To some people, the late Wee Cho Yaw, former chairman and chief executive officer of United Overseas Bank (UOB) was intimidating, but its head of ...
The Singapore banker who tried to be Gandalf is now running out of time
Trouble is, after more than 14 years leading DBS, the wizard of Asian banking is running out of time: Succession is on the horizon ...
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC appoints Sam Kim new COO, amid senior leadership reshuffling
GIC reshuffled the roles of some senior executives as part of a broader leadership overhaul, as current deputy chief operating officer Sam Kim will be appointed as COO.
21% of Singapore NRIs are influenced by global trends in investments, survey reveals
India has become a desirable investment location for NRIs. Conservative risk tolerance is favoured by approximately 4% of NRIs based in the UK. The survey reveals that only 1% of NRIs from Canada, the ...
GAFI, HSBC Egypt Sign Pact On Attracting Foreign Direct Investments
Hossam Heibah, President of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zone (GAFI) announced Wednesday the signing of a Memorandum of Understandi ...
PM Lee calls on opposition to be ‘upfront’ about stance on Singapore’s reserves and take ideas to ballot box
"If any other political party thinks that this is not the right approach, if they truly believe that we should dip into our reserves more, then bring it to the ballot box," says Prime Minister Lee ...
Singapore’s DBS Group reports record full-year results despite CEO’s pay cut by millions
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. saw its net profit exceed $10 billion for 2023, surpassing its medium-term target. CEO Piyush Gupta's variable pay was cut by 30% due to last year's digital banking disruptions ...
DBS: Singapore’s biggest bank cuts executive pay after outages
The boss of Singapore's biggest bank DBS has seen his bonus cut by 30% after disruptions to its digital services, despite it posting record profits. The company said the cut to Piyush Gupta's variable ...
CapitaLand Investment increases capital deployment momentum with four acquisitions in Southeast Asia and closes core logistics fund in Japan
Transactions in Singapore and Thailand are expected to more than double CLI’s funds under management in Southeast Asia to S$1.2 ...
Can Singapore Emerge as the Premier Global AI Hub? Perspectives from a Google Exec
Google Cloud’s managing director for global AI business and applied engineering, Caroline Yap, has underscored Singapore’s remarkable potential as a global AI hub, attributing it to a conducive ...
Singapore’s DBS bank cuts CEO’s pay by $3 million. Why this is significant
DBS Group slashed its CEO Piyush Gupta's pay by S$4.1 million ($3.05 million) citing digital banking disruptions last year. This matters as the 30 per cent reduction in his annual variable compensatio ...
Best Fixed Deposit Rates in Singapore (Feb 2024)—Rates Up To 3.9%, Minimum Deposits From $500
If you think that fixed deposits are only for conservative cash-rich aunties and uncles, think again. A fixed deposit (also known as a time deposit) account is a type of bank account that pays account ...
More than 500 employees bid farewell to former UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw at bank
Retired renovations contractor Ong Ang Hui, 77, who was in a wheelchair, took the train and bus to the venue. The Toa Payoh resident was a Chung Cheng High School student for a few months in 1964 ...
UOB holds sombre memorial for former CEO and chairman Wee Cho Yaw
SINGAPORE: Around 500 UOB employees and members of the public attended a memorial for former chairman and CEO Mr Wee Cho Yaw on Wednesday (Feb 7). Dressed mostly in black and white, the crowd filled ...
A final farewell to banking tycoon and former UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw
UOB employees turned up in the hundreds on Wednesday (Feb 7) as they bade a final farewell to the bank’s late former chairman Wee Cho Yaw, who died last Saturday at the age of 95. Read more at The ...
DBS boss Piyush Gupta takes US$3 million pay cut over Singapore digital banking disruptions
Gupta’s compensation took a 30 per cent hit due to last year’s disruptions that affected payment and ATM transactions across the city state.