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 which comprise 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, the DBS Bank, the POSBank, the Central Provident Fund and the other government institutions are examined and the latest developments in the financial futures market, Singapore Commodities Market (SICOM), Simex, SESDAQ and the Central Provident Fund are also included."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved