US political and economic interests in Southeast Asia will not change regardless of who wins the presidential election in November, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said ... ( read original story ...)
Cloud4C Appoints Terrence Yong as Board Member for Singapore and Chairman for Malaysia
Cloud4C - World's leading Cloud Managed Services Provider - announced appointment of Mr. Terrence Yong as Member of the Board, Singapore and Chairman, Malaysia. ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Switzerland co-chair global effort on access to vaccine
Singapore and Switzerland are jointly chairing a global initiative to support equitable access to a Covid-19 vaccine, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday.. Read ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore co-chairing global initiative to secure Covid-19 vaccine doses for the world: Heng Swee Keat
Singapore and Switzerland are jointly chairing a global initiative to support equitable access to a Covid-19 vaccine, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Thursday (Sept ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore wants cold war’s casualties, not a truckload of new money
As escalating violence on its border with China draws India closer to the US, globally-minded Chinese firms need neutral addresses to avoid becoming collateral damage ... ( read original story ...)
Upstart insurer Singapore Life plans expansion after $2 bln Aviva deal
Singapore Life, an upstart insurer which agreed a $2 billion deal for the Singapore business of insurer Aviva, plans to tap into Southeast Asia to expand more and will seek to list in the city-state, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Export Growth Accelerates as China Demand Picks Up
Singapore’s export growth quickened in August, buoyed by rising demand from China and a pickup in key electronic shipments.Non-oil domestic exports grew 7.7% from a year ago, Enterprise Singapore said ... ( read original story ...)
Flipkart IPO likely next year; to list overseas at $50B valuation: report
According to the Reuters report, Flipkart is likely to choose between Singapore or the United States for the IPO. The company is incorporated in Singapore, but listing in the US ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered CEO says Hong Kong is ‘very, very safe’ as banking center
"The fact is Hong Kong is sitting here as the gateway to China for capital into China and out of China. That's only become more clear," said StanChart's CEO Bill Winters. ( read original story ...)
How can we mobilise finance to build back a resilient, sustainable post-Covid economy?
Finance leaders, investors meet to discuss key questions at Unlocking capital for sustainability 2020, hosted by Eco-Business in partnership with UN Environment Programme ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s financial sector sees healthy take-up of jobs, traineeships
SINGAPORE - Financial institutions are seeing a healthy take-up of jobs and traineeships as the finance and insurance sector is projected to expand this year, despite a climate of retrenchments and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is Still Stuck in a Bear Market: 3 Things You Need to Know
Wondering why the Singapore market is down in the dumps? We shed some light on three aspects that you should know.The post Singapore is Still Stuck in a Bear Market: 3 Things You Need to Know appeared ... ( read original story ...)
High levels of debt will become a big challenge in the next decade, says Singapore minister
Governments can no longer reduce the amount of debt through rapid economic growth and inflation, says Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's senior minister and coordinating minister for social policies, ... ( read original story ...)
Global Markets: Asian stocks head higher on China data, markets eye Fed meeting
Asian equities extended gains on Tuesday and the dollar slipped, with investor sentiment supported by Chinese data and optimism about COVID-19 vaccines. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Summit: Tech nationalism is set to intensify, says Korea Investment Corporation CEO
The rise of tech nationalism is "very bad news" and will hinder the development of new technologies, says Korea Investment Corporation CEO Choi Heenam. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Start-up SynOption Closes Second Round of Funding
PRNewswire/ -- Singapore based FinTech start-up SynOption Pte. Ltd. has announced that successfully closed its second ... ( read original story ...)