PE Tech Report

Asia-Pacific

Growth and strong prospects in a tough environment

By A Paris – This year will be forever remembered as the one which saw a global pandemic taking over the world, widespread travel restrictions and significant market volatility. But in Singapore, 2020 can be considered in a more favourable light. Despite the less than auspicious environment, the jurisdiction reaped success

Allard de Jong, Portcullis

Singapore, growing from strength to strength

“The introduction of the Variable Capital Company (VCC) structure earlier this year has been the latest in a number of initiatives undertaken by the Singapore government to grow the city state’s fund management industry and achieve its ambition of being the gateway to asset management opportunities in Asia”, says Allard

Gerben Oldekamp, Circle Partners

Tenacity in the face of adversity

The outlook for the penetration of the Variable Capital Company legislation as a fund structure is upbeat as it soldiers on against the unfortunate timing of its launch, amid a global pandemic. More importantly, in practice the legislation works well and the fund launches have been successful.

Aditya Laroia, Maybank Kim Eng

Turning potential into reality

The ASEAN region has demonstrated itself as a major area for investment and potential growth. However, much of this growth is still on the horizon and yet to be materialised. For the prospects of the ASEAN region to reach their true potential, the current environment requires cost efficiency, scalability and

Edward Bee, SS&C Eze

Digital innovation breaking ground in Singapore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has been proactive and transparent with licensing requirements, compared to other jurisdictions. The Digital Acceleration Grant (DAG) programme incentivises firms to modernise operations, equipping smaller managers with the necessary technology and helping new funds get off the ground. This programme, coupled with geopolitical influences,

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Labuan IBFC signs MoU with China Construction Bank

Labuan International Business and Financial Centre Incorporated (Labuan IBFC), the market development agency for Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Construction BankLabuan (CCBL) to allow CCBL to promote the benefits of Labuan IBFC to Chinese and Chinese related companies.

Funderbeam secures financial services licenses from Monetary Authority of Singapore

Funderbeam, a global funding and trading platform for investors to buy and sell equity stakes in private companies, has been issued with two financial service licenses by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its Singapore-based subsidy, Funderbeam Markets Pte Ltd. The Capital Market Services (CMS) license and aRecognised Market

Todd Moyer, Confluence

RegTech to trigger asset management back office transformation in 2017

Confluence predicts that the rise of regulatory technology (RegTech) in 2017 will trigger a transformation of the asset management back office, with improved data management and technology solutions delivering operating model improvements through automation. A subset of FinTech, RegTech consists of technologies proven to facilitate the delivery of regulatory re­quirements

CMS opens office in Hong Kong

International law firm CMS has opened an office in Hong Kong. Following years of previous activity by the CMS International Arbitration Group in Hong Kong and intense preparations, approval has been received from the Law Society of Hong Kong.   The Hong Kong office will initially focus on dispute resolution

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