Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, along with her counterpart, the Hon’ble Finance Minister of Bhutan, Mr. Lyonpo Namgay Tshering, jointly launched BHIM–UPI in …
Singapore leads the next megatrend in markets
It says a lot about Australia’s lack of leadership in digital finance that entrepreneur Julian Kwan is based in Singapore, where his tokenised securities trading platform is licensed by the country’s …
Singapore Second-Quarter GDP Rises 14.3% Year-On-Year, Fastest in a Decade
Singapore’s economy grew 14.3% in the second quarter, its fastest pace in just over a decade, preliminary official data showed on Wednesday, jumping from last year’s coronavirus-induced plunge when …
Hong Kong’s luxury home rents recover as mainland Chinese executives flush IPO funds drive leasing deals
“Hong Kong Island tenants traditionally come from finance related industries, which are benefiting from the flourishing IPO market,” Aradhana Khemaney, head of residential services at Savills, wrote …
Cyprus should prepare for the Carbon Border tax
The European Commission (EC) plans to impose a carbon surcharge on products entering the EU from third countries, through a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), likely to be phased in from 2023, …
Illegal Armenian armed groups fired on positions of Azerbaijani Army around Shusha
Trend: The positions of the Azerbaijani Army around the city of Shusha were fired by machine guns and submachine guns by illegal Armenian armed groups i …
$13m to be spent to restore buildings destroyed in Armenian attacks
Azerbaijan has allocated 22.2 million AZN ($13.8m) to restore and reconstruct residential and non-residential buildings in and around Karabakh destroyed in Armenian attacks in the war in autumn 2020.
Fitch Places Six Chinese Corporate GREs and Subsidiaries on Rating Watch Negative
Fitch Ratings has placed the ratings of four corporate government-related entities (GRE) and two subsidiaries of G …
Singapore leads the next megatrend in markets
It says a lot about Australia’s lack of leadership in digital finance that entrepreneur Julian Kwan is based in Singapore, where his tokenised securities trading platform is licensed by the country’s …
Singapore economy grows 14.3% in Q2, rebounding from worst of Covid-19 fallout: Flash data
SINGAPORE – The Singapore economy grew at a record pace in the second quarter of 2021, due to the comparison with the same period last year when the Covid-19 pandemic plunged the economy into its …