A survey by UOB entitled Affluent Consumer Survey 2016 showed that more than seven in 10 polled have chosen Asian destinations for their vacations, with Singapore (46%) and Thailand (42%) topping the list. The survey polled 509 respondents in Malaysia ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Defaults Seen as Bellwether for 2017 Asia Distress (1)
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s commodities-related defaults could turn out to be the canary in the mine. Despite a modest rebound in resource prices, restructuring specialists including KPMG and Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee see more Asia-Pacific commodities and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Defaults Seen as Bellwether for 2017 Asia Distress
Singapore’s commodities-related defaults could turn out to be the canary in the mine. Despite a modest rebound in resource prices, restructuring specialists including KPMG and Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee see more Asia-Pacific commodities and shipping ... ( read original story ...)
POSB adds 60 locations to cash-point network
Senior executives from enterprises in Singapore got together to discuss data security, policy, sovereignty and privacy earlier this year. Participants included representatives from the financial, hospitality and telecommunications sectors. Topics of ... ( read original story ...)
How Southeast Asia Female "Millennipreneurs" Are Killin' It In Business
Grace Clapham is one of the leading female entrepreneurs from Singapore who is smashing the glass ceiling with all her achievements. It’s important to be fearless. That is how we create progress within business. Southeast Asia has been more traditional ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Year of Misbehaving Moneymen Puts MAS on High Alert
The stakes could hardly be higher for a city that relies on finance for 13 percent of its economy and has 200,000 jobs tied to the industry. With exports sliding and the local oil services industries in a slump, Singapore needs to protect the reputation ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore businesses fear worse economic situation in 2017: SBF survey
... climate in Singapore has deteriorated this year, according to companies polled in a new survey, with almost half expecting the coming year to be even worse. This was one of the findings of the latest annual National Business Survey conducted by the ... ( read original story ...)