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- Singapore, 19 April 2018… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today its support for an initiative by the Wolfsberg Group 1 to help arrest the decline in correspondent banking relationships and enhance banks’ ability to provide cross-border financial transactions. 2 Correspondent banking relationships, which allow banks to access financial services in jurisdictions outside their own and to provide cross-border payment services to their customers, have been declining in recent years
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- Singapore, 14 March 2017… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued a warning to investors on the trading of binary options with unregulated platforms. This comes in the wake of an increase in the number of complaints from investors who have suffered financial losses from such investments. Risks involved in binary options trading 2 A binary option is a type of option contract that references an underlying instrument such as stocks, commodities, currencies and interest rates. Unregulated
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- QUESTIONS NO 178 NOTICE PAPERS 144 OF 2020 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 2 November 2020 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Christopher de Souza, MP, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Question: To ask the Prime Minister whether the Government will consider introducing more flexibility for those aged over 70 years to refinance their private properties so that they can invest more or tide over cash flow problems that may arise due to medical emergencies. Answer by Mr Tharman
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- Singapore, 24 Nov 2008...The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that training incentives funded by the Financial Sector Development Fund (FSDF) will be enhanced, with the aim of encouraging the financial industry to continue investing in training during the current economic downturn. 2 For financial institutions that send their staff for training, MAS will increase the funding support for training fees from 50% to 70% under the Financial Training Scheme (FTS). For training
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- Easier Access to Simpler Funds for Retail Investors Singapore, 29 April 2015… From today, retail investors can expect easier access to a wider range of investment funds, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs) 1 . This enhancement is part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) broader effort to expand the range of simple, low-cost investment options available to retail investors. Previously, all investment funds which used derivatives were classified as Specified Investment Products (SIPs)
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- Dear Editor, 1 We refer to the letters (ST 4 May 12) by Ms Wendy Yuen (“The joint reply has left me more confused”), Mr Christopher Teng (“Inflation: Offer more relevant figures”) and Mr Yeo Chee Kean (“Using interest rates to cool domestic demand”). 2 Ms Yuen suggested that housing prices should be used to measure the cost of consuming owner-occupied housing. We understand the intuition behind this suggestion. However, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) covers only consumption expenditures. A
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- QUESTION NO 448 NOTICE PAPER NO 76 OF 2013 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 25 February 2013 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Ms Foo Mee Har, MP for West Coast GRC Question: To ask the Prime Minister if MAS will consider specifying a standard medium-term interest rate to be used by all banks in Singapore to determine the mortgage servicing ratio for housing loans. Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of MAS: 1 In the current
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- QUESTION NOS 1000 NOTICE PAPER 44 OF 2013 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 6 February 2013 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mrs Lina Chiam, Non-Constituency MP Question: To ask the Prime Minister (a) whether a set of standards can be developed to assess the quality of financial and investment education being put out to the public in light of the proliferation of "get-rich-quick" courses typically advertised online; and (b) whether individuals seeking to teach financial
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- This circular applies to approved collective investment scheme (CIS) trustees. All trustees of an authorised CIS are reminded to exercise due care and skill in appointing any third party custodian and reviewing custodian arrangements. Circular No.: CMD 02/2009 22 May 2009 [To all holders of a capital markets services licence in respect of fund management & Trustees approved under section 289 of the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289)] Dear Sir/Madam TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITY
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- Date: For Parliament Sitting on 8 May 2023 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Ms Joan Pereira, Tanjong Pagar GRC Question To ask the Prime Minister (a) what measures are there to prevent persons who have been found to be dishonest or corrupt by the courts from working in the financial sector; and (b) whether the Ministry has a criminal database against which financial Institutions can check to avoid hiring such persons for the protection of their clients. Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam