SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – An industry body has launched a new online portal to help investment management professionals working in Singapore to upskill. The online portal – iLearn – centralises curated training programmes for these professionals, the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS) announced on Monday (May 4). These modules are accredited by the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (CNA) – Home-based food and beverage businesses will be allowed to resume operations from May 12, as Singapore gradually eases “circuit breaker” measures in the city state. These businesses will, however, have to abide by safe management measures such as ensuring contactless delivery and collection of orders. Collection must be by appointment only, and […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore tycoon O.K. Lim built up his oil empire from a single-truck outfit through hard work and high-risk gambles, a rags-to-riches tale that made him a legend among crude traders. But it all came crashing down when oil markets were plunged into unprecedented turmoil by the coronavirus pandemic and revealed the keen poker player […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Manufacturing and services firms are negative on business prospects for the next six months, amid the Covid-19 pandemic which has cast a pall over the global economy. Their bleak sentiments were noted in two surveys released by the Economic Development Board (EDB) for the manufacturing sector and the Department of Statistics (Singstat) for […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Bank lending inched down in March from the previous month amid the coronavirus outbreak, as a drop in consumer loans offset a rise in business lending, preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed on Thursday (April 30). Loans through the domestic banking unit, which captures lending in all currencies but reflects mainly Singapore-dollar […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – An ongoing survey has found that 90 per cent of employees here wish to continue working from home in some capacity after the circuit breaker ends. Across some 2,700 respondents as of April 28, 10 per cent said they would want to continue working from home for a quarter of their usual working […]
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