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The policy response and its implications
Investors must recognise that with policy rates near their effective lower bound and fiscal policy becoming a more important driver, that the equity-bond correlation can become less negative.
April 09, 2020
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
Telemedicine startup Doctor Anywhere raises US$27 mil in funding round, eyes further overseas expansion
Since the outbreak, Doctor Anywhere has deployed its platform at ferry terminals around the island, and it’s also provided services to self-quarantined individuals.
March 31, 2020
Results
Raffles Medical posts 14.1% drop in FY2019 earnings, but looks for novel measures to cope with Covid-19
Raffles Medical is looking to remain profitable in 2020, barring unforeseen circumstances like the prolongation of the novel coronavirus outbreak
February 24, 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
Covid-19
Healthcare and glove stocks march on as Wuhan virus continues spread, claims higher deaths
Glove manufacturers and healthcare stocks lead the gainers on Tuesday, as the outbreak of the coronavirus spread to 14 countries, including Singapore.
January 28, 2020
Healthcare
Prudential Singapore rolls out cashless medical service at two private hospitals
SINGAPORE (Nov 5): Prudential Singapore has rolled out a service allowing its customers to receive cashless medical services when seeking treatment from participating specialists at Raffles Hospital and Mount Alvernia Hospital.
November 05, 2019
Ageing
SPH to invest $50 mil in new investment fund for aged care, healthcare assets
SINGAPORE (Oct 16): Singapore Press Holdings, via its wholly-owned subsidiary, SPH JPAM, has entered into a strategic partnership with asset managers Bridge C Capital Inc to set up an investment fund focused on investing in aged care and healthcare assets
October 16, 2019
Trans-boundary haze
Hazy skies have little impact on healthcare providers, says CGS-CIMB
SINGAPORE (Sept 25): The ongoing haze has little impact on healthcare providers in terms of revenue or share price, but prolonged haze conditions showed an increase in admissions to private hospitals, an analysis by CGS-CIMB Research has found.
September 25, 2019
Healthcare
Singapore's billion-dollar headache
SINGAPORE (Sept 18): How much does a migraine cost? The type of throbbing headaches cost Singapore some $1.04 billion last year, according to new research released Wednesday by the DUKE-NUS Medical School and Novartis.
September 18, 2019
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
UK start-up builder says one in two young Singaporeans want to be an entrepreneur
SINGAPORE (Aug 19): Days after a survey by the World Economic Forum suggests that scarcely any youthful Singaporean wants to be an entrepreneur, another study seems to suggest otherwise.
August 19, 2019