Y. Pillay, who turned a fledgling fleet into Singapore Airlines Ltd. Menon, a Singaporean civil servant of Malayali extraction, is keeping Lee's dream alive in finance. While Hong Kong is the main money center for China, Indians and Indonesians will keep ... ( read original story ...)
2017 Yearender: Banking on tech with a human touch
Anyone trusting a bank with millions - billions ... The futuristic talk is in keeping with the Government's vision for Singapore as a wealth management hub. In its industry transformation map for financial services launched in late October, the Monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore November bank lending rises 7.1 pct y/y
SINGAPORE, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Singapore’s total bank lending in November rose from a year earlier, on the back of increased lending to financial institutions and a rise in housing and bridging loans. Loans and advances by domestic banking units in the ... ( read original story ...)
Banking on tech with a human touch
Anyone trusting a bank with millions - billions ... The futuristic talk is in keeping with the Government's vision for Singapore as a wealth management hub. In its industry transformation map for financial services launched in late October, the Monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks drift higher as Asia hovers near decade highs
A trader looks at electronic screens on the dealing floor at DBS Bank's new headquarters in Singapore. REUTERS Singapore shares ended higher on Thursday, tracking gains in other Asian equities, with lenders such as DBS Group and Oversea-Chinese Banking ... ( read original story ...)
China bourses behind Asia’s lead in global IPO boom
About 22 companies have left the Singapore Exchange this year, outpacing the number of IPO deals it hosted. That includes home-grown logistics company CWT, privatized by acquisitive Chinese conglomerate HNA Group. Massage chair maker OSIM International ... ( read original story ...)
How to Use Images on Your Website Without Violating Singapore’s Copyright Laws
However, every time we use images, designs and photographs that are not our own, we run the risk of violating Singapore’s copyright laws. Yet, we require these images, designs and photographs to have a website or blog that would attract Internet traffic. ( read original story ...)
Mainland bourses behind Asia’s lead in global IPO boom
About 22 companies have left the Singapore Exchange this year, outpacing the number of IPO deals it hosted. That includes home-grown logistics company CWT, privatized by acquisitive Chinese conglomerate HNA Group. Massage chair maker OSIM International ... ( read original story ...)
Salaries in Singapore To Rise Over 3.9% In 2018: How Much Should You Expect To Get?
Many human resource (HR) firms project salary increments to the tune of close to 4% in Singapore in 2018. Both Mercer and ECA International, two of the most renowned human resource consulting firms in the world, predicts wages in Singapore to increase by 3 ... ( read original story ...)
Losses May Accelerate For Singapore Stock Market
The Singapore stock market headed south again on Tuesday, one session after it had ended the five-day losing streak in which it had surrendered almost 90 points or 2.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,380-point plateau and it ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore authorities’ housing market warning may fall on deaf ears
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's authorities are concerned the island-state's property market could be setting itself up for a fall. A series of aggressive land deals by developers, against the backdrop of rising apartment sales and the first quarterly ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s P2P Lending Platforms and Industry: an Overview
Singapore was ranked the sixth largest market in APAC with a total of US$163.75 million raised in 2016. Southeast Asia’s total alternative finance market reached a record of US$215.94 million in 2016, a 362% growth compared with 2015’s market size of ... ( read original story ...)
Powering S’pore’s growth through green finance
Financial institutions here are doing their bit. Besides the guidelines on responsible financing introduced by the Association of Banks in Singapore in 2015, Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong also announced last month that the government will push ... ( read original story ...)
1MDB fallout: Singapore’s central bank bans two more finance professionals
Singapore’s central bank on Tuesday said it had permanently barred Yeo Jiawei, a former wealth manager of Swiss bank BSI involved in breaches related to Malaysia’s 1MDB fund, from managing financial services firms and advisory activities. In July, a ... ( read original story ...)
Fintech Singapore 2017 in Review
In addition to collaborating closely with the private sector, the authority has initiated a number of projects of its own to be at the forefront of fintech and digital finance. Year 2017 was all about fostering collaboration, building Singapore’s fintech ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bans two more finance execs for 1MDB-related money laundering breach
Singapore on Tuesday banned a jailed banker from working in its financial services industry for life over his links to the worldwide money-laundering scandal involving neighbouring Malaysia's state fund 1MDB. In a statement on Tuesday, the MAS said that it ... ( read original story ...)