THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is expanding its scope of tax incentives for single family offices (SFOs) in Singapore to encourage them to deploy capital in the country more purposefully ...
International law firms double down on Singapore expansion
Driven by the continued flow of institutional money and private wealth into Singapore, firms are betting big on the Lion City ...
‘Love Letters’ From Death Row: Singapore’s Pre-execution Photo Shoots
Death row inmate Nazeri Lajim beams at the camera, fingers raised in a "V" sign, wearing a shirt emblazoned with large motifs and showing no signs of his impending hanging.
Singapore’s MAS Pumps $6 Billion into Climate Transition
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has set aside about 2% of its equities portfolio or just over S$8 billion ($6 billion) to a climate transition program.
StanChart and Atome Form First-Of-Its-Kind Lender of Record Partnership
Standard Chartered announced that it has formed the first-of-its-kind Lender of Record partnership in Singapore with Atome.
Over 1 million in virtual queue for Taylor Swift S’pore’s UOB presale
The UOB presale for Swift's tickets began at 12pm on Jul. 5 but some Swifties were facing problems entering the Ticket Master website at least an hour before the start of the presale. The problem, ...
Taylor Swift fans brace themselves as UOB ticket presales start for Singapore concerts
Wednesday (Jul 5) marks the day of UOB presales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming Singapore concerts and if past concert sales have been any indication, it will be an absolute bloodbath. Common problems ...
How To Get Tickets For Taylor Swift’s 2024 Singapore Concert On 7 July
Taylor Swift is coming to Singapore, and if Coldplay was anything to go by, her six-day The Eras Tour stopover in town will see tickets being snapped up in an instant. It’s going to be a battle – nay, ...
DBS launches e-CNY merchant collection solution in China amid growing CBDC usage
e-CNY usage in China has grown steadily since its pilot launch in April 2020. There were over 13.6 billion e-CNY in circulation as at December 2022. The CBDC is currently accepted across 26 cities and ...
Singapore to Change Family Office Tax Rules For Local Boost
The Monetary Authority of Singapore will change the tax incentives it gives to qualified family offices in an effort to boost the hiring of locals and investment in the country’s equity markets.
Singapore growth outlook uncertain, fight against inflation still on, says central bank
Singapore's near-term growth would remain weak as prospects had dimmed but inflation should reduce by year-end.
HK should follow Singapore to export smart city experience
As of April this year, around 5,160 unique machine-readable datasets from the government, public and private sectors of Hong Kong were available to the public for free, an increase of more than 50% ...
Singapore’s Economic Growth Outlook Has Dimmed, MAS Says
By Ronnie Harui Singapore's economic growth outlook has dimmed, Monetary Authority of Singapore Managing Director Ravi Menon said Wednesday, expecting ...
Singapore growth outlook uncertain, fight still on against inflation – c.bank
SINGAPORE, July 5 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank warned on Wednesday that the near-term growth outlook for one of Asia's top financial hubs "remains uncertain with downside risks" even as the ...
Dr Chee Soon Juan criticizes Singapore Parliament’s exoneration of ministers in state properties rental controversy
"The Parliamentary sitting that exonerated Ministers K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan was utterly unsatisfactory, raising more questions than it answered," says Dr Chee Soon Juan, SDP's Secretary ...
Less than one-fifth of organisations in Singapore are innovation leaders
Innovation leaders are more likely to experience high levels of revenue growth as they will accelerate innovation during recession ...