This question was posed by Gokul Chand Das, Member, Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority IDRA) at the Asia banking and Finance Magazine Awards ceremony in Singapore in July 2018, where …
Former finance head in Singapore unlawfully fired due to pregnancy
A former head of finance of an accounting service provider has won over $122,000 after a district court in Singapore found that she was unlawfully terminated for being pregnant. Navinea Kanapathy …
Yemen’s Houthis target ‘US ship Pinocchio’ in Red Sea
According to public databases operated by Equasis and the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Pinocchio is a Liberian-flagged container ship that is owned by Singapore-registered compa …
Robert Kuok’s Allgreen Properties buys Seletar Mall in Singapore for US$412m — Forbes
Billionaire Robert Kuok-controlled developer Allgreen Properties has bought the Seletar Mall, a shopping mall in the northeastern part of Singapore, for US$412 million (RM1.93 billion). In a report …
Japfa says not “appropriate to comment” on Singapore delisting speculation
Agri-food business Japfa is reportedly considering delisting from the Singapore stock exchange and going private but has partially rebuffed the speculation. Bloomberg reported last week that Japfa, …
Sumitomo Mitsui leasing firm to buy Singapore private funds for $270m
Singapore-based ARA is carving out its private fund operations as a new company called ARAvest. SMFL units SMFL Mirai Partners (Singapore) and Kenedix will acquire 70% and 30% of ARAvest for a total …
What Singapore’s property developers can learn from Japan’s Azabudai Hills
The US$4b development seeks to become an international hub for foreigners and VCs. Japan’s newest composite redevelopment Azabudai Hills may just serve as an important cornerstone to Tokyo’s ambitions …
Renewed Consolidation Likely For Singapore Shares
(RTTNews) – The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day losing streak in which it had slipped almost 35 points or 1.1 percent. The Straits …
Claims of adultery, abuse: Singapore family’s marital strife sets Indonesia social media abuzz
The Singaporean man and his South Korean wife went online to blame each other for their souring 16-year marriage. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Tackle low wages, lack of quality investments to stem Malaysia’s brain drain: Analysts
Over 80 per cent of Malaysians working in Singapore and Brunei fall into the skilled and semi-skilled categories. Read more at straitstimes.com.