Overview
Located in the heart of fast-growing Asia, Singapore has positioned itself as a developed pan-Asian asset management centre with a conducive environment for asset managers and asset owners to locate and hub their investment activities.
We have a strong pool of regional and global players offering and managing traditional and alternative investment strategies using Singapore as a gateway to source for and access regional investment opportunities. Asia Pacific accounts for the significant bulk of funds sourced and re-invested into.
Singapore is also an attractive location for global public investors and asset owners, such as sovereign wealth and pension funds, to access public and private market opportunities across Asia and ASEAN. In addition, to position Singapore as a leading fund domiciliation hub, MAS and ACRA launched the new Variable Capital Companies (VCC) framework in January 2020 to provide a new corporate structure for investment funds which seeks to facilitate the co-location of fund managers’ substantive fund management and domiciliation activities in Singapore.
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Key Facts
S$4.7 trillion
Assets under management
962
Registered and licensed fund managers
Singapore is a leading asset management hub for institutional investors and fund managers to access pan-Asian opportunities.
Ravi Menon, Managing Director, MAS
Connecting Global Markets, Supporting Asia’s Growth
Regulations and Guidance
Fund managers are regulated under the Securities and Futures Act as fund management companies or venture capital (VC) fund management companies.
VC managers are under a simplified regulatory regime that takes into account contractual safeguards already present in typical contracts negotiated by VC managers’ sophisticated investor client base.
Initiatives
Focus Areas
The introduction of the Variable Capital Companies (VCC) framework seeks to position Singapore as a leading fund domiciliation hub, and strengthen Singapore’s position as a full-service international fund management centre.
Jobs & Training
MAS works closely with tripartite partners to build a pipeline of finance professionals and leaders.
What's New
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"Growing a Vibrant Insurance Linked Securities Market in Asia" - Speech by Mr Lim Cheng Khai, Executive Director, Financial Markets Development Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at the Artemis ILS Asia Conference 13 July 2023
Steve Evans, Editor in Chief, Artemis Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Introduction 1. Good morning. Thank you for having me at the Artemis ILS Asia Conference. It is good to see the event back for its fifth installation in Singapore. I am happy to be here, to reconnect with friends I’ve met in Artemis New York...
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New Consultations
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“Harnessing the Power of Finance for a Sustainable Future”- Keynote Speech by Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director, MAS, at the Financial Times Investing for Good Asia Digital Conference on 13 October 2020
Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director of MAS, spoke on the opportunity to build a more resilient and sustainable world emerging from COVID-19, and provided an update on Singapore’s Green Finance Action Plan to facilitate Asia’s transition to a sustainable future.