Finance Minister of the Year 2013: Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam

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Finance Minister of the Year 2013: Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the finance minister of Singapore, has been named Euromoney’s Finance Minister of the Year 2013.

The winner of Euromoney’s Finance Minister of the Year award, Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Press release: Shanmugaratnam named Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year 2013


Finance Minister of the Year 2013:
Singapore’s dynamo presses reform

Singapore is shifting its growth model from population-driven to productivity-driven expansion, while maintaining its status as an innovative trade and financial-services hub to diversified export markets. Finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has played an overarching role in the city-state’s economy and serves as the region’s statesman on the international stage. 



"He is a thoroughly impressive policymaker, who is tremendously knowledgeable about economic affairs"

- Citi's Michael Zink, head of Asean and chief executive officer for Singapore


Singapore calls on Fed to expand mandate as global ‘central bank’ debate rages

The emerging world is doomed to capital-flow instability unless the Fed takes into account financial volatility in high-growth regions in its monetary policy, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, finance minister of Singapore, tells Euromoney. He also calls on the IMF to provide greater guidance on capital controls and for Asian policymakers to introduce market reforms, as the summer sell-off rekindles the debate about how to stabilize emerging financial systems.


Euromoney's October issue features an in-depth interview with finance minister Shanmugaratnam:

 

Singapore’s Shanmugaratnam: Asia’s statesman sketches the face of global finance
Singapore matters. The city-state continues to blaze a trail for the region by shifting its growth model in favour of productivity, securing its presence at the top level of international financial diplomacy. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore’s finance minister – and Euromoney’s Finance Minister of the Year 2013 – outlines his reform agenda and issues a sharp warning on reform inertia in the region, China’s growth model and destabilizing capital flows.


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