Philip Chua Business Blog » authority http://philipchua.com/Blog Master Your Financial IQ Today! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Bank boards may get a shiny streak of independence http://philipchua.com/Blog/bank-boards-may-get-a-shiny-streak-of-independence/ http://philipchua.com/Blog/bank-boards-may-get-a-shiny-streak-of-independence/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:46:14 +0000 News Feed http://philipchua.com/Blog/bank-boards-may-get-a-shiny-streak-of-independence/ (SINGAPORE) Banks and big insurers here will have to fill more than half the positions on their boards and key board committees with independent directors, instead of the minimum one-third now, under new proposals to strengthen the corporate governance of financial institutions here by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
The definition of independence would also be tightened; a director wou… more

]]> http://philipchua.com/Blog/bank-boards-may-get-a-shiny-streak-of-independence/feed/ 0 MAS seeks power to seize troubled insurers http://philipchua.com/Blog/mas-seeks-power-to-seize-troubled-insurers/ http://philipchua.com/Blog/mas-seeks-power-to-seize-troubled-insurers/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:57:19 +0000 News Feed http://philipchua.com/Blog/mas-seeks-power-to-seize-troubled-insurers/ (SINGAPORE) The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking sweeping new powers to seize insurers in distress and to supervise their liquidation to protect policyholders.
It also wants to raise the limits on the compensation offered by the policy owners’ protection fund (PPF) schemes for both life and general insurers, to better protect policy owners.
The PPF schemes were introduced in the In… more

]]> http://philipchua.com/Blog/mas-seeks-power-to-seize-troubled-insurers/feed/ 0 5.5% growth next year: Economists http://philipchua.com/Blog/5-5-growth-next-year-economists/ http://philipchua.com/Blog/5-5-growth-next-year-economists/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:48:56 +0000 News Feed http://philipchua.com/Blog/5-5-growth-next-year-economists/ PRIVATE sector economists expect Singapore to grow even faster next year, as more signs emerge that the economy is returning to normal.
Growth is tipped to hit 5.5 per cent next year after a 2 per cent contraction this year – based on the median expectations of 20 economists, released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
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]]> http://philipchua.com/Blog/5-5-growth-next-year-economists/feed/ 0 Inflation forecast to be higher in 2010 http://philipchua.com/Blog/inflation-forecast-to-be-higher-in-2010/ http://philipchua.com/Blog/inflation-forecast-to-be-higher-in-2010/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:07:44 +0000 News Feed http://philipchua.com/Blog/inflation-forecast-to-be-higher-in-2010/ (SINGAPORE) Inflation is now expected to be higher in 2010, as a result of increased Housing and Development Board property values.
The government has revised its consumer price index (CPI) inflation forecast to between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent, from a one to 2 per cent range previously.
This is to account for the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore’s recent revision of annual values of HDB properti… more

]]> http://philipchua.com/Blog/inflation-forecast-to-be-higher-in-2010/feed/ 0 All tools to avoid property boom, bust http://philipchua.com/Blog/all-tools-to-avoid-property-boom-bust/ http://philipchua.com/Blog/all-tools-to-avoid-property-boom-bust/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:38:56 +0000 News Feed http://philipchua.com/Blog/all-tools-to-avoid-property-boom-bust/ FINANCE Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday said the government will use every tool at its disposal ‘in a calibrated fashion’ to prevent boom and bust in the property market. One day after the Monetary Authority of Singapore served notice of further action to cool the housing market if needed, in the face of growing speculation risks, Mr Tharman spoke about the need to manage the property cy… more

]]> http://philipchua.com/Blog/all-tools-to-avoid-property-boom-bust/feed/ 0 Growth next year will be slow and steady http://philipchua.com/Blog/growth-next-year-will-be-slow-and-steady/ http://philipchua.com/Blog/growth-next-year-will-be-slow-and-steady/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:15:44 +0000 News Feed http://philipchua.com/Blog/growth-next-year-will-be-slow-and-steady/ FIRST, the good news. Singapore’s economy has moved beyond the initial post-crisis bounce of growth and will continue to expand as genuine demand begins to stabilise around the world.
But Singaporeans must prepare for a ’slower and steadier’ pace of expansion next year than they are used to, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday.

Even though Asian economies have recovered stro… more

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