A POTENTIAL tax benefit is spurring United States companies including PepsiCo and International Business Machines (IBM) to sell bonds through their Singapore subsidiaries, fuelling a record surge of ...
Singapore Budget 2024 debate: MPs ask to relook CPF interest rates, housing affordability to help Singaporeans reach retirement adequacy
SINGAPORE, Feb 27 — The recent announcement to close the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Special Account of those aged 55 has put the spotlight again on retirement adequacy, with Members of Parliament ...
Shein considering London IPO amid US resistance to listing
Shein, which was founded in China but is now headquartered in Singapore, is in the early stages of exploring the London option as it has judged it unlikely that the US Securities and Exchange ...
Five Things to Know About the HSBC Women’s World Championship
The LPGA rolls into the second of three consecutive weeks competing in Asia with its annual trip to Singapore for the HSBC Women’s World Championship. The 16th playing of what has become known in ...
How to watch: TV times, streams for Cognizant Classic, HSBC Women’s World Championship
The PGA Tour heads to the Sunshine State for the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, formerly the Honda Classic. Rory McIlroy headlines the field in South Florida, while the LPGA moves to Singapore ...
HSBC Women’s World Championship Prize Money Payout 2024
The fourth tournament of the LPGA Tour season takes place at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore with the HSBC Women’s Championship. After last week’s Honda LPGA Thailand, that makes it the second in a row ...
DBS to offer sustainable financing at ‘preferential rates’ to SMEs in Sheng Siong’s supply chain
The two Mainboard-listed firms are jointly introducing a sustainability programme for SMEs in Sheng Siong’s supply chain..
Singapore Stocks: Great Eastern Profits Plunge, Shares Fall
Shares of Great Eastern Holdings Ltd (SG:G07) fell 1.7% today after the Singapore-based insurance giant reported plunging profits for the six ...
Chinese companies axe IPO plans amid listing scrutiny
Companies have scrambled to scuttle plans for initial public offering in China this year as the securities watchdog tightens rules on share listings in a bearish market. Forty-seven companies pulled ...
Layoffs: Everything you need to know about retrenchments, including in Singapore
Worried about layoffs? Find out what typically happens when a company decides to retrench its workers, including in Singapore.
Ex-bank officer fined over unlawful computer searches on her then boyfriend’s former wife
The then StanChart relationship manager committed the offences in 2020 to check the woman’s transaction history. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore factory output turns positive with 1.1% rise in January, but falls short of estimates
SINGAPORE’S industrial production (IP) grew 1.1 per cent on year in January, in a turnaround from December 2023’s 2.4 per cent decline. This came even as output in the key electronics sector fell, ...
Ex-bank officer fined over unlawful computer searches on then boyfriend’s former wife
SINGAPORE – A relationship manager at Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) used her colleagues’ computers to conduct unauthorised searches on her then boyfriend’s former wife, who was one of the bank’s ...
Woman fined for unauthorised access of bank records to check on lover’s ex-wife
SINGAPORE: A woman working for Standard Chartered Bank illegally accessed banking information belonging to her lover's ex-wife. She wanted to see if the ex-wife had the money to repay debts she ...
E-angpaos sent in CNY tripled in 2024: OCBC
The $100 amount is the most popular e-angpao amount this year. Three times more e-angpaos were sent in the entire 2024 Chinese New Year (CNY) period compared to a year earlier, OCBC estimates, based ...
DBS Expands Its Money Lock Feature ‘digiVault’ to All Accounts
DBS and POSB has announced the expansion of its digiVault protection to all customer accounts, providing users with the option to securely lock funds in their existing accounts. This initiative is ...