ANNUAL REPORT 2002 / 2003
CONTENTS
- MISSION AND OBJECTIVES
INTRODUCTION
Members of the Board
- Chairman’s Statement
- Management Team
- Organisational Chart
- Departments in MAS
- THE FINANCIAL SECTOR: KEY REGULATORY AND SUPERVISORY INITIATIVES
- Risk-Based Regulatory Regime
- Prudential Policies
- Enhancing MAS’ Supervisory Role
- Greater Consistency in Standards Across Sectors
- Box 1- Singapore Participates in FSAP
- Building Strong Pillars for Good Corporate Governance
- Additional Requirements
- Building Confidence with Sound Market and Business Conduct
- Box 2 - Setting a Common Standard
- Upholding Professional and Ethical Standards
- Box 3 - Faster Ways to Solve Consumer Disputes
- Laying A Strong Foundation for Financial Innovation
- Box 4 - Catalyst for Change in Investor Education
- Managing Technology Risks
- Box 5 - Being Ready for All Emergencies
- Improved Securities Trading and Clearing Systems
- Box 6 - Developing the Securities Market
- Safer Settlement System for Foreign Exchange
- Box 7 - Consumers' Credit Profile
- Payment Systems
THE FINANCIAL SECTOR: PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH
- A More Resilient Financial Sector
- Structure of the Financial Sector
- Financial Market Activity
- Lending in the Domestic Market
- Lending in the Asian Dollar Market contents
- Syndicated Lending
- Box 8 - Mixed Performance of Asian Dollar Market
- Debt Market
- Singapore Government Securities Market
- Corporate Debt Market
- Equities and Futures Market
- Treasury Market
- Asset Management
- Corporate Finance Activity
- Insurance Activity
- Financial Stability
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND MONETARY POLICY
- The Global Economy: Still Waiting for Recovery
- Box 9 - The China Connection
- International Financial Markets: Uncertainty Takes its Toll
- The Singapore Economy: Roller Coaster Ride
- Box 10 - Better Balance for the Economy
- Neutral Monetary Policy Stance in 2002
- Increasing the Transparency of the Monetary Policy Framework
- Box 11 - Greater Transparency in Money Market Operations
- In-depth Economic Research and Analysis
MAS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA
- Guarding Against Terrorist Financing
- Strengthening Global Free Trade
- Enhancing Regional Co-operation
ORGANISATIONAL INITIATIVES
- Strategic Planning Office
- A Better Integrated and More Focused Organisation
- Box 12 - The Industry's View of MAS
- Currency Department
- Looking After the Dollars and Cents
- Box 13 - No more New 1-Cent Coins
- Key Currency Statistics
- Human Resource Department
- Building Capacity to Meet Challenges
- Box 14 - Open Dialogue
- Corporate Services Department
- Box 15 - Creating a More Conducive Working Environment
- Finance Department
- Keeping an Eye on Risk
- Information Technology Department
- New Era of Easy Access to E-services
- Internal Audit Department
- Maintaining an Effective Control Environment
- Box 16 - Audit Committee
- Partnering the International Financial Community
- International Advisory Panel
- MAS Lecture
ANNUAL ACCOUNTS (please click here to download PDF file, 52.3KB)
- MAS FY2002/2003 Financial Statement Highlights
- Report on the Audit of the Accounts
- Income and Expenditure Statement
- Balance Sheet
- Statement of Changes in Equity
- Cash Flow Statement
- Statement of Backing of Currency in Circulation
- Notes to the Accounts
CALENDAR OF MONETARY AND FINANCIAL EVENTS
- KEY ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS (please click here to download PDF file, 10.7KB)
- National Income Aggregates
- Labour Force
- Saving and Investment
- Balance of Payments
- Inflation
- Monetary Aggregates
- Interest Rates
- Exchange Rates
- Banking and Finance
- Insurance
- CPF
- Domestic Capital Market
- STATISTICAL ANNEX (please click here to download PDF file, 56.8KB)
- Monetary Statistics
- Financial Structure
- Commercial Banks
- Finance Companies
- Merchant Banks
- Insurance Industry
- Non-Bank Financial Institutions
- Domestic Capital Market
- Asian Dollar Market
- GLOSSARY
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