Singapore banks in talks to tighten lending practices for troubled commodity sector


The MAS and Enterprise Singapore said they would issue a response later

SINGAPORE: Commodity trade financiers in Singapore are teaming up to strengthen lending practices and improve transparency in the sector following a spate of defaults at trading firms, four sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd, one of Asia’s biggest oil traders, and three other Singapore-based commodity traders ran into severe financial difficulties this year.

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