Financial Sourcebook For Southeast Asia And Hong Kong

The Asian financial crisis has attracted much attention to this part of the world, especially Southeast Asia where the crisis first emerged. While there are signs of economic recovery in the affected countries, financial events in Southeast Asia remain the focus of international attention. Part I of this book highlights the basic features of the financial systems of Southeast Asian countries and Part II highlights the financial reforms that have been implemented in several Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong. Part III is a convenient directory of the various financial institutions in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. Part IV is a list of abbreviations and Part V is a lexicon or dictionary of financial terms arranged from A to Z. Many of these terms are specific to Southeast Asia. They are not found in most standard dictionaries on banking and finance. Contents:Financial Systems in Southeast Asia and Hong KongFinancial Reforms in Selected Southeast Asian Countries and Hong KongDirectory of Financial Institutions in Southeast Asia and Hong KongAbbreviations of Financial Terms Used in Southeast Asian and Hong KongLexicon of Financial Terms Used in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong Readership: Financial institutions, libraries and members of the financial and banking community, including professionals, researchers and students. Keywords:

Apart from summarising the financial developments, reforms and policies over the past decades of the financial system in Singapore, this second edition of the Singapore Financial Sourcebook has been completely updated, revised and expanded.

The world of business in Asia is replete with acronyms and unique terminology. This handy reference covers the Asia Pacific from Fiji to Japan and is organized country by country. It gives capsule entries on the key players and concepts in the different Asian countries, and provides a one-stop reference source which should be of use to the international business community.

This title was first published in 2001. The east Asian economies enjoyed "miraculous" economic growth in the 1990s, and were expected to prosper into the 21st century. However, this was not to be, there was a financial crash in the summer of 1997. The crisis spread from Thailand to the ASEAN economies, and then by the autumn it had reached the northeast Asian economies. Discussions on the causes of the crisis cover a wide variety of possible culprits: hedge funds, foreign exchange policy, dependence on foreign capital, bubble economies, corporate governance, underdeveloped financial markets, and so on. This book focuses on the Asian financial crisi from the long-term perspective of development of financial reform in Asia. The purpose of this book is to analyze and assess the financial crisis in the different Asian economies by comparing them from the point of view of long-run financial system reform, and to consider the future prospects of financial reform in Asia.

In the past few years, many important changes have taken place in Singapore's financial marketplace, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore has implemented numerous reforms to liberalise the financial services sector. Since 2002, two new laws have come into effect. The Securities and Futures Act (SFA) and the Financial Advisors Act (FAA) both have important implications on the financial profession. One example is that financial institutions must hold a Capital Market Services (CMS) licence and a Financial Advisors licence, and their representatives must pass the Capital Market and Financial Advisory Services (CMFAS) Examination. This book discusses the changes in detail: Part A explains the reforms and new laws and regulators and Part B examines the wide range of financial services and products provided by the institutions. The work highlights the new collective investment scheme and changes that have affected the Central Provident Fund scheme. Financial Services in Singapore should be of interest to all who work in the financial services sector. It is also a must read for investors who have to choose from a wide range of financial products it will be especially useful to students

TheBibliography of Southeast Asia: A Decade of Selected Social Science Publications in the English Language 1990 - 2000 comprises 6,521 entries of published works. The selection broadly represents the documentation of the political, economic, and social and cultural processes of one of the most interesting eras of the previous millennium.