In Focus

Budget 2022 unlikely to deviate from last year: OCBC

The total expenditure in 2021 was estimated at $102.3b or 20.2% of GDP.

Commercial real estate acitivty soars 177% to $12.09b in 2021

The sale of One George Street drove the market turnaround.

30 STI stocks attract $550m net institutional inflow

The banks brought in the strongest inflows at ~45%.

Singapore primed to be the new hotspot for SPAC IPOs

SPACS accounted for over 75% of total SGX listings.

Tripartite partners advise employers on high workforce absences

The advisory aimed to guide employers about potential high workforce absences.

When is it the right time to raise GST?

KPMG Singapore expects the tax hike to be implemented in one go. 

PMI in expansionary territory anew in January at 58.0

SG's PMI grew at the quickest pace compared to six other ASEAN nations.

Services firms less optimistic about business in first 6 months of 2022

Across industries, firms in wholesale trade expressed the highest optimism.

Enter the SPACs: Three blank cheque listings ring in 2022

The Singapore bourse saw its first three SPAC listings in the first month of 2022.

MAS to further steepen S$NEER gradient in April: analysts

This is despite MAS’ surprise-off cycle tightening in January.

UOB Kay Hian lists H1 2022 'overweight' sectors and stocks

The top two sectors were consumer and financials.

What are three effective inflation hedges?

DBS said YoY inflation will stay elevated until May 2022.

Top 50 insurance firms revealed a 17.22% increase in assets

Digital dominance and healthtech helped them mitigate losses, Singapore Business Review found.

56% of S'poreans did not receive ‘strong support’ from employers during the pandemic

Globally, the percentage of workers who had the same sentiment was lower at 51%.