compliance

Thriving on risk: Three predictions on the future of compliance amid hyper digitalisation - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Digital Economy

Thriving on risk: Three predictions on the future of compliance amid hyper digitalisation

A connected GRC strategy is needed to balance growth and responsibility in a digital world.
Embedding tech to manage a business' risk environment - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

CXOs

Embedding tech to manage a business' risk environment

Risk management needs to shift from protective and reactive to proactive and strategic. Here’s how tech can help.

REITs

Regulators scrutinise sponsor’s failure to comply with EHT’s master lease agreements, and role of trustee and manager

SINGAPORE (April 20): Eagle Hospitality Trust’s portfolio - comprising of 18 assets including the famed Queen Mary - was valued based on its master leases by two valuers. The master lessee, Urban Commons, is also the sponsor and owner of EHT’s manager

Management & Corporate Governance

Auditors are audited

In its annual reports, ACRA regularly lists examples of improper or inadequate practices among public accountants. The regulator now has audit firms in its sights.

Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy

Regulatory issues a key hurdle for Singapore firms eyeing international expansion, finds survey

SINGAPORE (Jan 15): Despite being “global natives” – companies which expand into international markets rapidly, often within the first year of their existence – Singapore’s online businesses appear the most pessimistic about their prospects over

IPO

3 reasons why US firms are taking longer to go public

SINGAPORE (Jan 9): It was an encouraging 2017 for the S&P 500, booking a full year of monthly total gains for the first time ever. But the elephant in the room still remains about the shrinking pool US companies going public.

Management & Corporate Governance

How important is strategy development among Singapore-listed companies?

SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Discussions about strategy development do not make the top five priorities among the boards of directors of Singapore-listed companies, according to the latest survey by the Singapore Board of Directors.

Fintech

New KYC blockchain service to drive fintech efficiencies and counter financial crime

SINGAPORE (Oct 3): A consortium comprising OCBC Bank, HSBC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have completed a proof of concept (PoC) for a new type of Know Your Cutomer (KYC) blockchain service.

Are Singaporean employees among the region’s least ethical?

SINGAPORE (May 25): While working for an ethical organisation is an imperative for some, Singapore’s employees appear to be more apathetic towards the subject than others in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
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