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Global Markets
China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul
The out-of-school education industry has been "severely hijacked by capital".
July 25, 2021
Capital markets
Investors from Tiger to Temasek bracing as $136 bil online tutoring market comes under scrutiny
The regulatory clampdown has thrown a wrench into the IPO plans of many high-flying startups
July 24, 2021
Disruption and Digitalisation
ACKTEC redesigns learning
ACKTEC founder Rayvan Ho does not believe learning only takes place in a classroom.
October 23, 2020
Global Economy
Advanced economies' missing link
(Feb 21): As 2020 gets underway, employment in both Europe and the US is at a record high and still rising. The job losses from the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession have been all but reversed – but you wouldn’t know it from the public mo
February 21, 2020
Inclusive society
How to educate for an uncertain world
SINGAPORE (Aug 23): The late scientist and author Carl Sagan told this story in his bestseller Cosmos. At the height of the excitement over space exploration, a newspaper editor commissioned a famous astronomer to write a 500-word article on whether there
August 23, 2019
Funds
UOB Venture Management launching second Asia impact fund in 2H
SINGAPORE (June 10): UOB Venture Management (UOBVM) says it intends to roll out its second impact fund, the second series of the Asia Impact Investment Fund (AIIF II), to global institutional and accredited investors in 2H19.
June 10, 2019
Corruption probe
NGSC reports former directors to police over $1.1 mil of suspected unauthorised payments
SINGAPORE (June 4): NGSC says it has lodged a police report against two of its former directors for their alleged involvement in suspected unauthorised payments amounting to $1.1 million.
June 04, 2019
Special Feature
Humanity at core of education of society's future leaders
SINGAPORE (June 3): For the past 15 years, Li Yajun, also known affectionately as Nana to people around her, has given up the creature comforts of her home in Taiwan to spend nearly all her time in the remote villages in Nepal, working with and for the ru
May 31, 2019
Broker's Calls
Time to 'buy' MindChamps as growth initiatives bear fruit: RHB
SINGAPORE (May 27): RHB Research continues to keep MindChamps Preschool at “buy” at a lower target price of 83 cents compared to 87 cents previously, indicating a 26% upside plus 2.2% yield.
May 27, 2019
Results
MindChamps 1Q earnings grow 23% to $0.4 mil on the back of overseas expansion
SINGAPORE (May 14): MindChamps Preschool Limited announced earnings of $0.4 million for 1Q19, rising 23% from $0.3 million a year ago on higher revenue.
May 14, 2019