Looser currency curbs get mixed reactions

Singapore

       
Lee Hsien
Loong

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has further liberalized foreign exchange regulations. Although foreign banks welcome the changes, people disagree as to whether their significance is more symbolic than practical.

Speaking at Euromoney’s Asia-Pacific Issuers and Investors forum in Singapore, MAS chairman, deputy prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, announced four changes to the non-internationalization policy, a cornerstone of the country’s protection of its currency against speculators.

Individuals and non-financial entities, including corporate treasury centres, will immediately be exempt from the Singapore dollar-lending restrictions imposed as part of the policy.

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