Singapore

Adisseo Asia Pacific Pte Ltd’s Biorisk garners agriculture accolade in SBR International Business Awards

The company launched digital biosecurity and audits, decreasing the risk of disease entering and spreading within the farms and predicting outbreaks caused by unintentional and unaware human movements.

Nearly 9 in 10 shoppers are willing to pay more for sustainable products

Most shoppers expect the government to lead sustainability efforts.

Chart of the day: Private residential supply in H2 2022 highest since 2018

However, it remains below the average supply of 9,000 units 10 years ago.

Market update: STI down at 0.2%

SATS logged the highest growth.

Experts expect economy to grow 4.8% in Q2

The full-year growth forecast was lowered to 3.8% from 4%.

MHC Asia Group wins SBR’s Technology Excellence Award for its telehealth dorms project

Singapore’s leading health technology company built teleconsult kiosks with integrated IoT devices during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ADDX accepts crypto assets of accredited investors

It is the first financial institution to do so in Singapore.

'Sandwich gen' has knowledge gaps in intergenerational wealth transfer

They also do not have enough knowledge of succession planning.

Nearly 6 in 10 Singaporeans rate employers as ‘average’ in upholding values

The majority of workers find the values of the company as important.

Yanlord Land contracted pre-sales drops 70% in first five months 

The contracted gross floor area during the period amounted to RMB1.135b.

OCBC appoints first-ever head of Group Data Office

MacDonald led the creation of the bank’s dedicated AI unit in 2018.

ERA Realty forms a new division specialising in luxury residential market

The division is called Luxury Homes.   Real estate agency, ERA Realty, has formed Luxury Homes, a new division that will focus on marketing Good Class Bungalows (GCBs).

Leasing volumes down, rents up for private residential homes in Q1: Savills

Leasing volumes were down by 5.1% whilst rents grew by 4.2%.

Singapore named most overworked country in APAC

Employees in Singapore work an average of 45 hours per week.

Chart of the day: Factory and warehouse leasing volume slows to 3.5% in Q1

This is way below the double-digit increase from a year before.