News
SFF x SWITCH 2020 to adapt hybrid online-offline platform
SFF x SWITCH 2020 to adapt hybrid online-offline platform
The event, running from December 7-11, will be hosted across cities globally.
Grab snags $275.13m from South Korean private equity firm
Stic Investments will invest about $137.57m (US$100m) from one of its funds.
F-drones Yeshwanth Reddy joins SBR's From Turbulence to Triumph webinar
The co-founder will share his vision for the digitalisation of supply chains across Asia-Pacific.
Services sector braces for weaker business environment in H2
Most segments, especially accommodation and real estate, are projecting demand to fall.
SGX's profit up 21% to $472m in FY2020
All revenues from FICC, equities and data, connectivity and indices rose.
Decline of Singapore's famed shopping strip shows city's pain
Orchard Road’s malaise is a microcosm of the city-state’s pain.
DBS rolls out digital solutions, portal for retirement needs
The “Map Your Money” dashboard will help visualize the user's future cashflow.
MAS awards SRFB privileges to StanChart, will revamp SRFB framework
Lenders who substantially exceed the SRFB criteria may be allowed to open subsidiaries.
Manufacturing sector outlook remains soft for H2
The transport engineering cluster is the most pessimistic as firms expect a weak environment.
Drone startup clinches undisclosed funding from Royal Vopak NV
It will be used on expanding across Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
UOB floats Finance Academy for employee development
It allows the bank's Finance team to train in areas like asset and liability management.
In exploring the ‘new normal', VCs “raise the bar” in their startup search
Student-led Protege Ventures shares their insights on how VCs will tread carefully.
Chart of the Day: Housing loans surged 49.2% in Q1
It is attributed to lower interest rates, allowing homeowners to secure loans at favourable terms.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.7%
OCBC Bank saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 3.82% contraction.
Daily Briefing: $320m set aside to extend foreign worker levy rebates; Measures released for Singapore-Malaysia cross-border travel
And Diginex launches new Singapore crypto exchange.
Chart of the Day: 4,500 private home units to be completed from Q2 to Q4
As at Q1, there are nearly 52,100 units in the pipeline.
JC&C's profit down 30% to $414.23m in H1
Astra saw most of its business divisions’ net income fall.
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’