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- Singapore, 29 November 2005...The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced findings of its second External Perception Survey (EPS). 96% of MAS' stakeholders [1] rated MAS' overall performance positively with 62% rating us as "very good" or "excellent". 2 The 2005 EPS was conducted to assess stakeholders' perceptions of MAS' performance as a central bank, regulator and financial centre developer. It measured MAS' effectiveness in carrying out our four core objectives of: Conducting
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- Congratulatory Remarks by Mr Heng Swee Keat, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore 1 It is my great pleasure to be here this evening. 2 Singapore is situated at the heart of a very dynamic region, and demand for financial services is growing rapidly. Firms here have been responding to these new demands, and have grown in size and sophistication. This evening's launch of the FTSE-SGX Asia Shariah 100 Index marks an important innovation in the financial sector in Singapore. The FTSE-SGX
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- QUESTION NO 529 NOTICE PAPER 308 OF 2016 FOR ORAL ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 13 September 2016 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Ms Sylvia Lim, MP, Aljunied GRC Question: To ask the Prime Minister given SGX's challenges in recent years relating to the quantity and quality of listings, turnover, technical disruptions, risk management, including a half-day disruption on 14 July 2016 (a) whether the Government is optimistic that SGX's performance and reputation can be revived
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- Friends and colleagues Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. There are four key enablers for the journey to net zero: carbon pricing in some form; emissions standards, across various activities; technological advances, in renewables as well as energy efficiency; green finance This fourth enabler is where the financial sector can play a critical role – both the financial industry and those who regulate it – in getting us to net zero. The starting point for climate action in the financial sector is through
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- 2 January 2003 INTRODUCTION 1 MAS has maintained a neutral policy stance in 2002. Since the beginning of 2002, it has adopted a zero per cent appreciation path for the exchange rate policy band, centred on the level of the trade-weighted Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER) prevailing at the start of the year. This policy stance, reaffirmed by MAS in its mid-year review in July 2002, reflected subdued inflationary conditions and the need to facilitate economic growth. Chart
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- Singapore and Wakefield, Mass, 26 May 2021…The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Mojaloop Foundation announced today that MAS is joining the Mojaloop Foundation as a Sponsor-level member to collaborate on providing the underserved access to affordable financial services through digital currency based settlement systems and foundational digital infrastructure See MAS report on critical infrastructure for an inclusive digital economy launched in April 2021. . MAS is the first central bank
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- Singapore and Wakefield, Mass, 26 May 2021…The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Mojaloop Foundation announced today that MAS is joining the Mojaloop Foundation as a Sponsor-level member to collaborate on providing the underserved access to affordable financial services through digital currency based settlement systems and foundational digital infrastructure See MAS report on critical infrastructure for an inclusive digital economy launched in April 2021. . MAS is the first central bank
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- Singapore, 13 November 2018… The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, led by IDB Lab – the Group’s innovation laboratory – and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on projects and initiatives that will foster innovation in financial services in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and ASEAN regions. 2 The key collaboration areas include: Creating cross-border collaboration networks between the FinTech ecosystems in
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- Singapore, 24 January 2016 – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Temasek Foundation (TF) and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) launched the inaugural ASEAN Financial Regulators’ Executive Programme (AFREP) today. The programme brings together senior officials from the ASEAN region and aims to equip them with conceptual and practical knowledge to create and implement sound financial policies. The ASEAN Financial Regulators’ Executive Programme was established with a grant of
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- 13 April 2012 INTRODUCTION 1 MAS maintained the S$NEER policy band on a modest and gradual appreciation path in the last policy review in October 2011. However, the slope of the policy band was reduced as economic activity was expected to slow, and hence ease the tightness in the labour market and alleviate core inflationary pressures. Chart 1 S$ Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (S$NEER) 2 Over the last six months, the S$NEER was largely in the lower half of the policy band. It weakened in November