Singapore

MAS chairman Loong set to become PM

Singapore's ruling party has approved the appointment of founding father Lee Kuan Yew's son Lee Hsien Loong, the chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, as the next prime minister.

MAS chairman's dual role to stay

Singapore's Second Finance Minister Lim Hng Kiang said this week that there is no immediate need to change the status quo for Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong's concurrent role as the Monetary Authority of Singapore's chairman.

Singapore's Loong on ASEAN - the way ahead

In the speech 'ASEAN - the way ahead' given on 7 April Lee Hsien Loong of the Monetary Authority of Singapore said globalisation has presented many challenges to ASEAN, but it has also created many opportunities. Governments will need to lead the way, by…

Singapore's unique monetary policy

This IMF Working Paper looks at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the way it conducts monetary policy. Instead of relying on short-term interest rates or monetary aggregates as its monetary policy instrument it conducts policy by managing the trade…

MAS to carry out monetary policy review

Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, said at the bank's staff seminar last week that the MAS would be undertaking a comprehensive review of how it conducts monetary policy to take into account structural changes in the…

MAS to push ahead with bond issue

Despite concerns from some investors that the market is saturated,the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced that it intends to go ahead with plans to issue a new 15-year government bond, reports ChannelNewsAsia.

Banking reform in Singapore

Singapore's deputy prime minister and finance minister Lee Hsien Loong talked about banking sector reform, capital raising and foreign competition in an interview with The Banker magazine published 10 April.

MAS Press Release

PRESS RELEASE - MAS seeks industry comment from financial institutions on technology risk management guidelines, 11 Nov.

Malaysia bank mergers seen next year

SINGAPORE - The Malaysian banking sector is due for a new round of consolidation ahead of further liberalisation in 2007 -- and mergers, especially among the smaller existing banks, could start toward the end of next year, analysts say.

MAS Guidelines on Sound Risk Management Practice

REPORT - On 30 October the Monetary Authority of Singapore published its Guidelines on Sound Risk Management Practices. This set of guidelines aims to provide banks, merchant banks, finance companies and insurance companies (referred to collectively as …

MAS Press Release

PRESS RELEASE - The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it would formalise guidelines governing industry and public consultation and implementation of MAS-administered legislation, 22 October.

Speech by Yeo Lian Sim, MAS, 19 Sep

SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Hedge Funds: A Mainstream Alternative' Sim said the MAS will maintain its calibrated approach towards the regulation of hedge funds and hedge fund managers. She said it will also continue to build on the three pillars of…

Speech by Shane Tregillis, MAS, 4 Sep

SPEECH - In the speech titled 'A Newfound Importance Of Non-Bank FIs in Asia' Tregillis said that to develop the regulation of capital markets in Singapore the first thing needed is to update the content of regulation so that it responds to changes in…

Speech by Koh Yong Guan, MD MAS, 2 Aug

SPEECH - In the speech Koh Yong Guan said the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (BCCS) will be merging with MAS. We are targeting to complete the merger exercise by October 2002. The merger of the two institutions is being undertaken with the…

Speech by Robert E. Rubin, MAS, 25 Jul

SPEECH - In the MAS Lecture Rubin said that the Japanese economy could experience an upturn if global conditions are reasonable but that the "enormously complicated" structural and fiscal problems Japan faces have in large measure not been effectively…

Speech by 2nd Minister for Finance, MAS, 23 Jul

SPEECH - In the speech the Minister for Health and Second Minister for Finance said the banking industry in Singapore has introduced new technologies to improve this cheque clearing process. He gives an example of this is the magnetic-ink character…

MAS issues new risk-based capital requirements

SINGAPORE - With effect from 1 October 2002, holders of Capital Markets Services (CMS) licences will be subject to new risk-based capital requirements under a subsidiary legislation of the Securities and Futures Act 2001.

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