McKinsey & Co in Singapore has just rehired veteran financial services consultant Reet Chaudhuri from Standard Chartered. He was at Stand Chart for just 10 months and it was his first role at an international bank. Chaudhuri has joined McKinsey as a ... ( read original story ...)
Import and Export Procedures in Cambodia – Best Practices
Cambodia’s top export destinations include the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Vietnam. Cambodia’s top import sources include Thailand, China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Furthermore, many goods traveling through South ... ( read original story ...)
Denmark & Singapore shake on FinTech innovation pact
COPENHAGEN: The financial regulators of Singapore and Denmark have entered an agreement to promote innovation financial technology services and encourage FinTech companies in both countries to enter each other’s markets. The Monetary Authority of Singapo ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore finance sector sees boom in tech jobs, even as industry growth slows
SINGAPORE -Never mind numeracy skills. To work in a bank these days, a jobseeker is better off being a designer, digital data analyst or tech developers. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in its annual report last week noted a net increase of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, China to step up collaboration on five areas in finance
BEIJING: Singapore and China are working to step up their collaboration in five areas in the financial sector, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Thursday (Jun 29). He was speaking to Singapore media on the last day of his ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM to Address Family Feud
Jul.02 -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his two younger siblings are embroiled in a spat that centers on the fate of the house that belonged to their late father, the country’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin ... ( read original story ...)
Oxley Road: Full text of speech by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat
SPEECH BY MINISTER FOR FINANCE MR HENG SWEE KEAT IN PARLIAMENT ON JULY 4 ... I also interacted with Mrs Lee, both in Singapore and on several overseas trips. I learnt that both of them, especially Mrs Lee, valued their privacy deeply. ( read original story ...)
MAS on 1MDB scandal: ‘naming and shaming’ a better deterrent than big fines
In addition to penalizing the banks, it also barred several individuals from participating in the Singapore finance industry. Singapore is among at least six countries that launched probes into allegations that nearly $700 million had flowed from the debt ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s MAS says not time to ease property curbs
Singapore's central bank says it is not yet time to ease property curbs and the adjustments made by the government in March do not signal an unwinding of the measures. While the property market has stabilised, "it is, however, not time yet to ease the ... ( read original story ...)
Fact or fiction: Anyone can trade in Singapore
As Asia and Singapore becomes increasingly digitised, processes get automated and several industries are disrupted by technology, in particular, finance. From robo advisors to even analysts, there is no denying that finance in Singapore has been disrupted ... ( read original story ...)
Lee family war rumbles on as Singapore’s parliament debates
SINGAPORE As Singapore's parliament began the second day of a debate on Tuesday over Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's dispute with his siblings over their late father's house, his estranged brother accused the prime minister of making false claims. ( read original story ...)
Will electronics’ spark wane for Singapore’s manufacturing output?
It registered high growth in May, up 35.1%. Singapore industrial output’s only hope could turn out to be its bane in the coming months. Whilst the industrial production expanded 5% y-o-y in the month, it was down from 6.7% previously, with the main drag ... ( read original story ...)
TCS’ Singapore Marathon App Wins 2017 Asia Mobile Award
SHANGHAI | MUMBAI, July 4, 2017: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced its TCS Singapore Marathon smartphone app was selected Best Mobile App ... ( read original story ...)
Chart of the Day: Singapore’s exports to top 10 markets recover
Only exports in Hong Kong declined. Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) to the top 10 markets expanded in May, as this chart from IE Singapore shows. The largest contributors to the increase in NODX were China, South Korea, and the EU 28. ( read original story ...)
Review: KLM Business Class 777-200 Singapore to Bali to Singapore
SO where were we? Oh yeah…we’ve had a pretty incredible start to my mom’s surprise trip around the world – Cathay First, walking the great wall of China, having High Tea at the Peninsula Beijing, and Singapore Suites. HOWEVER…this next stop ... ( read original story ...)
‘Blockbuster’ listings to lead strong IPO rebound in this major exchange
"Blockbuster" listings such as NetLink Trust will help Singapore's IPO market to rebound strongly in 2017, according to a Deloitte report The current pipeline brings total funds raised so far this year to 3 billion Singapore dollars ($2.2 billion), nearly ... ( read original story ...)