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- Requirements for all finance companies on the maintenance of credit files, grading of credit facilities and determination of credit loss allowance. This notice applies to all finance companies. It sets out the requirements on: Maintenance of credit files and the basic information required for objective credit assessment. Grading of credit facilities. Recognition of loss allowance for expected credit loss. Please refer to MAS Notice 811A for the credit grading treatment in relation to the credit facilities
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- Mr A.K Cher, President of the General Insurance Association, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1 Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting my colleagues and me to the Association’s annual luncheon. 2 Before we begin, I would like to just say a few words to honour Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who passed away on Monday. Mr Lee was a visionary, one who saw Singapore ‘s potential to become what he described as “a First World oasis in a Third World region”. Under his astute leadership
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- Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, a very good morning to all of you. 2 The global economic recovery remains uneven and fragile, five years after Lehman's collapse. While there have been some encouraging signs over the past year, with stronger jobs growth and the housing recovery in the US and the Euro area economies stepping out of the recession zone, there continues to be heavy reliance on extraordinarily loose monetary policy and low interest rates for life support. 3 Lean economic
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- Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, a very good morning to all of you. 2 I am very pleased to be here today at the Artemis ILS Asia 2018 conference. The third time that it is held in Singapore, the conference is a good market barometer that Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are becoming more prominent in Asia, and prospects are bright for the coming years. Alternative Capital becomes Mainstream 3 We are gathering here at an exciting time for the global Insurance-linked securities industry
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- Just last week, IMF issued its latest economic outlook and cut gobal growth forecasts again. It noted that prospects for global growth have deteriorated over the past month, as financial sector deleveraging has continued and producer and consumer confidence have fallen.
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- It also features in-depth studies undertaken by EPG on important economic issues facing Singapore.
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- "Post-Crisis Asia:Challenges and Opportunities Challenges and Opportunities" Date: 27 October 1999 Pre-crisis Asia: A Mirage? 1 The Asian crisis swept through the regional economies like a huge tidal wave. The euphoria from more than a decade of boom in East Asian economies was abruptly punctured. Overnight, headlines switched from the "Asian century" to the "Asian disease". Some analysts questioned if the earlier prosperity had been real, or just a bubble. Others attributed the crisis to fatal
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- In particular, the crisis has highlighted three major issues in Asian economic and financial systems. 5 First, some analysts have questioned East Asia's growth model, with its emphasis on high savings, reliance on foreign investment, and export growth.
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- Singapore, 6 February 2015…The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Professor Ronald Masulis, Scientia Professor of Finance and the Macquarie Group Chair of Financial Services at the Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, as the MAS Term Professor in Economics and Finance from 9 to 13 February 2015. Prof Masulis will be hosted by NUS Business School during the term of the Professorship. 2 Prof Masulis is
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- These limits should consider the Reporting Banks role in the financial system 703 For example, the Guidelines on Risk Management Practices issued by the Authority, Range of Practices and Issues in Economic Capital Frameworks issued by