FOREIGN companies will be allowed to transfer their registration from their home jurisdiction to Singapore, under the new inward re-domiciliation regime, starting Wednesday. The introduction of this regime was one of the key changes made to the Companies Act in March. It will allow foreign companies to re-domicile to Singapore, instead of having to set […]
Read MoreHANOI — The retail sector faces a high rate of employee turnover, hampering firms’ long-term development, argues a recent report by Navigos Group, the country’s leading human resources recruiter. According to the report by Navigos Group, 28 per cent of retail industry hirers said that their employees did not make long-term commitments and 49 per […]
Read MoreBEIJING’S recent crackdown on outbound investments does not affect Myanmar because of its involvement in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The sectors targeted by the restriction do not concern investment projects here, which are mostly infrastructure and energy-related. The Chinese government is blacklisting businesses which violate foreign investment rules as part of a broader […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained the Philippines’ economic growth target at 6.6 percent for this year. “We see continued robust domestic demand driven by investment and consumption, and fiscal policy is supportive of growth. Hence no change to our forecast,” IMF resident representative Yongzheng Yang said. For 2018, however, the […]
Read MoreThe cabinet yesterday approved 4 billion baht from the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) budget to develop a “doing business” portal, envisioned as a one-stop solution for helping startups. According to Kobsak Phutrakul, assistant minister to the Prime Minister’s Office, the portal is a business licensing platform that will deliver a more user-friendly and […]
Read MoreEIGHT in 10 Singapore-based finance leaders are not equipped with the skills to meet the requirements of their jobs in the next decade, while six in 10 say the current curriculum offered by education and professional bodies is inadequate to help them develop future-ready skills. A similar number also said that their organisations are not […]
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