Here’s what’s shaping the banking job market in Singapore right now. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/289569/entitlement-culture-singapore-bankers/ We’re into the second half of the year. This is not traditionally the best time to look for a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market Inherits Flat Lead
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Tuesday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 20 points or 0.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,220-point plateau and it figures to see a ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia to bring home tax money parked in Singapore
Read also: Repatriated funds from Singapore reaches Rp 84.52 trillion Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati received the offer from Singapore on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Germany last week. “This is a positive. I will follow up so that we can ... ( read original story ...)
3 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Crashes
But other investors might be wondering if we are enjoying too much of a good thing. After all, as history shows, the Singapore stock market has declined from time to time… (This phenomenon is not unique to our local market, of course!) Who is right and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares May Extend Friday’s Gains
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had surrendered more than 45 points or 1.5 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,230-point ... ( read original story ...)
What changed your market overnight while you were sleeping
Nifty50 futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange were trading 5.50 points lower at 9,668, indicating a flat to negative opening for the domestic market. Nifty made Doji Cross on daily chart A ‘Doji’ is formed when the index opens and closes around the ... ( read original story ...)
Continued Support Tipped For Singapore Shares
The Singapore stock market on Wednesday snapped the three-day slide in which it had surrendered more than 45 points or 1.5 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,250-point plateau, and it may find additional support again on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
The Singapore banking jobs where you have no future
After some career longevity in Singapore? Want to work in banking when you get senior? Avoid these jobs. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/288643/olivier-berthier-moneythor-singapore-fintech/ The recent wave of redundancies at global banks in ... ( read original story ...)
SGX – A shrinking capital market
The Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) is a shrinking capital market. The decline over recent years has been clear and pronounced. The number of companies listed on the market has dropped. Some listed elsewhere. Others went private, snapped up by bigger ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to postpone bank capital rules; follows Hong Kong, Australia delays
HONG KONG Singapore's banking regulator has told lenders it will delay by a year the implementation of global rules designed to rein in trading risks - the latest sign that the post-crisis overhaul of the world's banking system may be stalling. The move ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore consultant returns to McKinsey after just 10 months in banking
McKinsey & Co in Singapore has just rehired veteran financial services consultant Reet Chaudhuri from Standard Chartered. He was at Stand Chart for just 10 months and it was his first role at an international bank. Chaudhuri has joined McKinsey as a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore finance sector sees boom in tech jobs, even as industry growth slows
SINGAPORE -Never mind numeracy skills. To work in a bank these days, a jobseeker is better off being a designer, digital data analyst or tech developers. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in its annual report last week noted a net increase of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, China to step up collaboration on five areas in finance
BEIJING: Singapore and China are working to step up their collaboration in five areas in the financial sector, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Thursday (Jun 29). He was speaking to Singapore media on the last day of his ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM to Address Family Feud
Jul.02 -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his two younger siblings are embroiled in a spat that centers on the fate of the house that belonged to their late father, the country’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin ... ( read original story ...)
Oxley Road: Full text of speech by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat
SPEECH BY MINISTER FOR FINANCE MR HENG SWEE KEAT IN PARLIAMENT ON JULY 4 ... I also interacted with Mrs Lee, both in Singapore and on several overseas trips. I learnt that both of them, especially Mrs Lee, valued their privacy deeply. ( read original story ...)
MAS on 1MDB scandal: ‘naming and shaming’ a better deterrent than big fines
In addition to penalizing the banks, it also barred several individuals from participating in the Singapore finance industry. Singapore is among at least six countries that launched probes into allegations that nearly $700 million had flowed from the debt ... ( read original story ...)