Singapore Management University law don Eugene Tan suggested that more be done to spur people to have financial literacy and plan for their retirement. Retired cleaner Tan Cheng Yan, 61, has a monthly Central Provident Fund payout of $700 but hopes to ... ( read original story ...)
Data analytics at Alexandra Health System: A new journey in healthcare
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Understanding rental yields in Singapore
Singapore’s property market is especially attractive for several reasons. The city-state has an infrastructure and facilities that are on par with the best in the world. It is a regional financial hub and many of the world’s foremost financial ... ( read original story ...)
The Big Read: Technology helps break down barriers for workers with disabilities
There is a plethora of assistive technology devices in the international marketplace. In Singapore, devices available here range from optical character recognition scanners which can read a passage of text at twice the normal reading speed of 70 to 80 ... ( read original story ...)
True Confessions of a Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore Drop-out!
It’s a quandary I never imagined facing, but my decision to skip the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2016 was predicated on sound reasoning, and a whole lot of introspection, as my journal took me from first thoughts to making my final decision. ( read original story ...)
Patriotic art wins UOB prize
Indonesia's Gatot Indrajati “brushed aside” artists from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to win the grand prize in the UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year Awards in Singapore last Wednesday. His colourful mixed-media-and-acrylic “Right or Wrong ... ( read original story ...)
Crowdfunding start-up OurCrowd opens office in Singapore
The move comes after the start-up received its Capital Market Services licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore in August. In March, United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced its US$10 million (S$14.3 million) investment in the start-up for an ... ( read original story ...)
OurCrowd : Opens Singapore Office, Appoints Denes Ban Managing Partner Asia
Denes Ban said: “We are excited to be operating in Singapore, which is fast becoming a leading global fintech center. We look forward to strengthening our winning team of UOB and the Sassoon family by adding new Singapore partners, investors, and ... ( read original story ...)
January 2017 Singapore Savings Bonds SSB gives you 2.18% interest per year over 10 years
You can apply through ATM or Internet Banking via the three banks (UOB,OCBC, DBS) $10,000 will grow to $12,228 in 10 years. This bond is backed by the Singapore Government and its available to Singaporeans. You can find out more information about the SSB here. ( read original story ...)
Singapore's 3Q private spending slowest in four quarters
UOB notes that this is possibly a result of the weaker real wage growth and less-tight labour market, and evident in the contraction in Singapore’s retail sales numbers over the past year. "Faced with the onset of poorer economic prospects and job market ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares flat ahead of ECB meeting
Profit-taking on DBS Group, Genting Singapore, Wilmar International and Global Logistic ... Strong buying interest in UOB Group and Singtel helped bolster the market. UOB rose 0.9 per cent or 18 cents to $21.01, while the telco climbed 0.3 per cent or ... ( read original story ...)
The O&G nightmare is lifting from Singapore’s banking sector
SINGAPORE (Nov 30): UOB Kay Hian is keeping its “overweight” call on the Singapore banking sector while maintaining its “buy” recommendations on DBS Group and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) at target prices of S$20.15 and S$10.45 respectively. ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks' bad loan risks could moderate by end-2017
It also believes that enhanced government support for Singapore-based offshore marine companies will ... NPL formation up to 3Q16 remained high. Positively, OCBC and UOB have indicated that no new names were identified in 3Q16. ( read original story ...)
DBS cooperating with HK regulator amid alleged customer data leak: MAS
SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Friday (Dec 9) it is aware of the case involving DBS Hong Kong whose employees were reportedly arrested over an alleged leak of customer data. It added that DBS is cooperating with Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Customs seizes 5,635 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes
SINGAPORE: The duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized at a self-storage facility in the north-east of Singapore on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. (Singapore Customs via AP /-) Singapore Customs seized 5,635 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes from a self-storage ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore expands its paternalistic policy on race
ON A side street in the centre of Singapore, a Muslim-American lawyer beats his wife bloody, only to be treated to rapturous applause. The lawyer is Amir Kapoor, the central character in Ayad Akhtar’s play “Disgraced”, which completes a run this week ... ( read original story ...)