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Skills gap seen in Singapore’s accountancy curriculum: Report
Skills gap seen in Singapore’s accountancy curriculum: Report
Only 13% of the current curriculum is dedicated to human skills.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.3%; Top stock is HongkongLand USD
HongkongLand USD is the top stock with a 3.64% increase.
Risk management, business valuation among highest paying roles: ISCA
These roles exceed the national media salary of $4,500.
Fewer firms intending to raise wages signals loosening labour market
Companies planning wage hikes dropped to 15.6% from 28.6%.
Singapore’s core inflation expected to ease to 2.2% by December: Nomura
Core inflation rose 2.8% in September.Core inflation is projected to ease over the coming months due to easing imported price pressures and wage pass-through effects, according to Nomura.
CAAS mandates B-RID for unmanned aircraft over 250g
It will be effective on 1 December 2025.
ICCSC launches plan to boost insurance trust in Singapore
Trust indicator scores for general insurers were between 73 and 76.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.14%; Top stock is ThaiBev
ThaiBev is the top stock with a 1.96% increase.
Condo rents fall 4.2% YoY in Q3
Savills expects the YoY rent change to stabilise in the next quarters.
Wavemaker Partners launches $40.37m fund for SEA Series B startups
It aims to back eight to 12 companies, investing between $4m to $10.76m.
Centurion’s revenue rises to $62.1m in Q3 on high rental income and occupancy
Across markets, Singapore reported the highest revenue uptick of 26% YoY.
SGX RegCo flags unusual trading in 9R shares, advises caution
Its shares rose 48.7% from June to August.
Metro Holdings’ H1 FY25 profit down 59.6% YoY amidst China property slump
It reported fair value losses net of tax of $11.1m from its China investments.
StarHub’s net profit rises 11.1% YoY to $40.4m in Q3
Growth in select business segments drove the increase.
Jardine C&C 9M 2024 profits weighed down by weak car sales, currency
Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam all had reduced contributions.
Over 1 in 2 Singapore firms plan overseas expansion in 2024
The top markets for expansion are Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Japan Food Holdings suffers $1.6m net loss in HY 2025
Higher operating expenses drove the decline.
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