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- Professor Eichenbaum visited MAS in March 2019 as the MAS-NUS Term Professor in Economics and Finance. The views in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to MAS.
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- Monetary Authority of Singapore Economic Policy Group -------- Special Features 95 point.
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- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) requires all banks operating in Singapore to recover their critical systems within four hours following any disruption. MAS also expects banks to have a comprehensive data backup strategy for the storage of critical information.
- MAS takes seriously the security, resilience and availability of our banking infrastructure and works closely with the industry to ensure that it remains so. Jerome Lee (Mr) Director (Corporate Communications) Monetary Authority of Singapore
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- Under the Currency Act, merchants in Singapore have to accept five-cent coins issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for any payment not exceeding S$2.
- Anyone who encounters difficulty using any particular denomination of notes or coins can contact MAS with details of the merchant to enable us to advise the merchant of his obligations. MAS has considered the feasibility of taking five-cent coins out of circulation.
- 16 February 2012 The Editor ST Forum I refer to Mr Wong Kam Wah’s letter (“Five cents - MAS could consider stopping circulation”, ST Forum, 15 February 2012).
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- Click here (102.1 KB) for MAS’ response to the consultation paper.
- Singapore, 10 December 2007...The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released a consultation paper on the proposed fee structure that will apply to all representatives conducting regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) and the Financial Advisers Act (FAA).
- The consultation paper is posted on the MAS website, www.mas.gov.sg . (Click here to view the consultation paper) (153.2 KB) . *** [1] The rationale and features of the proposed notification framework were set out in an earlier consultation paper (89.4 KB) issued in September 2006.
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- MAS’ consultation paper sets out the proposed regulatory requirements that participating banks and merchant banks in Singapore must comply with when conducting such foreign exchange conversion. 3 The consultation paper is available on MAS’ website and comments should reach MAS by 16 May 2013.
- Singapore, 2 May 2013… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today released a consultation paper on the proposed regulatory requirements for participating banks 1 and merchant banks in Singapore to conduct foreign exchange conversion in China via the RMB Clearing Bank in Singapore. 2 As part of
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- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Mr V K Rajah, the Attorney-General, will be appointed to its Board of Directors.
- Mr Rajah’s term of appointment will be from 1 November 2014 to 31 October 2017. 2 The members of the MAS Board of Directors are listed in the Annex. *** Annex Board of Directors of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (as of 1 November 2014) Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Chairman) Deputy Prime Minister
- Building and Construction Authority Mr Lim Chee Onn Senior International Advisor, Singbridge Private Limited Mr Peter Ong Boon Kwee Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance Professor Tan Chorh Chuan President, National University of Singapore Mr V K Rajah Attorney-General Mr Ravi Menon Managing Director, MAS
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- MAS has also entered into MoUs with other securities and futures regulators.
- The MoU was signed by MAS Deputy Managing Director Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam and BAWe Chairman Mr Georg Wittich in Sydney.
- The MAS announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Germany's securities and futures regulator, Bundesaufsichtsamt fur den Wertpapierhandel (BAWe).
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- The photographs and TV news broadcast of Mr Nazaruddin Mohsen displaying copies of letters to him from the MAS and SES may have given the impression that MAS had endorsed Collective's proposal. 2 Mr Nazaruddin Mohsen had written to the Authority on 29 Nov 99 to request a meeting to brief the Authority
- with the Malaysian Central Depository, and subsequently to trade them on the KLSE. 3 MAS has neither endorsed or commented on Collective's offer.
- MAS had responded that the Clob issue was handled by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd (formerly known as the Stock Exchange of Singapore Ltd) ["SEST"], and suggested that Mr Mohsen should meet with the SEST to discuss his proposal.
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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.
- MAS has already signed 12 MOUs with other securities and futures regulators, the most recent of which was with the Financial Services Agency of Japan. ***
- The MOU was signed by Mr Koh Yong Guan, Managing Director, MAS, and Mr G N Bajpai, Chairman, SEBI, in Singapore. Mr Koh noted, "We are pleased to sign this MOU with SEBI.
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- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today it was awarding eight Wholesale Bank (WB) licences. The eight banks awarded the WB licences are: i. Bayerische Hypo-Vereinsbank ii. Fortis Bank iii. HSBC Republic Bank (Suisse) SA iv. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China v.
- MAS will review and assess developments in the banking industry in deciding on the timing for upgrading the remaining Offshore Banks to WB status. ***
- State Street Bank and Trust Company MAS assessed applicants for the WB licences using several criteria. This included the bank's financial strength, contributions and developmental commitment to Singapore's financial sector.