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- Singapore, 8 March 2013…The People’s Bank of China (PBC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced the establishment of a new and enhanced bilateral currency swap arrangement to promote bilateral trade and direct investment for the economic development of the two countries. The new agreement was signed on 7 March 2013 and will replace the old swap arrangement dated 23 July 2010, which is expiring this year. 2 The new bilateral currency swap arrangement reinforces the co-operation
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- Singapore, 12 January 2017... The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS) today launched the 15th MAS-ESS Essay Competition. The theme for this year’s competition is “The Impact of Disruptive Technologies” . 2 Writers should address the challenges posed by new and disruptive technologies, along with implications for employment, competitiveness and the business landscape, and how Singapore will cope with these challenges. 3 The essay competition is
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- Response VIEW DOCUMENT MAS Response to Second Consultation - Proposed Revisions to MAS Notice to Banks 610 and MAS Notice to Merchant Banks 1003 (486.9 KB) Consultation Paper VIEW DOCUMENT Second Consultation Paper and Response to Feedback Received on Proposed Revisions to MAS Notice 610 and MAS Notice 1003 - Submission of Statistics and Returns (1.53 MB) No 610 RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK RECEIVED 17 May 2018 Second Consultation - Proposed Revisions to MAS Notice to Banks 610 and MAS Notice
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- Shanghai Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau, Director General Dr Zheng Yang Distinguished speakers and guests Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Introduction 1 First, let me thank the Shanghai Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau (“SFRB”) for hosting the 4th Shanghai-Singapore Financial Forum. It is a great pleasure to see our good friends from Shanghai and Singapore at the forum today. Bilateral cooperation between Singapore and China 2 Over the last five years of China-Singapore financial
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- Ambassador David Adelman, US Ambassador to Singapore Lito Camacho, Vice Chairman Asia Pacific and Country CEO, Singapore Francesco de Ferrari, Head of Private Banking, Asia Pacific Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Good morning. It is my pleasure to join you at Credit Suisse’s first Global Megatrends Conference. It is fitting to hold this conference in Singapore. As a small, open economy in the heart of Asia, we have always been acutely conscious of global trends and developments. Our attitude
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- This October 2021 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. a\sys Consumer Price Developments in October 2021 Summary 1.2% in September. MAS Core Inflation rose to 1.5% on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis in October, from o The increase was due to higher services and food inflation, as well as a smaller decline in the cost of retail & other goods. CPI-All Items inflation picked up to 3.2%
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- 13 October 2003...The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it has signed a regulatory Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The MOU paves the way for enhanced cooperation and communication between the two regulators. Under the MOU, MAS and SEBI agree to provide assistance and exchange information necessary for the investigation of offences involving securities and futures. The MOU will facilitate the effective performance
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- MAS and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) jointly announced that the consortium which they are leading had successfully developed software prototype of three different models for decentralised inter-bank payment and settlements with liquidity savings mechanisms. This report focus on the experiment done to solve the key challenges identified around the need for transactional privacy, and deterministic finality , and most critically, the ability to perform multilateral netting capabilities
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- Response VIEW DOCUMENT Response to Feedback: Draft Regulations for Reporting of Derivatives Contracts (511.8 KB) Consultation Paper VIEW DOCUMENT Consultation Paper on Draft Regulations for Reporting of Derivatives Contracts (367.1 KB) RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK RECEIVED DRAFT REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT FOR THE REPORTING OF DERIVATIVES CONTRACTS 1 1.1 On 26 June 2013, MAS issued a consultation paper inviting comments on the proposed Securities and Futures
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- 7 Jan 1998... Singapore operates a flexible exchange rate policy. MAS manages the Singapore dollar against a weighted basket of currencies of Singapore's main trading partners, and not against any single currency. The primary goal is to maintain price stability to foster long-term sustainable economic growth. This policy remains unchanged. While the Singapore dollar has weakened against the US dollar, Deutschemark and Sterling, it has appreciated substantially against the Ringgit, Rupiah and Baht