Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Financial Advisers (Structured Deposits — Prescribed Investment Product and Exemption) Regulations

Regulation 2

Definitions

Amended byS 463/2021 wef 01/07/2021S 169/2020 wef 16/03/2020

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“bank” means a bank in Singapore or a merchant bank;“bank in Singapore” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Banking Act (Cap. 19);“credit derivative” means a financial contract which is designed to transfer credit risk on loans or other assets between 2 parties;“credit event”, in relation to a credit derivative, means any event agreed upon between the contracting parties to the credit derivative which triggers a payout or delivery of assets under the credit derivative;“deposit” means —

(a)

a deposit as defined in section 4B of the Banking Act (Cap. 19), in a case where the deposit is accepted by a bank; or

(b)

a deposit as defined in section 2 of the Finance Companies Act (Cap. 108), in a case where the deposit is accepted by a finance company as defined in that section of that Act;“dual currency investment” means a deposit which is accepted in one currency and which may be repayable in another currency;“merchant bank” means any merchant bank that holds a merchant bank licence, or is treated as having been granted a merchant bank licence, under the Banking Act;“structured deposit” means —

(a)

a deposit under which any interest or premium is payable, or is at risk, in accordance with a formula which is based on —

(i)

the performance of any financial instrument or specified products as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289); or

(ii)

the occurrence of any credit event in respect of a credit derivative —

(A)

to which the bank or the finance company, as the case may be, is a contracting party; or

(B)

from which the bank or the finance company, as the case may be, would enjoy a benefit or incur a loss; or

(b)

a dual currency investment.

Definition

“bank” means a bank in Singapore or a merchant bank;

Definition

“bank in Singapore” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Banking Act (Cap. 19);

Definition

“credit derivative” means a financial contract which is designed to transfer credit risk on loans or other assets between 2 parties;

Definition

“credit event”, in relation to a credit derivative, means any event agreed upon between the contracting parties to the credit derivative which triggers a payout or delivery of assets under the credit derivative;

Definition

“deposit” means —

(a)

a deposit as defined in section 4B of the Banking Act (Cap. 19), in a case where the deposit is accepted by a bank; or

(b)

a deposit as defined in section 2 of the Finance Companies Act (Cap. 108), in a case where the deposit is accepted by a finance company as defined in that section of that Act;

Definition

“dual currency investment” means a deposit which is accepted in one currency and which may be repayable in another currency;

Definition

“merchant bank” means any merchant bank that holds a merchant bank licence, or is treated as having been granted a merchant bank licence, under the Banking Act;

Amended byS 463/2021 wef 01/07/2021

Definition

“structured deposit” means —

(a)

a deposit under which any interest or premium is payable, or is at risk, in accordance with a formula which is based on —

(i)

the performance of any financial instrument or specified products as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289); or

(ii)

the occurrence of any credit event in respect of a credit derivative —

(A)

to which the bank or the finance company, as the case may be, is a contracting party; or

(B)

from which the bank or the finance company, as the case may be, would enjoy a benefit or incur a loss; or

(b)

a dual currency investment.

Amended byS 169/2020 wef 16/03/2020
Regulation 2 — Financial Advisers (Structured Deposits — Prescribed Investment Product and Exemption) Regulations