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Traditional 65/35 portfolio unlikely to meet real return targets: study
Traditional 65/35 portfolio unlikely to meet real return targets: study
The paper advocated for a systematic, data-driven approach to building alternatives portfolios
Core inflation eases below expectations; banks revise 2025 outlook to 0.5%
Nomura economists expect core inflation to dip as low as 0.1% in September before gradually firming.
Graduate hiring resilient, but most jobseeker support bids rejected
By June 2025, the employment rate for the 2024 cohort had climbed to 88%.
AI appears in 1 in 10 job ads across half of all occupations
Job postings in food preparation and service climbed 10.7%.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.29%; Top stock is SATS Limited
SATS Limited is the top stock with a 2.73% increase.
HSBC sets up Singapore centre to explore quantum tech in finance
Initial priorities include PQC, QKD, and long-term infrastructure resilience.
DBS’s multi-family office VCC hits S$1b assets under management
They are aiming to hit S$2b in AUM by end-2026.
1,700 unemployed graduates increasing sense of job competition in 2025
External factors are also adding to fresh graduates’ anxieties.
Link REIT’s Saunders gets board promotion as Hongchoy retires on 31 Dec
His promotion is effective in January 2026.
Access to global talent needed to grow Singapore’s economy—MOM
The ministry outlined four key enablers to grow the economy.
COTD: SG amongst leading Grade-A office market in Southeast Asia
Banking and Finance drove more than 20% of CBD office demand.
ISOTeam completes $10m funding raise
The bulk of the funding will be used for the commercialisation and development of drones.
Gov’t extends 4% CPF floor interest rates until 2026
This is only for Special, Medisave, and Retirement accounts.
HDB to offer about 7,000 units with Berlayar estate launch
It will be launched in October 2025.
Seatrium sells AmFELS yard in Texas for $65m
The sale will allow the company to fuel capital and operational efficiencies.
Lion Group to relocate to CAG’s Terminal 4
CAG is working closely with the company for its airlines to be fully onboarded onto FAST.
Frasers Centrepoint completes sale of 10 strata lots at Yishun 10
The divestment was worth over $30m.
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