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    • on property collateral, mainly commercial or industrial properties, and the remaining 18% were secured on other forms of collateral. 3          MAS does not call for banks to require that SMEs meet a project track record or any specific requirement in order to get a loan.  
    • conducts an annual survey of major lenders to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to better understand financing conditions for SMEs. 2          The preliminary results for the 2013 survey indicate that SME lending grew by 9% in the year ending June 2013.  27% of SME loans were unsecured, 55% were secured
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    • MFOs manage third party assets of two or more families and are therefore regulated by MAS like other fund managers under the Securities and Futures Act (SFA). There is only one pending MFO licence application. 3. SFOs manage assets belonging to only the family.
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    • As at end-2020, approximately $3.4 billion was invested in such products with MAS-licensed banks, robo advisers and securities crowdfunding platforms, and this constitutes less than 3% of the financial industry’s total assets under management for retail funds.
    • Given the small minimum investments required, these products are aimed at  retail investors. 2     The offer of micro-investment products to retail investors, so long as these are capital markets products Capital markets products include both equity and debt securities, collective investment schemes,
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    • Singapore, 6 February 2018… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) will work together to facilitate the establishment of a stock market trading link between Bursa Malaysia (BM) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) by the end of this year.
    • The ACMF was established under the auspices of the ASEAN Finance Ministers in 2004 to serve as a forum for the heads of securities regulators in the ASEAN region to discuss policy issues relating to capital market development. More details can be found at the ACMF’s website .
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    • the following types of information for non-face-to-face verification, through channels such as phone banking or online banking, before it undertakes any transactions or request from an individual: a)     Information that only the individual knows, such as password or PIN Financial institutions will securely
    • institutions, such as account transaction information. 3     The proposed Notice will also prohibit financial institutions from relying on common personal information such as NRIC number, residential address and date of birth as the sole means of identity verification. 4     Mr Tan Yeow Seng, Chief Cyber Security
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    • Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of MAS: 1   Prior to August 2012, fund managers who served 30 or less qualified investors 1 were not required to hold a capital markets services licence for fund management under the Securities and Futures Act.
    • ANSWER Date: For Parliament Sitting on 13 July 2015 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mrs Lina Chiam Question: To ask the Prime Minister, from 2011 to 2014, how many licensed fund managers were exempted from the requirement to hold a capital markets services licence under section 99 of the Securities
    • MAS
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    • They are also not considered securities under the Securities and Futures Act. 3   But Bitcoins are not without risk. MAS has published a consumer alert 2 to warn Singaporeans about these risks.
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    • Mr Ling also commented that Navigator, iFast Central and Phillip Securities’ FAME which are used by financial advisers, do not offer ETFs. While ETFs are not available on these platforms, investors can open a securities account with a broker to trade in such listed products.
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    • In addition, MAS Bills can only be held by institutional investors as defined in the Securities and Futures Act.
    • Outstanding Singapore Government Securities (SGS) bonds and T-bills have grown steadily, at around 5% - 8% per annum. Market conditions have been supportive, driven by an increase in demand for high quality liquid assets from financial institutions.
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    • The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it is working closely with the fund industry to facilitate the offer of UCITS (Undertakings in Collective Investments in Transferable Securities) III funds in Singapore.  
    • In the second half of this year, MAS will also study if there is a need to expand the investment scope of Singapore-constituted funds to align with that of UCITS III funds. *** Notes to Editor: 1   A UCITS is an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities, the EU equivalent of unit