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Singapore dominates SEA property investments in 2023
Singapore dominates SEA property investments in 2023
The country accounted for 77% of SEA's investment volume.
Contactless, mobile pay dethrone cash in Singapore
Five in 10 say cash is their least preferred payment method.
6 in 10 Singaporeans spend over $500 on first crypto buy
Monthly, crypto investors spend $500+ towards their portfolio.
Which industry has the most job vacancies?
Those that went into new job functions accounted for 24.4% of new positions.
COTD: SGD 2nd strongest recovering currency in the world
The strength of the SGD can be attributed to its sound economic health and prudent monetary policies.
Data breaches surge in Singapore over last two years
Singapore has a total record of 33,747,180 data breaches since 2004.
TikTok dominates SG market for cross-border shopping
A quarter of consumers prefer shopping on the platform.
Singapore deal activity falls 13.2% YoY in the first 2 months of 2024
In the whole of APAC, deal volume declined by 19.6% YoY.
How much do developers in Singapore earn?
Senior full-stack developers in SG earn 3.8x more than their peers in Indonesia.
Over half of Singaporeans say gender is irrelevant in successful business leadership
They said men and women are equally good at creating financially successful companies.
SG-based data scientists earn more than their SEA peers
The base salary range for data scientists ranges from US$3,600 -US$8,400 monthly.
Majority of SFOs in Singapore outsource business functions
One of the business functions SFOs outsource is IT (77%).
SG-based senior product managers earn triple compared to SEA peers
The base salary range for senior product managers ranges from US$8,000 -US$14,200 monthly.
7 in 10 CEOs in Singapore are internal hires
Only 23% of CEOs in Singapore got hired externally.
Manufacturing stocks lodge weakest January performance since 2016
The iEdge SG Adv Manufacturing Index recorded a 6.4% decline.
Property investment volume drops 30.6% YoY to $20.8b in 2023
GLS tenders accounted for 37.2% of total investment last year.
S-REITs post negative returns in January
Total returns of S-REITs were at -4.6%.
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