Singapore’s golden gate is said raising $100m fund

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Golden Gate Ventures is raising a $100 million third fund to continue investing in Southeast Asia’s burgeoning market for e-commerce, payments and mobile apps, according to a person familiar with the matter. The new fund is ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Jan retail sales fall 8.4 pct from year earlier

SINGAPORE, March 12 (Reuters) - Singapore’s retail sales in January fell from a year earlier, due to a drop in motor vehicle sales, data showed on Monday. Total retail sales fell 8.4 percent from a year earlier in January, after rising a revised 6.3 ... ( read original story ...)

Property: How expensive is your home compared to others?

In 2018, Singapore was ranked as the most important property market in ASEAN by Morgan Stanley's research. Given this, it is not surprising that Singapore is also home to some of the most expensive properties in the world. But just how nice and expensive ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore paves the way for legal finance in Asia

It has been a year since Singapore took the landmark step of allowing legal finance for arbitration, bringing the country into line with the US, UK, Australia and numerous other leading centres of dispute resolution. Singapore took the prize for being the ... ( read original story ...)

4 Reasons Singapore is Great for Startups

With its strong economy, well-educated populace and favorable tax treatment, Singapore should be high on their lists. Singapore’s economy is highly developed. For example, it is one of the richest nations in Asia (GDP per capita S$52,932) and individuals ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Morning News For March 12

According to a press release from the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) of Singapore, the country has become the sixth APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) economy to participate in the Cross-Border Privacy Rules System (CBPR) alongside USA ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore banks under scrutiny over coal lending

Rapid switch to renewable energy not feasible for now, say lenders, but aim is to get clients to go green Singapore's three local banks are facing greater scrutiny for their lending to coal-fired power plants in the region, over fears the projects will ... ( read original story ...)

Multi-functional training for Citibank Singapore staff

About 1,600 consumer banking employees from Citibank Singapore are undergoing training in areas, such as customer journey design and cyber security, which have become increasingly important for banking professionals. By launching this series of multi ... ( read original story ...)

On The Move: AIA Singapore

Mr Koo Chung Chang: Appointed chief financial officer of AIA Singapore from March 5. He oversees the financial operations, management reporting and actuarial management of the company. He was previously chief strategy officer. Prior to joining AIA ... ( read original story ...)

Rahul Gandhi meets Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today called on Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and met other senior leaders of the country. Gandhi is on a three-day trip to Singapore and Malaysia during which he will meet Malaysian PM Najib Razak, besides ... ( read original story ...)