Businesses are optimising workforce strategies through cost-cutting and integrating functions. Accounting and finance companies in Singapore are focusing more on replacement hiring rather than team ...
What’s driving job growth in Singapore in 2025
There is a strong demand for skilled professionals in finance, technology, and professional services. The job market in Singapore is expected to grow in 2025, with the services sector leading the way, ...
FM meets Singapore President, discusses comprehensive strategic partnership
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam to strengthen Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Discussions include fintech, digital technologies, semiconductor ...
Union Minister Piyush Goyal meets Singapore President, discusses ways to enhance relations
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal on Thursday met with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam to discuss ways to enhance India-Singapore relations. Honoured to meet the ...
FM Sitharaman meets Singapore’s President, expresses confidence in expanding trade
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday met with Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam in New Delhi and discussed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between both nations ...
DBS may declare special dividend of S$0.50 a share, raise ordinary DPS to S$0.60: CGSI
DBS may declare a special dividend of S$0.50 a share for the fourth quarter of FY2024 as well as raise its ordinary dividend per share to S$0.60, said CGS International in a report on Tuesday (Jan 14) ...
India, Singapore looking at setting up corridor for renewable energy
India and Singapore are looking at establishing a "corridor for renewable energy" besides forging close ties in critical sectors like advanced manufacturing and semiconductors, Singapore President Tha ...
‘Made in Johor’ could be further endorsed by Singapore manufacturers
With attractive tax incentives and a more accessible labour pool, manufacturing players in Singapore could see expansion across the causeway into five of the nine flagship zones of the JS-SEZ.
UOB inks MOU with chambers of commerce to boost collaboration and investments in Johor-S’pore SEZ
UOB has signed an agreement to boost collaboration and investment opportunities in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ). Read more at straitstimes.com.
10 Best Savings Accounts in Singapore with the Highest Interest Rates (Jan 2025)
Savings accounts have a simple premise, but often come with complex mechanisms for you to earn bonus interest. When you open a savings account with a bank, you deposit money into it and let that money ...
Over 4 times more youths in Singapore, Vietnam upbeat about domestic politics than Indonesians, Thais: Survey
Singaporean and Vietnamese youths are also the most optimistic and satisfied about their countries’ political systems, law enforcement and economic future than their peers in four other Southeast ...
British activist investor Palliser seeks to disrupt ‘unfair’ Great Eastern takeover
Palliser has appealed to the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Exchange to intervene on the matter. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s Financial Sector Must Brace For Heightened Regulatory Scrutiny And Enforcement Action In 2025
Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM), know your customer (KYC) and transaction monitoring, announced today the findings of its annual report on ...
Singapore ‘Not Averse’ to More Property Cooling Measures, Straits Times Reports
Singapore’s government is “not averse” to implementing more property cooling measures if needed, the Straits Times newspaper reported, citing Minister for National Development Desmond Lee.
Government ‘not averse’ to more property cooling measures but will wait for current ones to work: Desmond Lee
The government also needs to be mindful of an uncertain economic environment to avoid overcorrecting the market, says Minister for National Development Desmond Lee. ( read original story ...)
Singapore govt ‘not averse’ to more property cooling measures if necessary: Desmond Lee
He said the Government has to ensure there is no property bubble, whether in private or public housing. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)