NewsBytes: Singapore September 2023
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- MAS to Increase Maximum Deposit Insurance Coverage to S$100,000 per Depositor per Deposit Insurance Scheme Member from 1 April 2024
- SGX RegCo Proposes Changes to Futures Trading Rules, Including Customer Margining Requirements
- Revised MAS Notice 637 on Risk-Based Capital Adequacy Requirements for Singapore-Incorporated Banks to Implement Final Basel III Reforms (Effective 1 July 2024)
- Approved Exchanges and Recognised Market Operators Providing Limited Post-Trade Services Exempted from Being Regulated as Clearing House
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- Ex-Treasurer of Singapore Chess Federation Wins Defamation Lawsuit and is Awarded S$120,000 in Damages
- Exploring the Limits of Contractual Discretion – Court Considers Discretion to Withdraw Banking Facilities in Winding Up Application
- Postponing Limitation Periods for Fraud: Singapore High Court Clarifies Contours of Fraud Exceptions in Sections 29(1)(a) and (b) of the Limitation Act 1959
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