Singapore

Are they brewing a storm in a teacup?

The first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

In Singapore, the investment management industry and related financial institutions often face the issue of legacy IT systems built in the 1980s or 90s.

Wild currency swings can wreak havoc on your vacation. More than that, fluctuating currency rates can have profound impacts on the products you buy at home or abroad.

Find out who they are.

All thanks to steady growth.

Will the fixed deposit war continue?

Here's what boosted this growth.

Loan growth was impressive at 16.8%.

Profit shrank 7% in 4Q13.

Numbers are just slightly above expectations.

Your guess is as good as ours.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore issued Notice 643 “Transactions with Related Parties” on 2 April 2013 which sets out the MAS requirements related to transactions between banks in Singapore and their Related Parties.

Clue: asset quality deterioration.

And earnings will shrink 6%.

Bankers everywhere are very familiar, and in one or two cases possibly slightly apprehensive, about the new liquidity and funding requirements that are the new Basel III regime. The acronyms themselves encompass some relatively straightforward arithmetic.