Singapore

Hong Leong Assurance Wins Executive, Innovator and Team of the Year for Financial Services

The insurer delivered an outstanding performance and embraced out-of-the-box thinking in 2019.

Hong Leong Assurance Wins Executive, Innovator and Team of the Year for Financial Services

The insurer delivered an outstanding performance and embraced out-of-the-box thinking in 2019.

Great Eastern wins Team of the Year Award for Life Insurance

The insurance company is utilising new digital channels to redefine stakeholder relationships.

RichLand Logistics secures two-year logistics contract with Schneider Electric

The company targets instant visibility via Schneider’s data feeding tower.

Mundipharma CEO Raman Singh wins Executive of the Year at SBR Management Excellence Awards

Singh scores a hat trick at the annual awards event for top business leaders in the Lion City.

Ritual Gym's Brad Robinson lifts Management Excellent Award for Health Products & Services

The Singapore fitness brand expanded into six countries within 18 months.

Quincus CEO Jonathan Savoir Named Executive of the Year for Logistics

The technology logistics CEO and his team has spent half a decade building a powerful supply chain platform for the region’s top companies.

3 in 5 consumers would ditch brands with low-quality ads

68% think brands are accountable for the content in their ads.

PropTech: Beyond the Classified Section

There’s a great deal more to property tech than online real estate listings sites, explains CEO of PropertyQuants, Nelson Lau, and Talox cofounder, Yves Luethi.

Authentication processes set to become a competitive lever in banking

Over the last two years nowhere in the world has seen a greater increase in adoption of fintech than Singapore. Back in 2017 less than a quarter of Singaporean residents had used a fintech service, today more than two thirds have. Banks of course have played a central role in facilitating this change, and with a wave of new digital banks coming over the horizon, now is the time for Singapore’s banking incumbents to ensure they keep surprising customers on the upside by adopting new technologies.

SGX launches variable rates for securities borrowing and lending programme

Borrowing rates for index stocks, REITs, and business trusts will be changed from 6% to 0.5% per annum.

Only 1 in 4 businesses run by women as gender gap persists

Entrepreneurial activity rate compared to men is also low, with only 7.2 female entrepreneurs for every 14.8 male entrepreneurs.

Returns of CPFIS-included funds rose 0.18% in Q3

Positive returns of 0.47% were recorded amongst investment-linked insurance products.

Asset headwinds spell trouble for Singapore banks

OCBC and UOB have both flagged downgrades in some of their corporate accounts.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.24%

Golden Agri-Res led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 4.76% growth.