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REPORT ON OTHER ACTIVITIES

Summary of activities during 2007/Summary of activities during 2008

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY COMPETENCY STANDARDS(“FICS”)
FICS is an industry-wide accreditation program, the result of a collaborative effort by the Institute of Banking & Finance (IBF), the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Workforce Development Agency and the financial services industry. [Read More!]
 

CORPORATE FINANCE

CORPORATE FINANCE
Summary of activities during year to November 2008

LUNCHEON TALK ON FOREIGN LISTINGS IN SINGAPORE -MARCH 2008
A luncheon talk was hosted by the Malaysian Investment Banking Association (“MIBA”) at the Bankers club in Kuala Lumpur in March 2008. Pushpa Rajadurai who is the Chairman of the MIBA Corporate Finance Committee, made the opening address. Mr Ng Joo Khin, Partner of Stamford Law Corporation spoke on Singapore Regulatory Compliance and Typical Legal Issues. Mr Lawrence Wong, Executive Vice President & Head, Listings and Mr Simon Lim, Director , Listings of the Singapore Exchange spoke on Listing on the SGX. Mr Gerald Ong, Chairman, SIBA Corporate Finance Committee spoke on SGX Catalist as an Asian Platform for International Listings . [Read More!]
 

DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS

DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS
Summary of activities during year to October 2008

DIALOGUE SESSIONS WITH THE MAS
SIBA felt that the fee charges levied by the Central Depositary(“CDP”) were too high and could render Singapore an uncompetitive market for bond issuance including foreign issuers . A proposal was presented to the CDP to review the fee charges.
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Equity Derivatives & Structured Products

EQUITY DERIVATIVES AND STRUCTURED PRODUCTS
Summary of activities during 2007

SGX WEBSITE AS A COMMON PLATFORM FOR INVESTORS
Following the presentation of the recommendations of the taskforce to the MAS IN 2006, one of the initiatives was to provide an independent source of information to facilitate investors’ access to core information and provide them with tools to assist them in their decision making. SIBA has proposed to SGX feedback to put forward a proposed model on their website to incorporate the following: [Read More!]
 

Equity Derivatives and Structured Products Updates