• Singapore’s MAS teams up with FSA, FINMA, and FCA for digital asset innovations.
• This collaboration is focused on advancing digital asset pilots, particularly in areas like fixed income, foreign exchange, and asset management products.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced a groundbreaking partnership with regulatory authorities from Japan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The collaboration involves the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA), the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), and the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is set to advance digital asset initiatives in the realms of fixed income, foreign exchange, and asset management products.

Under the banner of MAS’ Project Guardian, a pioneering endeavor, the authority has worked hand in hand with 15 esteemed financial institutions to conduct industry pilots exploring the concept of asset tokenization in the domains of fixed income, foreign exchange, and asset management products. 

The primary objectives of this policymaker group are to facilitate discussions on the legal, policy, and accounting aspects of digital assets, identify potential risks and policy gaps, develop common standards for digital asset networks, promote interoperability, facilitate industry pilots through regulatory sandboxes where applicable, and encourage knowledge sharing between regulators and industry stakeholders.

Further, the MAS has recently unveiled new guidelines for stablecoin issuers, reflecting Singapore’s increasingly positive stance on digital assets.