Concept Flashcards
The SFA combines regulations governing securities and futures trading, and is supplemented by ____
SFR (Securities and Futures Regulations) has the force of law and provides details regarding the SFA provinces
Notices have legal effect and impose legally binding requirements on a specified class of financial institutions or persons.
Guidelines are not legally binding but they set out principles or standards for best practice regarding the conduct of specified institutions or persons.
Codes cover specific activities but don’t have the force of law.
Practice Notes are issued by MAS, and guided specific institutions or persons regarding administrative procedures.
The MAS specifies whether a violation of Notice is a ____ or not.
Criminal Offense
The extent to which guidelines are followed impacts ____ of MAS regarding an institution or person.
Overall risk assessment
Breach of Code may lead to ___
Non-statutory sanctions
What’s CPF? What’s the purpose of CPF?
The Central Provident Fund (CPF) is a comprehensive social security system that helps working Singaporean Citizens and PR to save funds for retirement.
Who make depositment to CPF on what frequency?
Monthly deposit are made by employees and employers into specific accounts.
The CPF members are allowed to do what with their CPF account?
Use monies in their accounts for specified investments
What’s the purpose of IMAS Code?
The IMAS Code endeavours to foster professionalism in the Investment Management Industry and strengthens investor protection.
What are the two functions of IMAS Code?
- Foster professionalism in the Investment Management Industry
- Strengthen Investor Protection
The IMAS Code prescribes ___ and ___ market practices related to ___
Fair and ethical market practices related to fund management operations
The IMAS Code supplements other laws and regulations, and set the minimum standard applicable to ____
Fund managers in Singapore
Apart from the Code, IMAS has also issued _____ (3)
- Guidelines on Corporate Governance
- Guidelines for the disclosure of expense ratio
- Code of Best Practice in Advertising CIS & Investment Linked Life Insurance policies, which is jointly issued with the Life Insurance Association.
Which practice/policy is jointly issued by IMAS and the Life Insurance Association?
Code of Best Practice in Advertising CIS & Investment Linked Life Insurance Policies
What’s the purpose and nature of CPF Code (Code of Professional Conduct for Asset Managers)?
Voluntary code that encourages ethic practice by asset managers, mainly seeking them to put the client’s interest at first
Definition of Fund Management?
Who defines it?
What’s not included?
Fund management is defined under the SFA as the following activities done on behalf of a customer on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis:
1) Management of a portfolio of securities or future contracts
2) Foreign exchange trading or leveraged foroeign exchange trading for managing the customer’s funds.
3) It doesn’t include real estate investment trust (REIT) management
Under what condition a person that acts as an investment advisor, sub-advisor or gives research to other investment managers (either in SG or overseas) is considered to be conducting fund management activity?
If the person is able to excersie direct or indicrect control over the management of the investment potfrolio.
What are the types FMCs in Singapore?
1) LFMC: A licensed fund FMC holding a CMS license for fund management
2) RFMC: Registered with MAS as a registered FMC
What’s a LFMC? What’re the types of LFMC in Singapore?
LFMC is a licensed fund FMC holdings a CMS license for fund management in Singapore.
1) Retail LFMC: Serving all types of investors, including retail investors
2) A/I LFMC (Licensed Accredited / Institutional FMCs) which must serve only accredited or institutional investors, without any limits on the number of clients.
What’s an RFMC? What are the requirement for RFMC? What’s the AUM requirement?
RFMC registered with MAS as a registered FMC
1) RFMC can’t manage over SGD250mn assets
2) Can’t serve more than 30 qualified investors, of which not more than 15 close-end fund, which include close-end funds and CIS
Who’re Qualified Investors? (5 types)
- Accredited investor, subject to exceptions
- A CIS offered to accredited and/or institutional investors
- A close-end fund offered only to accredited investors
- An institutional investor, other than CIS
- A limited partnership, where the limited partners comprise solely of accredited or institutional investors.
Who’re accredited investors but not quaified investors? (5 types)
- Partiticpants in a CIS offered to Accredited or Institutional Investors.
- Holders of units in a close-end fund offered only to accredited or institutional investors
- An entity with net assets exceeding SGD10 million in value which is related to or controlled by an RFMC, or a key officer or substantial shareholder of such person
- An entity with net assets exceeding SGD10 million in value, the share or debentures of which are offered to any non-accredited investor.
- A corporation or an entity which is a CIS or a closed-end fund offered to any non-accredited investor.
In determining the value of ASUM, only assets in respect of ____ should be included.
What should be excluded from the FMC’s AUM?
How to determine the value of assets under management? Managed assets should be based on ____value of the assets being managed.
which the FMC has an agreement to provide the fund management services
1)Moneys committed by investors but not drawn down should be excluded, which is commonly seen in private equity funds.
2) Any leverage to which the managed assets are exposed should be excluded.
Managed assets should be based on the net value of the assets being managed.
Which type of RFMCs should closely monitor its AUM in order to meet the AUM thresholds for its business?
RFMCs which manage private equity investments or funds that operate on COMMITTED CAPITAL basis, should consider the total committed capital of the fund.
The FMC Licensing Guidelines_____
stipulate the general criteria for licensing or registration of FMCs.