The number of households that received a government grant for buying a home to live with or near their parents or children has nearly doubled, said the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Friday (F... ( read original story ...)
DBS appoints veteran banker as head of strategy and planning
Han joins DBS from Citibank after 27-year career leading various businesses including consumer banking, corporate banking and transaction banking. He was most recently CEO of Citi Singapore, a positio... ( read original story ...)
A former HSBC insurance CEO started his own insurtech firm. It’s already profitable.
The only concessions to the new business are a lobby, painted and tiled in Singapore Life’s red-and-white color scheme, and the conversion of the old server room into a wine cooler. Founded in 2014 by ... ( read original story ...)
UOB launches high street Wealth Banking branch at Faber House
It aims to cater to the 476,000 emerging affluent customers in Singapore. UOB has unveiled its first high street wealth banking branch at Faber House that's specifically designed to respond to the nee... ( read original story ...)
London Banker Sues Singapore Lender for Race Discrimination
A former official at United Overseas Bank Ltd.’s London branch is suing for unfair dismissal after saying he was denied a new job because he isn’t Asian. Daniel Smith, who worked at Singapore’s third- ... ( read original story ...)
Citibank Singapore CEO Han resigns after 27 years with the bank
Citibank Singapore CEO Han Kwee Juan has resigned after 27 years with the bank. Vikas Kumar, Citibank’s head of cards and personal loans, will be the interim country business manager while it seeks a ... ( read original story ...)
UOB launches high street branch model at Faber House targeting ’emerging affluent’
SINGAPORE - United Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched its first high street wealth banking branch model at Faber House in Orchard Road to complement its online channels in a bid to better equip "emergin... ( read original story ...)
What is the future of the Singapore stock market?
Picking up on Chew’s point, Hadow too disputes the commonly held view that Singapore has not grown as a capital-raising centre. “While IPOs may have been a bit scarce, the secondary market raisings re... ( read original story ...)
This research house has an unbearish view of local residential property market
SINGAPORE (Feb 11): Jefferies expects Singapore’s non-landed private residential price index to stay flat this year given rents are expected to improve about 2%, the supply pipeline is half of what th... ( read original story ...)
UOB consolidates regional media buying duties with Mindshare
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has appointed Mindshare as its agency of record for Asia, including Singapore, Southeast Asia and Greater China. Mindshare’s remit, which will be effective from 1 April 2019 ... ( read original story ...)
STRATACACHE Centralizes Asia-Pacific Operations in New Singapore Headquarters
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- STRATACACHE today announced the decision to open a new regional headquarters in Singapore for leading Asia-Pacific operations across the STRATACACHE family ... ( read original story ...)
Crestron Expands Best-in-Class Room Scheduling Platform
SINGAPORE, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At ISE 2019, Crestron, a global leader in workplace technology, showcased the latest hardware and software additions to its best-in-class room scheduling platf... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Aged in Line for Pre-Election Budget Bonus
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's elderly are primed to benefit from a generous budget unveiled next week, analysts say, as the government prioritizes the needs of a fast-ageing population ahead ... ( read original story ...)
Tackling Singapore’s skills shortage likely to lead Budget agenda
Ho Meng Kit, CEO of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), said it would be "useful" if the quotas for skilled labour in certain sectors that are currently lacking in Singapore can be increased. Thi... ( read original story ...)
The truth about living in Singapore according to Kiwis who live there
Singapore has been named the best country in the world for expats in the HSBC survey for four years in a row and it scores highly in similar rankings too - it came in at number five on InterNations' 2... ( read original story ...)
Fury at HIV data leak in conservative Singapore
Singapore (AFP) - Rico has lived with HIV for almost a decade, confiding in only a small number of people in socially conservative Singapore, fearful of the reaction. Last month, he got a phone ... ( read original story ...)