Singapore
IBF rolls out career centre for financial industry professionals
IBF rolls out career centre for financial industry professionals
It will offer skills upgrading, career advisory, and job matching services.
Grab raises US$2b in recent funding round
Toyota was joined by investors like OppenheimerFunds and Ping An Capital for the round.
DBS profit surges 20% to $1.37b in Q2
Strong consumer and non-trade corporate lending offset weak trading income.
What Singaporean businesses need to know about customer engagement in the age of Social Media
Social media has developed into a mainstream communications channel, which has given rise to today’s empowered consumer. The business to consumer paradigm has forever shifted and it has massive implications across the enterprise.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.27%
Investors awaiting signals amidst the trade wars could mute gains today.
Chart of the Day: Share buybacks ballooned 303.71% to $109m
But it crashed 37.5% from $174m in June.
Daily Briefing: More than 70% of oBike's fleet removed in Singapore; Online financing platform Validus Capital pours out $100m for SMEs
And Dalvey Road Bungalow expected to get an offer of more than $100m.
Two 999-year office floors in TPI Building up for sale at $24m
Both are to be sold with existing tenancies.
Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust net profit jumps 22.4% to $30.9m in Q3
It was backed by contributions from completed property acquisitions in 2017.
GB Building's podium block and 4 office floors up for sale
They have guide prices of $3,200 and $2,000 psf respectively.
MAS slaps 5-year ban on former CIMB vice president
Alan Tay Yeow Kee was charged for insider trading.
Investors embrace industrial and commercial market as cooling measures hammer home sector
The $9.78b achieved in the collective sales market for H1 2018 is unlikely to be repeated in H2.
Windy Heights up for en bloc sale at $806.2m
Homeowners are currently into a re-signing process to reduce the price to $750m.
SGX welcomes Asia's first infrastructure finance securitisation notes
Bayfront Infrastructure Capital will issue Class A, B, and C notes.
Participation in work-related learning jumped to 48% in 2018
Over 11,000 already joined the government’s SkillsFuture Series.
Google starts building third data centre in Jurong West
It invested around US$350m in the new facility.
IMF to gauge resilience of Singapore's financial sector
It will delve into macroeconomic scenarios and MAS' fintech and cybersecurity measures.
Commentary
‘Tokenmaxxing’ – The wrong AI race to run in Singapore
To outsmart modern fraud, we must first know the enemy
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