The two companies, both listed in New York, are the largest tech firms in Singapore by market value. They were added to the MSCI Singapore Index with much fanfare over the past two years when there ...
Singapore tech stock rout intensifies with $148 billion wipeout in 2022
Investors betting on Singapore’s two largest internet companies are staring down hefty losses. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore enterprises call out the lack of technology, skills, and data as the challenges for activating sustainability strategies
Other executives also added collaboration and lack of clarity around regulations to the list of challenges. Big businesses have been touting sustainability in recent years. In a recent CEO survey ...
Singapore Tech Stock Rout Intensifies With $110 Billion Wipeout
Investors betting on Singapore’s two largest internet companies are staring down hefty losses as rising interest rates and recession risks extended a tech rout that wiped out $110 billion from their ...
36 years’ jail for mastermind of scheme that led to S$8 billion penny stock crash in 2013
SINGAPORE: The mastermind of a scheme that led to the largest and most serious case of market manipulation in Singapore, which wiped out S$8 billion from the Singapore stock ma ...
S-Reit IPOs running scared in rising interest rate environment
THE end of 2022 marks more than a dozen years of drought in new real estate investment trust (Reit) listings on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Read more at The Business Times.
Former world No. 1 Ko Jin-young to defend title at HSBC Women’s World Championship
It was a big achievement for me to win the HSBC Women’s World Championship last year as it had been a goal of mine with so many great players having won it over the years. I am excited to return to ...
Cash-for-residency scheme: time for Hong Kong to catch Singapore in family office programme, consultants say
Since Hong Kong suspended its investment migration scheme in 2015, Singapore has burnished its role as the Asian hub for family offices. It’s time for the Chinese city to make up for lost ground, says ...
Singaporean nabbed for forgery after two years on the run
NELSON Loh, co-founder of Novena Global Healthcare Group (NGHG), and his employee Michael Wong have been arrested and charged, the police said.
S-Reit IPOs run scared in rising interest rate environment
THE year 2022 marks the first year in 12 that there will be no new real estate investment trust (Reit) listings on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Read more at The Business Times.
Singaporeans hit the malls on smart shopping spree before sales tax hike
Singaporean Soif Noor has already bought furniture and appliances for his new home, four months before he can move in. Like many residents, he's been on a spree - because on Jan. 1 Singapore's sales ...
China’s border reopening brightens recovery of Singapore’s aviation sector, but uncertainties remain: Experts
SINGAPORE: China’s latest move to scrap COVID-19 quarantine rules for entry into the country will be a boost to Singapore’s aviation sector, said experts who described the easing ...
Raffles Students Received Scholarships By Ministry Of Education, Singapore To Shine Out And Reach Their Full Potential
Providing a nurturing environment to every student, The Raffles Christian Group of Schools’ eagle-eye students were awarded Bukit Panjang Government High School (BPGHS) Scholarships by the Ministry of ...
Deliveroo sees room to grow grocery, food delivery in Singapore despite competition
THE market for food delivery has been “intensely competitive” in Singapore, but UK-based Deliveroo still sees room to build on its presence here. It wants to grow its grocery delivery business too, ...
Singapore travel-related firms ‘excited’ about prospect of China tourists returning; some concerned about manpower crunch
As China loosens infection controls and travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, segments of the tourism sector in Singapore are warming up to the prospect of incoming travellers from there.
OCBC said to hire ex-Goldman’s Jason Moo as CEO for Bank of Singapore
Moo, a Singaporean, will start at Bank of Singapore next year, said the person, who declined to be identified discussing confidential details. The executive left Julius Baer Group Ltd. in mid-December ...