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- This consultation sets out MAS' proposed regulatory approach under the Securities and Futures Act for derivatives contracts that reference payment tokens (e.g. Bitcoin) as underlying assets. Response VIEW DOCUMENT Response to Feedback Received on the Proposed Regulatory Approach for Derivatives Contracts on Payment Tokens (849.3 KB) Consultation Paper VIEW DOCUMENT Consultation Paper on Proposed Regulatory Approach for Derivatives Contracts on Payment Tokens (675.2 KB) RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK RECEIVED
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- Singapore, 28 July 2021… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that dividend restrictions on locally-incorporated banks and finance companies headquartered in Singapore (Local Banks and Finance Companies) will not be extended. In July and August 2020, MAS called on Local Banks and Finance Companies respectively to cap their total dividends per share (DPS) for FY2020 at 60% of FY2019’s DPS, and offer shareholders the option of receiving the remaining dividends to be paid for FY2020
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- Singapore, 28 July 2021… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that dividend restrictions on locally-incorporated banks and finance companies headquartered in Singapore (Local Banks and Finance Companies) will not be extended. In July and August 2020, MAS called on Local Banks and Finance Companies respectively to cap their total dividends per share (DPS) for FY2020 at 60% of FY2019’s DPS, and offer shareholders the option of receiving the remaining dividends to be paid for FY2020
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- Singapore, 12 May 2022… The Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT) 1 , convened by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, today published for public consultation detailed thresholds and criteria for economic activities in the energy, transport, and real estate sectors. This builds on GFIT’s earlier proposed taxonomy in January 2021 2 . It also incorporates a user guide for financial institutions and companies to apply the taxonomy. 2. The three sectors covered under this second version are part of
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- Singapore, 8 December 2020… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced initiatives to enhance financial cooperation between Singapore and China. These measures will build on existing areas of collaboration and facilitate financing and investment activities in support of a post-COVID-19 recovery in Singapore and China. 2 The initiatives were discussed at the 16th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) between Singapore and China, co-chaired by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister
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- The IMF has released a Press Information Notice (PIN) on their 1997 Article IV Consultation with Singapore . The PIN summarises the IMF Executive Board's discussion of the IMF staff's appraisal of Singapore's economic developments and policies. The Singapore government welcomes the IMF's endorsement of its macroeconomic management during the past year under difficult conditions of regional financial market turbulence. 2 MAS wishes to clarify a number of points raised in the PIN on our exchange
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- QUESTION NO 1649 NOTICE PAPER 665 OF 2021 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 13 September 2021 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Chong Kee Hiong, MP, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Question: To ask the Prime Minister with regard to leases of non-residential properties (a) what is the number of landlords and units they own that are in arrears of mortgage payments since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; and (b) for landlords who are legally obliged to give rental reliefs to support
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- Singapore, 24 Nov 2008...The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that training incentives funded by the Financial Sector Development Fund (FSDF) will be enhanced, with the aim of encouraging the financial industry to continue investing in training during the current economic downturn. 2 For financial institutions that send their staff for training, MAS will increase the funding support for training fees from 50% to 70% under the Financial Training Scheme (FTS). For training
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- Singapore, 16 July 2019… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said today that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its Financial Sector Assessment Programme (FSAP) On 1 August 2018, MAS announced that Singapore would participate in the International Monetary Fund’s Financial Sector Assessment Programme (FSAP) in 2018-2019. Please refer to the press release at this link . for Singapore and reaffirmed Singapore’s financial sector oversight to be “among the best globally”. 2 The
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- Date: 11 Jul 2001 Introduction 1 Mr Low Thia Khiang asked whether bank mergers will help make Singapore an international financial centre. Mr S Iswaran and Dr Ker Sin Tze asked about the effects of consolidation on competition and the availability of banking services to SMEs. These are important questions prompted by the process of consolidation that is currently underway. OCBC has made a bid for Keppel Capital Holdings, which owns Keppel-TatLee Bank, and DBS and UOB have made competing bids