education

Singapore Budget

Students to benefit from enhanced financial assistance schemes

SINGAPORE (Feb 19): Starting from Jan 2019, annual Edusave contributions for each Singaporean primary and secondary school student will be raised to $230 and $290, respectively, from $200 and $240 previously.

New training programme to prepare accounting & finance professionals for the future

SINGAPORE (Oct 11): CPA Australia has partnered Singapore’s NTUC and Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) to launch a new training programme for accounting and finance professionals.

Building a ‘Smart Nation’ in Singapore doesn't come cheap

SINGAPORE (July 12): Schooling isn't cheap in Singapore: not just for citizens, but for the government too.

Is Hong Kong or Singapore a better city for expats?

HONG KONG (June 29): In the race to lure talent for global firms’ regional headquarters, Hong Kong and Singapore have long been neck-and-neck. While many companies make their managers locate in one or the other city — often depending on whether their

Global Economy

Investing opportunities abound in Asia with Singapore as an ‘excellent platform’: Menon

SINGAPORE (June 23): Asia’s overall medium-term prospects are good and Singapore is strategically positioned to offer investors an excellent platform to tap into the region’s investing opportunities, says Ravi Menon, MD of the Monetary Authority of Si

Property

Mapletree acquires portfolio of US & Canada assets worth $2.2 bil

SINGAPORE (June 2): Mapletree Investments, the Temasek-backed property development, investment and capital management company, acquired a portfolio of assets from Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors worth US$1.6 billion ($2.2 billion).

Singapore retains title as most talent competitive country in Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE (April 18): For the fourth consecutive year, Singapore has retained its top spot in Asia Pacific in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2017, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Malaysia.  

Investing strategies

6 ways Singapore has set the bar for developing deep capital markets

SINGAPORE (April 12): Many emerging market (EM) policymakers are still struggling with the hurdles of implementing the changes required to create vibrant and well-performing capital markets, despite understanding how important it is to do so in order to s

Tech

How VR is re-energising long established industries

SINGAPORE (March 23): Virtual Reality (VR) is not a new medium, but it is being utilised in exciting new ways that are disrupting not just entertainment but entire industries at large as once traditionally considered industry standards become obsolete.

Expat families, take note of this potential financial trap

SINGAPORE (Dec 6): Singapore is the third most expensive country in Asia in terms of international education fees after Hong Kong and China, based on recent data from the ExpatFinder International School Fee Survey 2016
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