Singapore
Singaporeans ill-prepared for end of life and incapacitating events
Singaporeans ill-prepared for end of life and incapacitating events
Only 28% of respondents have a finished will.
Temasek's portfolio value hit $306b in FY2020
The declines were the result of the sharp market contraction in Q1.
Drones to address productivity issues in aircraft maintenance
ST Engineering’s DroScan authorized to carry out general visual inspections.
MAS proposes enhanced powers to address financial risks
The regulator plans to require licenses to any person in Singapore issuing digital tokens.
Singapore Airlines rolls out Miles of Good campaign
KrisFlyer members may nominate frontliners as beneficiaries.
Mapletree Logistics Trust's NPI up 12% to $118.84m in Q1
This was attributed to lower utilities cost and maintenance expenses.
Keppel REIT NPI dropped 7.2% to $28.81m in Q2
The REIT’s distribution per unit (DPU) inched up 0.7% to $0.14.
Transfer pricing in pandemic times
The COVID-19 pandemic is being felt in the operations of businesses worldwide and one of the most striking disruptions is evident in supply chain arrangements. This has brought on transfer pricing implications of how one realigns existing supply chain arrangements to adapt to challenges and undertakes comparability or benchmarking analysis in absence of data to determine the arm’s length prices. This article discusses the transfer pricing considerations that should be top of mind for multinational corporations (MNCs) in the time of a global recession induced by COVID-19.
ACRA sets up public consultation on Companies Act amendments
The CAWG reviewed 56 issues and recommended 36 legislative reforms.
BP Singapore oil traders placed on leave amidst disputed deals
The trading staff hold portfolios focussed on BP’s oil sales to Chinese customers.
Property investment sales crashed 73.4% to $1.7b in Q2
The presence of several big-ticket commercial deals bolstered investment sales.
Chart of the Day: Developers' condo sale volumes more than double in June
Median prices increased from prior months during the lockdown.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.08%
Hyphens Pharma led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 48.81% expansion.
Daily Briefing: Manpower, health ministries apologise for worker's COVID-19 test result delay; Percipient raises $6.94m from Stat Zero
And Muji's Singapore and Malaysia operations claim to be unaffected by US bankruptcy protection filing.
Singapore Fintech Association launches grants and jobs portal
Job seekers can access the latest job postings, grants, and news in the fintech space.
FairPrice Finest air in-store radio programme
It will serve as a platform for FairPrice and its brands to put out announcements.
Medtech startup NDR Medical closes $8m in series A funding
The firm aims to prepare for the expansion into the US.
Commentary
Why Singapore SMEs cannot wait for quantum cyber risk to arrive before securing data
Is Singapore's emphasis on long-term security and stability hindering purpose-driven employees?
When Singapore's agentic AI ‘chefs’ arrive, will the kitchen be ready for them?
What Singapore’s app store rules reveal about the future of online trust
Faster hiring alone will not fix construction’s productivity problem
Beyond policy: How Singapore's service sector can win at the frontline
Solving the production problem behind Singapore’s ‘pilot purgatory’
Transformation without disruption: Your Existing ERP is an accelerant to business innovation
From Singapore to Southeast Asia: Thriving in innovation by knowing when to pause
Section 13O, MAS, and the digital footprint of Singapore Family Offices