SINGAPORE equities offer sustainable dividends and earnings growth in a low-return environment clouded by an uncertain global macroeconomic outlook. Read more at The Business Times.
A Year After Singapore Decriminalized Gay Sex, Its LGBT Community Turns Attention to Family
Months after Singapore decriminalized consensual gay sex, the city-state’s closest thing to a Pride event highlights how far its LGBT community has come—and how far it still has to go.
Study reveals 21% of Singapore respondents would rather be unemployed if values not aligned
A survey revealed that 1 in 5 respondents would rather be jobless than work for an employer with unaligned values. Find out more.
Singapore’s MAS Proposes Design Framework for Interoperable Digital Asset Networks
Banking giants like Standard Chartered, HSBC and Citi are set to run multiple tokenization trials across wealth management, fixed income and foreign exchange.
Singapore’s manufacturing output drops 10.8% in May 2023, EDB reports
Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) unveils a 10.8% year-on-year decline in manufacturing output for May 2023, with some sectors such as transport engineering showing strong growth.
Tax free specialist utu closes US$33 million funding deal and acquires CardsPal fintech platform
The cross-border travel market is ripe for a technology-driven transformation, with tax-free shopping presenting vast untapped potential,” says utu Co-Founder Asad Jumabhoy.
Corinium Presents: CISO Singapore
We are pleased to invite you to attend CISO Singapore! Taking place on 22-23 August, to strengthen security posture, prevent new and emerging threats, drive change, and enable secure and safe ...
ABS Rolls Out Trade Finance Registry to Eliminate Duplicate Transactions
ABS) has launched the Trade Finance Registry (TFR) to ensure there will be no duplication of trade financing transactions ...
MAS-led consortium releases version 2.0 of open-source framework on responsible use of AI in finance
The consortium is made up of 32 industry players and is meant to provide guidance to firms on how to use AI responsibly.
MAS launches digital asset ecosystem report; expands Project Guardian with 11 partners
The Project Guardian Industry Group consists of 11 financial institutions which will lead industry pilots in three main areas.
Steven Gerrard sees Rangers lieutenant return to Liverpool fold with key role on world tour
Gary McAllister is one of half a dozen Anfield legends heading to Singapore as part of the Reds pre-season trip.
All schools in Singapore to offer e-payment system for meals, bookshop purchases by 2025
SINGAPORE: By 2025, most students in Singapore will be able to use e-payment instead of cash when they buy food and drinks or items from the bookshop in school. This follows a three-year memorandum of ...
Singapore shares slightly down as traders take stock of global macro woes
Decliners beat out advancers 252 to 226, with daily turnover coming in at 1.2 billion securities worth $858 million. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore to be first South-east Asia market for Volkswagen’s electric vehicles
SINGAPORE is the first market in South-east Asia where German carmaker Volkswagen will launch its electric vehicles (EVs), with eight models to be offered here by 2024. Read more at The Business Times ...
Singapore manufacturing output for May down 10.8%, prompting economist to warn of technical recession
No thanks to a drop in the electronics sector, Singapore's manufacturing output for May dropped by 10.8% y-o-y. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basic, output was down 3.9% - signalling how the ...
‘$20k to $30k would be good’: Some people share how much salary they think is needed to live comfortably in Singapore
From reports on high rental rates to expensive cars, we all know that Singapore isn't the cheapest place to live in.But how much should one be earning so they'd have a comfortable life ...