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Government Investigations in Singapore 2025
We have contributed the Singapore chapter of Getting the Deal Through, Government Investigations 2025.
United Kingdom | Publication | May 2023
On April 27, 2023, the Regulator published its annual funding statement for DB schemes. This statement is essential reading for trustees of schemes with valuation dates between September 22, 2022, and September 21, 2023 (known as Tranche 18, or T18).
It is also relevant to schemes undergoing significant changes that require a review of their funding and risk strategies. The Regulator recognises that this year schemes may be in a transformed funding position, and its key messages are:
The Regulator has divided the DB universe into 3 groups:
For each Group, the Regulator has set out guidance in respect of rethinking scheme strategies in relation to funding position, investment consideration, and covenant considerations. The funding statement also provides a set of tables so that trustees can match their specific scheme circumstances in terms of funding characteristics, employer strength and scheme maturity with the Regulator’s expectations. However, the Regulator stresses that the tables are inexhaustive and are no substitute for reading the funding statement and seeking specialist advice.
Our May briefing will look in more detail at the annual funding statement.
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We have contributed the Singapore chapter of Getting the Deal Through, Government Investigations 2025.
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The private credit market and direct lending have grown and diversified immensely in the past decade, offering alternative sources and terms of debt compared to those historically provided by the syndicated leveraged loan and public issuance markets. Consequently, they are fast becoming pivotal components in the capital ecosystem, so much so that the Bank of England consider that the private credit market is currently responsible for approximately $1.8 trillion of debt issuance, which is four times its size in 2015. This growth has been particularly pronounced in Europe and the US but there has also been significant activity in Asia.
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The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation, commonly referred to as the AI Act, is expected to come into force during the summer of 2024 (the AI Act). The AI Act will be the first comprehensive legal framework for the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI), and is intended to ensure that AI systems developed and used in the EU are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory and environmentally friendly.
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