You’re not alone. Recruiters in Singapore and Hong Kong say they frequently encounter banking professionals who turn down jobs at the last minute. Here are some of the more colourful candidate ... ( read original story ...)
DBS, partner target US$100m for women’s livelihood bond programme
SINGAPORE - Local lender DBS Bank has returned as official banking partner and sole placement agent for the second round of a debt security listing aimed at supporting women in Asia. DBS and Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to pull plug on financing for coal plants
Singapore/Tokyo /London -Standard Chartered said it will stop financing new coal-fired power plants anywhere in the world as part of its commitment to support the Paris agreement on climate change. Th... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Stock Market Today: Vividthree Holdings Ltd Makes Its Trading Debut
Hi, everyone. Here are three things about the local stock market that you might be interested in today. 1. The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) ended the day up 0.5%, or 16.9 points, to 3,236.08. Singa... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to stop financing new coal power plants
Singapore/Tokyo: Standard Chartered Plc said it will stop financing new coal-fired power plants anywhere in the world as part of its commitment to supporting the Paris Agreement on climate change. The ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered to stop all funding for new coal-fired plants
Multiple other banks, including HSBC, Singapore’s big three (DBS, OCBC and UOB), Japan’s big three (MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho) have updated their policy for coal this year, but have not made a commitment ... ( read original story ...)
UOB flexes hiring muscles and snares Bank of Singapore MD
UOB Private Bank has hired a new Singapore-based market head for Indonesia as its headcount expansion continues apace. Clarence Lee joined UOB last month from Bank of Singapore, where he was a ... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Stock Market Today: Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd Replaces StarHub Ltd on the Straits Times Index
Hello, everyone. Here are three things about the local stock market that you might be interested in today. Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (SGX: Y92) was the best performer of the index as its sh... ( read original story ...)
Singapore fines Grab and Uber, imposes measures to open up market
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore slapped ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber with fines and finalized restrictions to open up the market to competitors after concluding that their merger in March has driv... ( read original story ...)
5 Reasons Why Investors Might Want to Consider Investing in DBS Group Holdings Ltd
DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), or DBS for short, is one of the three major banks based out of Singapore. The company’s stocks are currently out of favor among investors. At its current price of S$... ( read original story ...)
S&P Global Platts and Enterprise Singapore collaborate to bring innovation to Singapore
S&P Global Platts to create a full-time innovation lab in Singapore SINGAPORE, Sept. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global Platts, the leading independent provider of information and benchmark ... ( read original story ...)
DBS Sets Its Sights on China for Debt Capital Markets Push
DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest lender, is expanding its fixed-income business in China in a bid to bring more first-time bond issuers to the offshore market. The Singapore bank rece... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Air Takes Delivery of Jet for World’s Longest Flight
Singapore Airlines Ltd. took delivery of the Airbus SE A350-900 ultra long range aircraft to start a non-stop service to New York, a journey of about 19 hours that will become the world’s longest. The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore needs foreign tech talent and `fun’ education
Singapore, grappling with an aging population and a shortage of high-tech workers, says it needs to bring in foreign talent in areas including software programming while the country rebalances its edu... ( read original story ...)
Connectivity issues with Nets QR code affect some e-payment users, including DBS PayLah!
SINGAPORE - Some e-payment users, including those of DBS’s PayLah app, may have unwittingly made double payments on Wednesday (Sept 19). In a Facebook post on Friday evening, Nets, the payment service ... ( read original story ...)
StanChart eyes digital initiatives to ramp up presence
Singapore, for Standard Chartered Bank. In an interaction with BusinessLine, Bhambri said: “India is our second-biggest business within Asean and South Asia space, and one of the fastest-growing regio... ( read original story ...)