Monetary Authority of Singapore

• Proposed Improvements by Monetary Authority of Singapore to Standards for Fund Management Industry - Exempt Fund Managers.

By Bill Jamieson and Amit Dhume On 27 April 2010 the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") issued a consultation paper ("CP") in relation to enhan...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Vigilance Needed

The fragile global economy may hit Singapore's growth. The world economy and financial system are at their most fragile since the 2008-2009 global credit crisis, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said, as it urged borrowers and lenders to be vigilant.

• Malaysian Business
• December 19, 2011

• Singapore Central Bank Asks 3 Degrees to Close

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated throughout. SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Monetary Authority of Singapore has, in a rare move, told Singapore hedge fund managerto cease operations, following allegations its founder had lent money to another company he controlled.

• Reuters Hedgeworld
• October 20, 2011

• Early to Rise

Late in 2008, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued regulations permitting the creation and oversight of Special Purpose Reinsurance Vehicles (SPRV) in connection with insurance securitization transactions. The Insurance (General Provisions and Exemptions for Special Purpose Reinsurance Vehicles) Regulations 2008, which became effective December 2, recognize the need for a streamlined regulatory process that will facilitate the accomplishment of securitizations. At the same time, the regulations are designed to protect the interests of the various parties to these transactions. These regulations do not address all types of insurance securitizations. Some types of catastrophe securitizations, for instance, may need to be structured under the pre-existing Approved Special Purpo...

• Best's Review
• Vol. 110 Nbr. 4, August 2009

• At Oanda, It's Business As Usual After Cftc Leverage Ruling ; Forex Broker Already Offers Maximum Leverage of 50:1 On Trades

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- OANDA Corporation, provider of innovative online forex trading and currency data services, applauds the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for setting new rules that will better protect consumers in the retail forex trading industry. The CFTC's new rules require forex dealers to cap leverage at 50:1 on major currency pairs. They come into effect on October 18, 2010. The 50:1 leverage cap brings the U.S. levels in line with those of other global regulators, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Japan's Financial Service Agency was the latest to introduce a 50:1 cap on August 1.

• U.S. Newswire
• September 02, 2010

• Hf Managers Flock to Singapore, Assets Double in 2007

SINGAPORE (HedgeWorld.com) - The number of hedge fund managers who have set up shop in Singapore grew by more than 50% to reach almost 300 in 2007, according to a report released Thursday [July 24] by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's central bank and supervisor of banking, insurance, securities and futures. In its survey of Singapore's asset management industry in 2007, the Monetary Authority also revealed that assets managed by hedge funds doubled to almost 80 billion Singapore dollars ($59 billion) by year end. The report described the range of hedge fund strategies present in Singapore as "highly varied and diverse.

• Daily News; White Plains
• July 25, 2008

• Towers Perrin Appointed as Investment Consultant to the Monetary Authority of Singapore - MAS.

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1999-- Towers Perrin announced today that it has been appointed as investment consultant to the Monetary Authori...

• Business Wire
• May 11, 1999

• The G-20 and international economic governance: hegemony, collectivism, or both?

... from the EU, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank. . To help frame ou... G-20 within the shifting modalities of authority and the promulgation of new norms in international... annual meetings scheduled for 2006 in Singapore were the first time these meetings had been held i...

• Global Governance
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 1, January 2009

• Good Times Over Mesdaq?

THE tighter listing requirements in the Mesdaq market since November 2005 might result in some fundamental change in the nature of listings in the bourse. According to some experts, there is every chance that local companies will start to look at foreign bourses as alternatives as the full impact of the tighter listing requirements takes root. Some of the destinations that might prove attractive include the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE). In fact there are already some early indications that local high- growth companies have started looking seriously to the LSE as a viable alternative. According to George Miranda, a corporate lawyer in Kuala Lumpur, the firm currently has two clients who are due to go for listing in mid-2006. And Singapore government obviou...

• Malaysian Business
• May 18, 2006

• Stimulating the Demand for Insurance

This article acts as a review and also a guide to policymakers who are interested in understanding the determinants of insurance demand and how it affects general economic development. By providing a synopsis and evaluation of existing empirical research on the development of insurance markets, this article provides a discussion of the factors that promote insurance market development. This article then highlights certain issues that both insurance companies and policymakers can utilize further in their own markets to design future policies that can be geared to promote insurance market development.

... strongly associated with inflation and monetary instability. Furthermore, Alesina and Perotti (199...In Singapore, changes in solvency regulations have moved the em... to be undertaken by advisers (Monetary Authority of Singapore, 2003). These changes are analogous a...

• Risk Management and Insurance Review
• Vol. 8 Nbr. 2, October 2005