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- Beijing, 28 May 2013...The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today officially opened its Beijing Representative Office. The Beijing Representative Office will further strengthen bilateral collaboration between MAS and the People’s Bank of China (PBC), as well as with other Chinese financial authorities including China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), China Securities Regulatory Commission (CIRC) and China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). 2 In his speech at the official Opening Ceremony
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- Singapore, 20 September 2013… The Finance Ministers of Singapore, Australia, Korea and New Zealand today signed a Statement of Intent in Bali, Indonesia, to jointly develop the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) that facilitates the cross-border offering of funds in Asia. 2 When implemented, the ARFP will offer fund managers operating in a passport economy a direct and efficient route to distribute their funds in other passport economies. Investors in the region will also benefit from having access
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- Singapore, 30 December 2020… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that Singapore will renew its loan commitments to support multilateral efforts to strengthen the capacity of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These loan renewals will help boost the IMF’s resources to enable it to effectively play its role in safeguarding global economic and financial stability in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. The loan commitments to the IMF will be made under the following
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- 1. Mr Speaker, I beg to move, “That the Bill be now read a second time.” Introduction 2. The Bill comprises two broad categories of proposed amendments. The first category relates to amendments to put in place the tax treatment for variable capital companies or “VCCs”. The second category relates to amendments to the VCC Act which was passed by Parliament in October last year. 3. The VCC is a corporate structure incorporated under the VCC Act which may only be used as an investment fund
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- Singapore, 17 June 2005...The Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) International Advisory Panel (IAP) will meet in Singapore for the fifth time on 20 June 2005. 2 The IAP was set up in November 1998 to advise the MAS on market developments in international financial centres and trends in the global financial industry. Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education and Deputy Chairman of MAS, currently chairs the IAP. Members of the IAP include global business and financial leaders. 3 The
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- Press Release by ASEAN Central Bank Governors Summary Report of the Combined Study on Assessing the Financial Landscape and Formulating Milestones for Monetary and Financial Integration in ASEAN The Central Bank Governors from ASEAN member states (AMS) launched at the sidelines of the 9th ASEAN Central Bank Governors’ Meeting on 3 April 2013 in Brunei Darussalam the Summary Report entitled “ The Road to ASEAN Financial Integration - A Combined Study on Assessing the Financial Landscape and Formulating
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- Singapore, 30 May 2016... The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the re-appointment of four members of the MAS Board of Directors, with effect from 1 June 2016. 2 Under the MAS Act, the President has re-appointed: a) Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade), as member and Deputy Chairman of the MAS Board, for a further term of three years; and b) Mr Lim Chee Onn, Senior International Advisor to the Ascendas-Singbridge Group, Mr Peter Ong Boon Kwee, Head, Civil Service
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- Date: For Parliament Sitting on 9 May 2023 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye, Radin Mas SMC Question: To ask the Prime Minister (a) how regularly are rules to safeguard against over-indebtedness reviewed; (b) when has the last review been conducted; and (c) whether there is a need to review such rules given economic headwinds and the recent rise in credit card rollover balance. Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Minister in charge of MAS:
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- Singapore, 24 Aug 1999... Singapore will host the Fifth Meeting of Finance and Central Bank Deputies on the Manila Framework on 29-30 August 1999. The one-and-a-half day Meeting will be opened by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and chaired by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Managing Director (Financial Supervision) of MAS. The Meeting will hold regional economic surveillance discussions, focusing on managing the recovery process; and
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- New MAS Chairman and Deputy Chairman Singapore, 20 Aug 2004...Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has been officially appointed as Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) with effect from today, for a period of two years. Mr Goh is MAS' fifth chairman since the establishment of MAS in 1971. He replaces Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (then Deputy Prime Minister) who had served as MAS Chairman since January 1998. 2 Concurrently, Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has been appointed