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    •  Singapore, 16 October 2003...Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Mr Lee Hsien Loong, today announced the launch of a national financial education programme called "MoneySENSE". MoneySENSE brings together current industry and public sector initiatives in financial education for a long term, sustainable programme to enhance the basic financial literacy of consumers. Need for increased efforts in financial education 2   Speaking in Parliament today, DPM
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    • QUESTION NO 2689 and 2738 NOTICE PAPER 1076 OF 2022 FOR ORAL ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 4 April 2022 Question: Mr Saktiandi Supaat, MP, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC: To ask the Prime Minister in view of the rising global interest rate outlook (a) what are the risks to the household debt situation in Singapore; (b) what is the proportion of mortgages accounting for household debt over the past five years; and (c) what measures are in place to reduce the build-up of highly leveraged households
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    • QUESTION NO 1521 NOTICE PAPER 892 OF 2017 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 6 November 2017 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Ms Foo Mee Har, MP, West Coast GRC Question: To ask the Prime Minister what regulatory safeguards can MAS take to protect the interests of consumers when large-scale movements of insurance agents happen amidst aggressive poaching activities between rival financial institutions. Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
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    •   Good afternoon, Mrs Kathryn Shih, Mrs Christine Ong, Ladies and gentlemen. I am delighted to be here at the soft launch of the UBS Wealth Management Campus - Asia Pacific. Building Wealth Management Talent For Asia 2   UBS is a major global player in wealth management, and is well-positioned in Singapore and the region to tap Asia's unprecedented wealth creation. The economies in Asia, all within the same time zone as Singapore's, and a short flight away, are all growing strongly. Millions of
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    • QUESTIONS NOS 1387 & 1391 NOTICE PAPERS 302 and 306 of 2013 FOR ORAL ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 12 August 2013 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Q 1387. Mr Laurence Lien, NMP Q 1391. Mr Yee Jenn Jong, NCMP Questions: Q 1387. To ask the Prime Minister how concerned is the Government with the rising household debt and whether new measures are being planned to curb imprudent borrowing by households. Q 1391. To ask the Prime Minister (a) what is the average number of housing loans
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    • Singapore, 28 July 2015…The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced the composition of the new Financial Centre Advisory Panel (FCAP) comprising 26 leaders from the banking, insurance and asset management industries. FCAP will strengthen the dialogue and partnership between MAS and the financial industry, to drive the growth and development of Singapore’s financial centre. 2   The FCAP will provide advice to MAS in two areas: (a) Asset class strategies: Industry leaders will provide
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    • OTC Counterparties - Reporting of OTC Derivatives Contracts - Form 1B Notification on Ceasing to be a Significant Derivatives Holder SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT (CAP. 289) SECURITIES AND FUTURES (REPORTING OF DERIVATIVES CONTRACTS) REGULATIONS 2013 FORM 1B REGULATION 6(5) NOTIFICATION ON CEASING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT DERIVATIVES HOLDER 1. Please read the explanatory notes and questions carefully before completing the application form. 2. All questions
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    • 11 October 2005 INTRODUCTION 1   In April this year, MAS maintained the policy of a modest and gradual appreciation of the S$NEER policy band which has been adopted since April 2004.  This policy stance was reiterated in July 2005, following the announcements of changes to the exchange rate systems in China and Malaysia. Chart 1 Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (S$NEER) 2   Since the policy review in April 2005, the S$NEER has largely fluctuated around the mid-point of the policy band.  (Chart 1) 
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    • MAS Staff Paper No. 44, April 2007 - By Andrew K. Rose Abstract This paper studies the characteristics of departures from monetary unions.  During the post-war period, almost seventy distinct countries or territories have left a currency union, while over sixty have remained continuously in currency unions.  I compare countries leaving currency unions to those remaining within them, and find that leavers tend to be larger, richer, and more democratic; they also tend to have higher inflation.  However
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    •  Singapore, 5 May 2004...The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued regulations to set out the implementation details of the policy to separate financial and non-financial business of a bank, and to unwind cross-shareholdings within the local banking groups (i.e. the anti-commingling policy).  The regulations spell out the rules for determining whether stakes in non-financial businesses held indirectly by banks through their affiliates have to be divested, and give effect to the policy