Singapore Fleshes Out Key Derivatives Reforms: What Are The Reform Initiatives?

Singapore began its over-the-counter derivatives reform program in July 2011 when the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the central bank and financial services regulator, announced it would meet the objectives set by the G-20 in Pittsburgh in Sept. 2009 as well as the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board set out in its report to the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Oct. 2010. Although not a member of the G-20, Singapore is a member of the FSB.