Singapore’s Proposal to Mandate Reference Checks and Misconduct Reporting

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a Consultation Paper on Proposals to Mandate Reference Checks. - All financial institutions and entities regulated by the MAS are proposed to be required to carry out reference checks and to keep conduct records on the majority of their employees. If the proposed regime is implemented without change, it will mean that Singapore’s reference checks regime will be substantially aligned with that which is currently in place in the UK as well as...
By: Allen & Overy LLP

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