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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%.

HSBC sets up Singapore centre to explore quantum tech in finance

Initial priorities include PQC, QKD, and long-term infrastructure resilience.

HSBC rolls out cross-border tokenised deposit service

TDS has completed its first USD cross-border transaction between Hong Kong and Singapore.

1,700 unemployed graduates increasing sense of job competition in 2025

External factors are also adding to fresh graduates’ anxieties.

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.

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.