Singapore

Major senior management reshuffle at MAS

Shake-up aimed at strengthening the central bank’s leadership.

Analyst worried over UOB's property exposure

Housing loans account for 28% of UOB’s portfolio.

RMB offshoring gathers pace

Over the past couple of years, the issuance of offshore RMB bonds has soared, with levels expected to reach the equivalent of 360 billion yuan this year. To address the growing interest from international investors, a number of markets - in particular Taiwan and Singapore - have established offshore RMB centres in an attempt to capture a share of this lucrative business.

An over-engineered finance industry has gone too far

The other day I conducted a simple statistical experiment. I calculated the “value-at-risk” exposure for an hypothetical investment portfolio consisting of just one bond holding.

Singapore sovereign wealth fund ready to invest more

GIC is the world's fourth largest sovereign wealth fund.

Legal principles to watch out for in trade credit insurance

In my last article, I wrote about Trade Credit Insurance (TCI) and its usefulness.