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- MAS Staff Paper No. 35, November 2004 - By Pei Sai Fan Abstract This paper builds on the earlier MAS staff paper published by the same author in March 2004 by updating the recent empirical research on corporate governance and examines at length the issue of board diversity in section 7 to 10. Board diversity refers to differences or variation in the age, gender, ethnicity, culture, religion, constituency representation, professional background, knowledge, technical skills and expertise, commercial
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- I. INTRODUCTION 1 We held our last Staff Seminar in October 2002 against a backdrop of weak global economic conditions and uncertain-ties in the Middle East. We anticipated then that MAS would have to manage within a riskier environment. And this turned out to be so. For us in Asia, the Iraq war and the SARS outbreak weakened business and consumer spending, and caused a major setback to the recovery of the regional economies. However, with the easing of geopolitical tensions and the containment
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- Singapore, 16 May 2014…The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Professor John B. Taylor, the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and the George P Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution, as the MAS Term Professor in Economics and Finance from 18 to 25 May 2014. Prof Taylor will be hosted by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Department of Economics, the NUS Business
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- Singapore, 17 April 2017… The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, and President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, as the MAS Term Professor in Economics and Finance from 17 to 30 April 2017. Professor Baldwin will be hosted by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Department of Economics and the Economic
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- His Excellency Mr Manabu Sakai, State Minister of Finance His Excellency Mr Kenji Shinoda, Ambassador of Japan Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen Introduction 1. Welcome to Singapore. I am delighted to speak to you at the Nomura Investment Forum Asia. This is the 13th year Nomura is holding its flagship investment event in Singapore. It underscores the abiding interest among the global investor community to tap the region’s economic potential and investment opportunities from Singapore
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- This study was published as Special Feature B in the October 2013 Macroeconomic Review. Special Features 81 Special Feature B Toward a New Understanding of Monetary Policy by Benjamin M. Friedman1 Introduction and Motivation The financial crisis that struck most of the worlds advanced industrialised economies during 200709 has presented a major challenge for economists concerned with economic fluctuations, and especially for those interested in the workings
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- This Compliance Toolkit aims to guide and facilitate merchant banks’ understanding and compliance with the various MAS approval, notification, and reporting requirements and timelines. Monetary Authority of Singapore COMPLIANCE TOOLKIT FOR MERCHANT BANKS Approvals, Notifications and Regulatory Submissions to MAS ISSUED NOVEMBER 2022 -------- Key Legislative, Regulatory Requirements and Guidelines Covered: Description of Document: Relevant to: Method of Submission:
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- Singapore, 23 May 2016…The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Professor Alan Krueger, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, as the MAS Term Professor in Economics and Finance from 23 to 29 May 2016. Professor Krueger will be hosted by the NUS Business School during the term of the Professorship. Professor Krueger is a renowned economist and prolific researcher, who has published widely in
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- This study was published as Special Feature B in the October 2007 Macroeconomic Review. 72 Macroeconomic Review, October 2007 in In particular, we find that the long-run elasticity of regional goods exports to changes in US personal consumption expenditure remains relatively high. These findings are more in line with previous studies looking at intra-regional and extra-regional trade flows which suggest that final demand in the US and other developed
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- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) conducts regular assessments of risks and vulnerabilities arising from developments in Singapore and the global economy, and assesses their implications for the soundness and stability of Singapore’s financial system. The analyses and results are contained in the Financial Stability Review (FSR), which aims to contribute to a greater understanding among market participants, analysts and the public on issues affecting Singapore's financial system. -----