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You can get a non-graduate job in Asian banking without any banking experience. This is how. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/275997/contractors-banks-singapore-hong-kong/ If you don’t work in banking but would like to get a banking job in ... ( read original story ...)

Leissner resigned from the bank in February 2016. "MAS will not tolerate conduct by any finance professional that threatens to undermine trust and confidence in Singapore’s financial system," Ong Chong Tee, a MAS deputy managing director, said in a ... ( read original story ...)

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has completed a pilot project that was carried out for inter-bank payments using blockchain technology. In November last year, MAS announced that it is partnering with R3 and a consortium of financial firms to ... ( read original story ...)

Home prices in Singapore have declined for the past three years. According to a report from Bloomberg, whether you look at prices or policy, the property markets in Singapore and Hong Kong are marching resolutely in opposite directions. Singapore has eased ... ( read original story ...)

Living costs in Singapore are among the highest in the world. Expats who move to the city-state can expect to pay large amounts for their accommodation and for day-to-day expenses. Car buyers in Singapore usually pay five to six times the price of a ... ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market turned higher again on Friday, one session after it had ended the two-day winning streak in which it had climbed almost 25 points or 0.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just below the 3,135-point ... ( read original story ...)

Time banking is one of several schemes featured in an episode of Challenge Tomorrow this Sunday (March 12), which looks at how Japan, the United States, Australia and Singapore, are managing aging issues. More countries like Singapore are looking at ways ... ( read original story ...)

A well-experienced wealth manager is now leading UBS’s business in Singapore. UBS, Asia’s largest wealth management firm, named Bert Stegink to the position earlier this month. Stegink will enter the Swiss firm from Dutch lender ABN Amro Private Bank ... ( read original story ...)

State-run Canara Bank, which has been struggling to sell non-core assets to shore up its poor core capital, today sold 13.45 per cent of its stake in its home finance arm Can Fin Homes to GIC of Singapore for Rs 753.8 crore or USD 113 million. State-run ... ( read original story ...)

This is Asia's first dual currency covered bonds issue. Singapore banking giant United Overseas Bank announced two sales of covered bonds comprising of two tranches, a US$500m 2.125% covered bonds and an EUR500m 0.125% covered bonds, both due 2022. ( read original story ...)

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is in talks with group of financial institutions to use distributed ledger technology for domestic inter-bank payments and securities settlement, following the completion of a proof-of-concept project. The process ... ( read original story ...)

State-run lender Canara Bank Ltd has sold a 13.45 per cent stake in Housing finance arm Can Fin Homes Ltd to Singapore-based Caladium Investment Pvt Ltd for Rs 754 crore, it said on Friday. The divestment is seen as a part of the monetization process of ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos) has emerged as the first-runner up in a recent study of the world's most innovative IP offices, second only to the European Union, Ipos said in a press release on Thursday (March 9). ( read original story ...)

Recognising the critical demand for infrastructure in the region, Singapore is launching itself as the infrastructure hub of Asia, senior minister of state for law and finance Indranee Rajah said. Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Energy & Infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is the second-poorest performer amongst surveyed countries. The number of women in managerial positions has increased in Asia, according to global professional recruiting group Hays. The 2017 Hays Asia Salary Guide reveals that 31% of management ... ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Thursday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had climbed almost 25 points or 0.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just below the 3,120-point plateau, although the market may find ... ( read original story ...)