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A business trust is a business enterprise structured as a trust. A business trust (“BT”) is a business enterprise structured as a trust....
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- "Towards Sounder International Finance" INTRODUCTION I am happy to address the Manila Framework Group. 2 Prospects for the region have brightened considerably since your inaugural gathering in November 97, in the depths of the regional economic turmoil. The worst of the crisis is now well past. Most of the crisis-countries are seeing growth again. Investor sentiment while edgy, is generally upbeat. Equity markets have surged, some beyond pre-crisis levels. Currencies have stabilised; indeed some
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- Professor Euston Quah, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. This year, Singapore celebrates 100 years as an independent nation. The Global-Asian Economic Review, or GAER, is relatively young, at 25 years old. But the GAER comes from a long tradition that goes back to the very beginnings of Singapore. It began life as the Malayan Economic Review in 1956, was renamed the Singapore Economic Review in 1969, and took new birth as the Global-Asian Economic Review in 2040. As the leading journal on economic
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- Guides fund managers on sound liquidity risk management practices in fund structures. These guidelines apply to licensed and registered fund management companies (FMCs). They provide guidance on sound liquidity risk management practices that FMCs should consider and adopt. They include the use of liquidity management tools and stress testing, to manage the risk mismatches in the liquidity profile of the assets and the redemption terms in collective investment schemes managed by FMCs. (a) The Significant
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- Response VIEW DOCUMENT Response to Feedback: Proposed Policy Positions on the Definition of "Singapore Policy" for Policies Purchased by Individuals (34 KB) Consultation Paper VIEW DOCUMENT Proposed Policy Positions on the Definition of "Singapore Policy" for Policies Purchased by Individuals (56.4 KB) RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK RECEIVED PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED POLICY POSITION ON THE DEFINITION OF SINGAPORE POLICY UNDER THE FIRST SCHEDULE OF THE INSURANCE ACT (CAP.142) INTRODUCTION
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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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- QUESTION NO 1600 NOTICE PAPER 1003 OF 2022 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 28 February 2022 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Don Wee, MP, Chua Chu Kang GRC Question: To ask the Prime Minister whether MAS has plans to introduce grants that support banks in developing green and sustainability-linked liabilities frameworks so as to take in green deposits to fund banks' green and sustainability related loans. Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and
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- Dear Editor, We refer to the Straits Times article “Rule change allows car buyers to access bigger loans” (The Straits Times, 18 August 2019), where it was reported that it is legitimate for individuals to register private cars as rental cars in order to be exempted from the car financing rules. Rental cars fall under the broad category of private hire cars (PHCs) – which are used by individuals and companies for hire and reward. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has exempted the purchase
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- Dear Editor 'Time to look at competition in the insurance industry' (Business Times, 16 June 2010) contained a number of inaccuracies. Much of the information that Mr Haverkamp believes should be disclosed is already publicly available. For example, information on the investment performance and management expenses of the participating fund of individual life insurers is published on MAS’ website. Individual insurer’s claims, premium and expenses by the different classes of accidental and health business
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- Singapore, 27 September 2011… MAS has issued a consultation paper (251.5 KB) to seek comments on the draft legislative amendments to give effect to the revised regulatory regime for fund management companies (“FMCs”), as well as additional proposals to further enhance the business conduct requirements for FMCs. 2 The draft legislative amendments reflect the proposals set out in MAS’ first policy consultation on the regulatory regime for FMCs conducted in April 2010, and MAS’ response to feedback
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- 18 June 2014 The Editor ST Forum Dear Editor, We refer to the letter “Time to review Financial Advisers Act” by Mr Martin Lee (The Straits Times, 9 June 2014), who asked under what circumstances would a person be considered as a “financial adviser”. The Financial Advisers Act (FAA) defines “financial adviser” as a person who carries on a business of providing any financial advisory service. In determining if a person is carrying out such a business, MAS takes into account whether opinions or recommendations