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    • Economic Essays

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    • Singapore Management University has, with the aid of MAS and in partnership with Imperial College London, set up the Singapore Green Finance Centre.
    • In 2017, MAS introduced a Sustainable Bond Grant Scheme to support the issuances of green, social and sustainability-linked bonds in Singapore, to channel capital towards catalysing broader adoption of sustainability practices.
    • The views in this article are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to MAS. Kottasova, I (2021), US Carbon Emissions Fell 10% in 2020, Because of the Pandemic. It's Up to Biden to Stop Them from Bouncing Back, CNN, January 12.
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    • Consultations

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    • The task of overseeing corporate governance of listed companies was transferred to MAS and SGX.
    • Governance Council, comprising members of the business community, stakeholder groups, and appointed representatives from the Monetary Authority of Singapore MAS, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and Singapore Exchange Limited on an ex-officio basis.
    • Corporate Governance Council Page 63 of 98 -------- APPENDIX B1: PROPOSED REVISED CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SET OUT AGAINST DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION -------- PREFACE On 4 February 2010, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (the "MAS") announced the establishment of a Corporate
    • MAS
    • Speeches

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    • On the MAS’ end, we also implemented measures to ensure sufficient liquidity in Singapore’s financial market by enhancing central bank liquidity facilities and opening access to more counterparties with a wider range of collateral. 
    • banks around the world. 3   Since then, the sharply improved state of global trade flows and pickup in demand have led to a strong recovery across many Asian economies compared to the more developed economies in the west; or what some have described as a “biploar” state of global growth. 4   Today, MAS
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    • MAS is committed to developing Singapore as a Smart Financial Centre, one that is characterised by innovation, and where its businesses and people benefit from the use of technology. 
    • The Cross-Border Collateral Arrangement between the Bank of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, permits greater flexibility in liquidity management for Japanese banks operating in Singapore. 
    • MAS
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    • MAS will continue to work with industry partners to enhance research and talent development infrastructure, and position the insurance industry here to better serve the region’s needs. 22   On this note, I wish you all a productive conference. Thank you.
    • We also have in place internship and apprenticeship programmes such as the GIA Global Internship Programme (GIP) and the SCI Insurance Executive Scholarship Programme (IESP). 18   The Financial Sector Development Fund (FSDF) administered by the MAS also provides incentives to companies sponsoring Singapore-based
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    • Since February 2008, the regulation of financial and commodity futures has been consolidated under MAS to facilitate Singapore’s growth as a futures trading hub.
    • MAS has also reviewed the capital requirements for brokers trading only in commodity futures contracts to ensure the relevance of our capital requirements in light of developments in the commodity futures market.
    • MAS
    • Practice Notes

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    • MAS notes that equivalent disclosure requirements are also applicable 6 to financial advisers in overseas jurisdictions such as Australia, the US and the UK. -------- What does remuneration include?
    • For those items that are not quantifiable, the financial adviser should furnish the client with a description of how each item will be computed, or provide a range of amounts or rate of remuneration for each item. 14 As a matter of good practice, MAS encourages a financial adviser that is
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    •    As our aim is to enhance Singapore's position as an international financial centre, we recognise the need to further upgrade our corporate governance, disclosure and accounting practices so that they are of world-class standards. 14   With this in mind, the Ministry of Finance, together with the Monetary
    • We have to work together to succeed. 26   As an example of the continuous effort required, a private-sector-led panel will be set up later this year to advise the Ministry of Finance and the Monetary Authority of Singapore on matters relating to corporate governance, disclosure requirements and accounting
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    • Two years ago, the Monetary Authority of Singapore organised its inaugural FinTech festival. The response was overwhelming, and it turned out to be the largest FinTech Festival in the world. Last year, the festival attracted more than 30,000 attendees from over 100 countries.
    • It has since graduated and emerged from the sanctuary of the sandbox, and is now an insurance broker registered with MAS. 25.     We are also streamlining our regulatory treatment of payments services and remittance services. The current regulatory model takes an entity-based approach.
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    • MAS will continue to work with industry players and training providers to ensure that we have a ready supply of talent to meet the needs of the industry as it continues to grow.
    • Towards this end, MAS is presently working with other government agencies and the industry to identify and address time-to market issues to further facilitate Islamic finance activities in Singapore.