By Anshuman Daga, Sumeet Chatterjee and Nupur Anand SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Banks including DBS Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), OCBC and Standard Chartered are set to bid for ... ( read original story ...)
Weekend flash floods show that Singapore needs to invest more to deal with effects of climate change, says minister
Flash floods over the weekend showed that even after Singapore has spent S$2 billion (RM6.2 billion) to improve drainage over the last decade, it still needs to invest more to deal with the effects of ... ( read original story ...)
Jaime Taylor joins Chaucer Singapore’s Political Risks and Credit team
Taylor will join the team as a class underwriter, bringing nearly 20 years of experience to the position. Specialty insurance group Chaucer has appointed Jaime Taylor to its Singapore operations as a ... ( read original story ...)
Green Pulse Podcast: Understanding Singapore’s potential to lead in carbon services
The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Deutsche Bank Establishes Emerging Market FX Trading Engine in Singapore
Deutsche Bank, a leading German financial services provider, is replacing its London-based global FX pricing engine for emerging markets. ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Econ Healthcare raises S$13.5m with Singapore IPO
Econ Healthcare has returned to the public equity markets with an IPO on the SGX that raised S$13.5m (US$10.12m). It offered 50 million shares on the Catalist Board at a price of S$0.28 per share. The ... ( read original story ...)
7 Ways to Legally Reduce Income Tax in Singapore (2021)
Singapore has a variety of different tax relief initiatives ... For example, if you are transitioning from an administrative role into finance, and you have taken a course that will help you in your ... ( read original story ...)
Cycling: Chloe Tan aims to conquer OCBC Cycle’s 100km virtual ride – at the age of six
SINGAPORE - Like any other Primary 1 pupil, Chloe Tan goes to school, does her homework, and learns new words for her next spelling test. She has also discovered the delights of moving on two wheels.. ( read original story ...)
DBS targets zero thermal exposure by 2039
DBS will cease onboarding new clients who derive more than 25% of their revenue from thermal coal. DBS has committed to zero thermal exposure by 2039, reportedly making it the first Singapore bank to ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to hire 400 staff in Hong Kong to tap growing demand for wealth management service
It is the bank’s second globally, after a similar centre in Singapore. Standard Chartered is targeting opening another Priority Private Centre in Hong Kong later this year. The redesign of Standard ... ( read original story ...)
UOB expects PH economy shrank by 2.5% in Q1
Singapore-based United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB) has projected a bigger first-quarter economic contraction of 2.5 percent year-on-year for the Philippines and sees downside risks to this year’s ... ( read original story ...)
Are Singapore Banks Still a Good Buy?
With so much uncertainty swirling around the pandemic's trajectory, can investors still make a case for investing in our local banks? The post Are Singapore Banks Still a Good Buy? appeared first on ... ( read original story ...)
From reading sessions to career mentoring: How corporate volunteering is evolving beyond Covid-19
Companies such as Barclays, Standard Chartered Bank and Cognizant contribute skills and resources ... s Company of Good that recognises exemplary corporate organisations in Singapore dedicated to ... ( read original story ...)
Nube wants Bank Negara to safeguard Citibank workers’ future
Saying that the bank failed to engage Nube prior to making the announcement and has been vague about the future of its staff, he called on Bank Negara to step in on the workers' behalf. "In making ... ( read original story ...)
Citigroup to withdraw consumer franchises from 13 markets, including Vietnam
The bank will instead operate its consumer-banking franchise in Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, and London Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories Citigroup – the parent firm ... ( read original story ...)
What will Citibank’s consumer banking exit strategy be?
Citigroup has yet to announce the details of its retail banking exit strategy from South Korea as of Sunday, but the most probable scenario is that the firm will break up its consumer business here ... ( read original story ...)