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It is an alternative to Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) which is a measure of the interbank money market rates. [1] As of December 2018, SOR is measured and published periods of overnight, 1 month, 3 month, and 6 month. Like SIBOR, SOR is set by the Association of Banks in Singapore, and is also publicly available. [2]
SIBOR stands for Singapore Interbank Offered Rate [1] and is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the Singapore wholesale money market (or interbank market). It is similar to the widely used LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), and Euribor (Euro Interbank Offered ...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore or (MAS), is the central bank and financial regulatory authority of Singapore.It administers the various statutes pertaining to money, banking, insurance, securities and the financial sector in general, as well as currency issuance and manages the foreign-exchange reserves.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. Economy of Singapore Skyline of Singapore's Downtown Core Currency Singapore dollar (SGD/S$) Fiscal year 1 April – 31 March Trade organisations WTO, APEC, CPTPP, IOR-ARC, RCEP, ASEAN and others Country group Developed/Advanced High-income economy Statistics Population 6,040,000 (2024 ...
An annual rate of return is a return over a period of one year, such as January 1 through December 31, or June 3, 2006, through June 2, 2007, whereas an annualized rate of return is a rate of return per year, measured over a period either longer or shorter than one year, such as a month, or two years, annualized for comparison with a one-year ...
The STI has a history dating back to its founding in 1966. [1] Following a major sectoral re-classification of listed companies by the Singapore Exchange, which saw the removal of the "industrials" category, the STI replaced the previous Straits Times Industrials Index (abbreviation: STII) and began trading on 31 August 1998 at 885.26 points, in continuation of where the STII left off.
Singapore's urbanisation means that it has lost 95% of its historical forests, [304] and now over half of the naturally occurring fauna and flora in Singapore is present in nature reserves, such as the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, which comprise only 0.25% of Singapore's land area. [304]
Companies are taxed at a flat rate of 17% of their chargeable income. This applies to both local and foreign companies. [4] Foreign-sourced dividends, foreign branch profits and foreign-sourced service income remitted into Singapore on or after 1 June 2003 by a Singapore resident company will be tax exempt if: [5]