Financial Markets and Institutions in Singapore

This book discusses the operations of the various types of financial institutions operating in Singapore. These include the full-licence, restricted-licence and offshore banks, merchant banks, money broking firms, finance companies, leasing companies, factoring companies, insurance and reinsurance companies. The author analyses the activities in the financial markets such as the capital market, the money market, the Asian Dollar Market, the Asian Bond Market, the stock market, the financial futures market, the gold market and the foreign exchange market. The roles of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, DBS Bank, POSBank, the Central Provident Fund, and other government institutions are examined, along with the latest developments in the financial futures market, Singapore Commodities Market (SICOM), Simex, SESDAQ, and the Central Provident Fund.