The Monetary Authority of Singapore named the country's deputy prime minister and finance minister Lawrence Wong as chairman of its board of directors until 2026. Singapore's Minister for Trade and ...
Citi ULTIMA Partners the MICHELIN Guide Singapore for a Second Year Running to Offer Premium Dining Experiences to its Cardmembers
Citi ULT/MA is the MICHELIN Guide Singapore's official bank partner; Cardmembers can look forward to a series of exclusive chef-curated dinners by local MICHELIN ...
Singapore’s star banker Piyush Gupta creates succession dilemma for DBS
Singapore’s gross domestic product per capita ... One early decision was to beef up transaction banking, a combination of cash management and trade finance that Gupta knew well from his time at Citi.
Investing in digital economies: How investors can diversify their portfolios and ride the tech wave in South-east Asia and India
Apple, which makes most of its products in China, is rapidly expanding production in India and Vietnam and it may soon add Thailand as a manufacturing base. Read more at The Business Times.
BRIEFS: Hong Kong, Singapore spearhead ESG integration in Asian private equity
Mark Uhrynuk, a partner at Mayer Brown, says regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore are spearheading this transformation in the approach expected to reshape the PE industry. “Many Asia-based PE ...
Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments’ acquisition of MoneySmart falls through
ASIA-PACIFIC Strategic Investments (APS) will no longer acquire Catapult Ventures, which owns personal financial marketplace MoneySmart. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore Airlines drops most in over a year after block sale
The proportion of analysts who have a sell rating on the shares has increased to 39% this month from May's 25%.
Digital Banking: Singapore’s OCBC to Enable Fully Digital Account Opening for Foreigners
OCBC (SGX: O39) has launched a fully digital account opening service for consumers in its key markets who are relocating to Singapore.
16-year-old among 13 arrested for alleged involvement in banking-related malware scams
Malware was installed on victims’ mobile devices after they downloaded Android Package Kit from an unofficial app store. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore Airlines shares drops most in over a year after block sale
Singapore Airlines Ltd slumped the most in more than a year after a block of shares amounting to nearly 3% of the float traded on Friday evening.
Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: Singapore’s Core Inflation, Micron Technology and Oracle Corporation
Inflation continues to ease in Singapore while we look at a chipmaker’s latest results to gauge the supply-demand situation within the sector. The post Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: ...
AEM is HSBC’s preferred Asean tech play to ride AI investment theme
Chip tester AEM Holding has been identified by HSBC as a preferred counter among the Asean tech stocks riding on the artificial intelligence 'mega forces' investment theme.
Singapore-UK Bilateral Investment Treaty: Status of Negotiations
Singapore and the UK are in the midst of negotiations on an updated bilateral investment treaty under the UK-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
Singapore stocks close flat as traders keep watch on rates, inflation
Decliners narrowly beat out advancers 266 to 254, with 1.6 billion securities worth a total of $1.9 billion changing hands. Read more at straitstimes.com.
StanChart Singapore appoints new head of HR
Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Yang-Sheng Wong. Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Yang-Sheng Wong as head of human resources (HR) in Singapore. Reporting to Peter Hatt, Head of HR, Asia, ...
Latest COE Prices in Singapore and Best Car Loans in June 2023
The latest COE prices in Singapore saw a spike yet again. We explain how COE bidding works, and how drivers can moderate the cost of ...