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MAS
Also known as: Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Definition
- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore's central bank and integrated financial regulator. It licenses and supervises all banks, fund managers, financial advisers, and capital-markets services licensees operating in Singapore.
MAS combines central-bank functions (monetary policy, currency issuance, foreign-reserves management) with integrated financial-sector supervision (banking, insurance, capital markets, financial advisory). Every wealth-management firm in Singapore — private bank, family office, IFA, EAM, MFO, trust company — operates under one or more MAS licences. MAS publishes the Financial Institutions Directory (FID) at eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid/, which is the authoritative public register of licensed entities and their Key Personnel.
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