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- Guidelines for payment service providers (other than a digital payment token service provider) on Notice PSN01 for the prevention of money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. These guidelines provide guidance to payment service providers on the requirements in Notice PSN01 on Prevention of Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism - Specified Payment Services. They should be read in conjunction with the Notice. 1 Monetary Authority of Singapore GUIDELINES
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- 2nd Conference on Alternative Risk Transfers in Asia Keynote Addrsss By Mrs Hauw Soo Hoon, Executive Director, Insurance Department, MAS Date: 23 May 2000 Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning. I am happy to be able to join you this morning at the 2nd Conference on Alternative Risk Transfers in Asia. Changing Risk Landscape 2 The risk landscape that we operate in is rapidly changing. The globalisation and deregulation of many markets, coupled with technological advances, has
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- I thank the Financial Times for the opportunity to speak on this important topic and to reach out to an audience across the globe. WHAT HAS COVID-19 TO DO WITH SUSTAINABILITY? The climate crisis is the existential challenge of our time. Never before have the effects of climate change been more keenly felt— soaring temperatures, extreme weather events, rising sea levels. Recent wildfires in Australia and the Western United States are the worst in history. Meteorologists tracking hurricanes across
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- Singapore, 8 April 2003......The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Economics Society of Singapore (ESS) today awarded prizes for the annual MAS-ESS Essay Competition 2002. Deputy Prime Minister and MAS Chairman Lee Hsien Loong gave the prizes during the ESS Annual Dinner, which was held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The top three winners in both the Student and Open categories were: Student Category Open Category First prize Mr Seow Zhixiang Hwa Chong Junior College Dr Shin Jang-Sup National
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- Singapore, 16 January 2003...The Singapore and US Governments have reached an agreement on the issue of free transfer of capital, which was the only outstanding matter in the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. The agreement provides for the free transfer of capital in both countries and enhances the protection and rights of US investors, while maintaining Singapore's freedom of action to take appropriate measures in the event of an economic crisis. Singapore and the US share a strong commitment
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- Kuala Lumpur, 3 March 2015… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) today jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Securities Commission Malaysia and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand to establish a Streamlined Review Framework for the ASEAN Common Prospectus. The Framework, which is an initiative under the ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF) Implementation Plan endorsed by the ASEAN Finance Ministers, will facilitate cross-border
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- Good morning and thank you for joining us today. GLOBAL ECONOMY The global economy is recovering from last year’s deep recession. The recovery is characterised by three key features: It has been a dual-speed recovery. The recovery is likely to gather momentum. But there are notable downside risks. First, the dual-speed recovery. The world’s two largest economies and Singapore’s two main trading partners – the US and China – are witnessing strong rebounds. According to consensus forecasts June 2021
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- Consultation Paper VIEW DOCUMENT Proposed Risk-Based Capital Framework for General Insurance (General Insurance Workgroup) (957.8 KB) Discussion Paper RISK BASED CAPITAL FRAMEWORK FOR GENERAL INSURERS IN SINGAPORE RBC General Insurance Workgroup 20 December 2002 -------- Discussion Paper RBC FRAMEWORK FOR GENERAL INSURERS IN SINGAPORE Table of Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................
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- 1 Mr Robert Pickel, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning and thank you for inviting me to this ISDA Regional Conference in Singapore. I had the privilege of speaking at this same conference in 2004, and some of you may recall that back then, the theme was on “Basel and Beyond”. Today, I would like to focus on something that probably epitomizes what you all do, this something called ‘financial innovation’. 2 Financial innovation has been described as the “bedrock of financial systems and lifeblood
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- Issues Raised in Parliament ANSWER TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON: the Brunei-Singapore Dollar Currency Peg For Parliament Sitting on 04 Sep 98 Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the Brunei dollar to the Singapore dollar peg poses any adverse risk to the Singapore dollar in view of the widely publicised Amedeo scandal and the current fragility of the Brunei economy; and if so, whether the Government intends to take any measure to delink the Brunei dollar from the Singapore dollar. Answer