Saying sex sells it’s too big of a stretch here, but Singapore is using pretty faces to promote citizens participation in the upcoming Budget 2018 is an exemplary move. Or is it? It’s no secret that most young adults no longer consume traditional media ... ( read original story ...)
Legal Checklist for Setting Up a Restaurant in Singapore
Opening a new restaurant in Singapore demands compliance with a dizzying number of regulatory requirements. This will likely mean having to engage with a vast array of government agencies bearing a variety of acronyms such as NEA, AVA, URA, HDB ... ( read original story ...)
SPH Radio to launch Singapore’s first radio station on business and personal finance
SINGAPORE - Singapore will soon have its first radio station dedicated to business news and personal finance. To be launched on Jan 29, Money FM 89.3 targets general listeners interested in everyday personal finance matters like retirement planning ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore has to face tax question as it ages – policymakers
I think this is one of the existential questions we have to face," Ravi Menon, the head of Singapore's central bank, said at an Institute of Policy Studies event. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said in last year's budget speech that the government will ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Ministry of Finance pays over 50 Instagram users to promote Budget 2018
Singapore's government is hiring social media users to promote its 2018 budget, local newspaper The Straits Times reported on Wednesday. Hoping to generate youth interest in state finances, the island nation's Ministry of Finance paid more than 50 ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Partners 7-Eleven to Expand Cash Access Network to 800 Touchpoints
HSBC Singapore announced its partnership with 7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in Singapore, to offer HSBC customers access to more than 300 of its stores for QuickCash withdrawals. HSBC’s partnership with 7-Eleven will expand its total cash ... ( read original story ...)
Tommy Fleetwood retains Abu Dhabi Championship as Sergio Garcia wins in Singapore
Tommy Fleetwood successfully defended his Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship title on Sunday after a sensational back nine to clinch the win. But on the back nine, he made a bogey on the 10th and a solitary birdie on the 16th hole to finish on 20-under par. ( read original story ...)
Additional Support Tipped For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Friday wrote a finish to the two-day slide in which it had surrendered almost 30 points or 0.8 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,550-point plateau and it may extend its gains on Monday. ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Market This Week: Venture Corporation Ltd Leads the Pack Higher
The Singapore stock market, as represented by the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), ended the week at 3,550 points, inching up 0.8% from last Friday. Of the 30 index components, 19 made gains. Venture Corporation Ltd (SGX: V03) was the largest winner ... ( read original story ...)
How to Prepare Yourself for the Next Stock Market Crash?
Worried about the overall state of the market? Do you know the 1 thing you should never do in the stock market? The Motley Fool Singapore's new e-book lays out a plan to handle market crashes, details the greatest advantage you have as an investor ... ( read original story ...)
NSE asks Singapore to delay single stock futures launch
The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., operator of the country's biggest bourse, is asking Singapore Exchange Ltd. to delay the ... crackdown on foreign access to the country's derivatives market. The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, the Middle ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: DBS, UOB, OCBC funding coal projects, compromising on global warming issue
A logo of the United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) Reuters While global banks avoid putting funds for any kind of coal projects due to pollution and climate concern, Singapore's top banks DBS, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and United Overseas ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks DBS, OCBC and UOB funding coal projects despite climate risks: Study
SINGAPORE - Singapore's three top banks DBS, OCBC and UOB are significant funders of coal projects in the region, an analysis of their investments shows, putting them at odds with a growing number of global banks shunning financing of polluting coal-fired ... ( read original story ...)
Sea, Razer IPOs will get more startups to go public, but when will SGX attract them?
For example, Netlink NBN Trust’s US$1.7 billion listing on SGX topped the IPO charts (Netlink is Singapore’s fiber broadband network owner and telco Singtel’s broadband unit). Cromwell European Real Estate also listed on SGX, raising US$1 billion. ( read original story ...)
Shock in Singapore as back-office salaries surge by up to 34%
After years in the doldrums, pay for these banking professionals in Singapore is suddenly and surprisingly on the up again. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/305287/recruiters-asia-frustrated-by-candidates/ After years in the doldrums, pay for back ... ( read original story ...)
Now, black money stashed in Singapore banks under govt lens
India and Singapore had in 2013 amended the DTAA to help exchange banking and tax-related information more effectively. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Those hiding unaccounted income in banks in Singapore will come under the scanner of the Indian ... ( read original story ...)