We have recently built Asia’s biggest banking innovation center in Singapore, called DBS Asia X (DAX), which underscores our ongoing commitment to shaping the future of banking and emracing the future of work. What sort of digitization efforts are being ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive – Royal Bank of Canada reviews Asia wealth business for possible sale – sources
agreed to sell its wealth and investment management business in Hong Kong and Singapore to a unit of Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) (OCBC.SI). A crackdown on money laundering by Asia's main private banking centres is forcing wealth ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore millennials favour investing in property
A statement by Manulife said this suggests that Singapore millennials who bank on rental income may need to seek other alternatives. Wendy Lim, Manulife Asset Management chief executive, said: "Overall in the last decade or so we have seen yields falling ... ( read original story ...)
Should I pay down home loan using CPF OA?
Throughout our years as Mortgage Brokers in Singapore, we have come across many couples, men want to leverage (mostly) while women want to keep their home safe and want to pay down debt. The differences in behaviour could be traced to evolutionary ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore working to boost its 'unmanned' sector
SINGAPORE -- Singapore is a land of skyscrapers. High-rise public apartments across the city-state accommodate 80% of its people. Between the buildings, residents still have oases, often on street corners -- such as a marketplace with a grocery and other ... ( read original story ...)
Inbee Park credits 'amazing' putting for HSBC win
SINGAPORE—Inbee Park used her self-described “amazing” putting to win the HSBC Women’s Champions tournament by one stroke on Sunday after closing with an 8-under 64. The South Korean finished on 19-under 269 at the Sentosa Golf Club, one shot clear ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is the third most expensive city in Asia for construction
Find out why it remains an expensive city to build in. The latest International Construction Costs Index published today by Arcadis revealed that Singapore is the third most expensive Asian city for construction, trailing behind Hong Kong and Macau. ( read original story ...)