I’ve recently been looking into the regulations surrounding setting up a formal fund management company in Singapore. There have been a number of proposed changes to the regulatory framework recently, which will limit new fund managers who want to set up shop in Singapore. While these regulations won’t stop a majority of fund managers setting up, I’m unsure whether they’ll have their intended consequence – increasing investor confidence and reducing the impact of a macro shock – in the current form. A more finessed version would be a more appropriate remedy for an industry that has been chewing on a bitter pill for the past couple of years.
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