Singapore Business Federation (SBF)

With business optimism sinking to all-time low levels, and landlords being pushed to pass on their full tax rebates to their tenants, here's what's going on in the market this week.

“These are unprecedented times for the business community. We’re facing one of the worst outbreaks in history, unprecedented border closures of entire countries and growing uncertainty in the global financial markets,” says SBF CEO Ho Meng Kit.

Quoteworthy: In today’s world of social media, fear, uncertainty and panic spread a lot faster on social media than the truth, which is boring and nobody wants to share. — Minister Lawrence Wong, co-chair of the Multi-Ministry Taskforce on Covid-19,

“In a time like this, we should look out for and help one another. Together, we can overcome this obstacle,” says Teo S. S., chairman of SBF.

Quoteworthy

SINGAPORE (July 30): Nearly one in three multinational corporations are currently involved in projects related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to preliminary findings from a joint survey by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) an

This includes the launch of a one-billion dollar Makara Innovation Fund (MIF) by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and homegrown private equity firm, Makara Capital.

SINGAPORE (Dec 29): Nearly two-thirds (63%) of businesses say that the economic climate in Singapore has worsened in 2016 while nearly half (48%) of businesses expect the situation to deteriorate in 2017, according to the latest National Business Survey 2