However, it may struggle to convince sceptics of the value of controversial carbon offsets.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Prime Day 2021 Deals Preview: Two Days, More Than 2 Million Deals, Starting June 21 in Singapore
Prime members can expect more than 2,500 deals from small businesses this Prime Day including Love From Yours, Oddbods, Happyganics, IDS Skincare, CATKIN, and more Stay tuned for the Prime Day Show ... ( read original story ...)
SGX Nifty down 20 points; here’s what changed for market while you were sleeping
Asian stock markets were trading mixed in early trade, as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US Federal Reserve's meeting. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was ... ( read original story ...)
Renewed Selling Pressure Anticipated For Singapore Stock Market
The Singapore stock market on Tuesday snapped the two-day slide in which it had fallen almost 10 points or 0.3 percent. The Straits ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore e-commerce aggregator eyes interoperability across APAC marketplaces
Apart from acquiring Amazon third-party sellers, Singapore-based Rainforest will look to buy fast-growing brands that sell on Asian e-commerce platforms and build tools to help them centrally manage ... ( read original story ...)
Days off, free medical consultations: Companies roll out support for employees taking COVID-19 vaccine
SINGAPORE: As Singapore begins to vaccinate younger age groups against COVID-19, some companies have introduced measures to encourage employees to ... ( read original story ...)
Economists expect S’pore GDP to grow 6.5% in 2021
Private-sector analysts have raised their forecast for Singapore’s economic growth this year to above the Government’s four-to-six per cent range, despite the latest round of tighter Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Private Bank’s Regional ASEAN & South Asia Head on The Path to Future Growth
After a major reorganisation and transformation taking some four years, Standard Chartered Private Bank returned to profitability in 2019 and has since been enjoying growth at the top and bottom lines ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank rebukes insurers AIA, Aviva and Prudential
Singapore's central bank said on Tuesday it has reprimanded the local businesses of insurers AIA, Prudential and Aviva for breaching requirements related to risk management and supervisors' pay. ( read original story ...)
Singapore can wield stick to win tech IPOs
Technology companies based in the city-state are feeling the heat. New York-listed conglomerate Sea (SE.N), ride-hailing-to-payments app Grab - a target of a U.S. special-purpose acquisition vehicle - ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Private Bank MD Lee Woon Shiu on Future-Proofing the Model for Asia’s Next-gen Clients
Lee Woon Shiu, Managing Director and Regional Head of Wealth Planning, Family Office & Insurance Solutions at DBS Private Bank, is immensely passionate about creating and delivering the most relevant ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Carro becomes a unicorn before IPO
Singapore-headquartered Carro, a Southeast Asian online automotive marketplace, has raised $360 million in its latest funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund II. ( read original story ...)
Alibaba Health-backed medical data company LinkDoc files for US IPO
The Beijing-based company, which offers cancer-focused healthcare services, reported a 41% jump in revenue for the three months ended March 31. ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered and ENGIE announce successful execution of the former’s first Green Banker’s Guarantee in Singapore
Singapore's Green Plan is coming along well ... ( read original story ...)
Day 1: Sona Comstar’s Rs 5,500 crore IPO gets off to a muted start
The IPO was subscribed merely 11 per cent at the end of day one. At 5:00 pm, only 1,13,93,298 shares of the company received bids out of a total issue of 10,71,05,262 suggesting that the IPOs rich ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore: Fed May Only Start Tapering in Early 2022
Bank of Singapore Chief Economist Mansoor Mohi-uddin thinks the Fed may only start tapering in early 2022. He was speaking with Rishaad Salamat and Haslinda Amin on ": Asia." (Source: Bloomberg) ... ( read original story ...)