial institutions
Allen & Gledhill / 13 Oct 2026 Singapore office of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes to serve as its regional hub
WongPartnership LLP / 13 Oct 2026 MAS consults on updated corporate governance requirements for banks and insurers
Rajah & Tann / 12 Oct 2026 Insurance claims and admissions of liability: The importance of reserving rights
Allen & Gledhill / 12 Oct 2026 MAS to introduce new initiatives to boost Singapore’s competitiveness as leading asset management hub
Singapore Academy of Law / 09 Oct 2026 [SAL Prac (Family)]: Bankruptcy and Matrimonial Assets – When Divorce Orders Meet Creditors’ Rights