Singapore may tighten hedge-fund regulation

Mar 16, 2010

In secret sessions, ideas have been floated that will bring the city state more into line with neighbouring jurisdictions.

For a long time, Singapore has had a reputation of being a fairly easy place to set up a hedge fund in Asia. If a hedge-fund manager didn't want to jump through all the regulatory hoops imposed in Hong Kong, the Lion City represented a benign alternative location. That may be set to change.

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