Singapore’s newest university graduates are entering an increasingly difficult job market, with some turning to government-funded traineeships that pay less than half the median starting salary for degree holders as artificial intelligence
The Central Bank bond scandal of 2015 remains Sri Lanka’s most notorious financial fraud, and its transnational ramifications continue to test the limits of international law. Despite Sri Lanka’s decade, long pursuit
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Singapore’s private home prices rose for a fourth consecutive quarter, signaling sustained demand for new units and suggesting the property boom in the city-state is likely to continue, according to final figures
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Two former bankers at Citigroup Inc. and Julius Baer Group Ltd. are set to plead guilty for their alleged roles in facilitating illicit fund transfers linked to Singapore’s largest money-laundering scandal, Bloomberg
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Singapore-based hedge fund manager Jimmy Lim will stop running money for Millennium Management LLC after more than eight years, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. By mutual agreement, Lim’s Modular Asset
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Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore’s state-owned investment firm, will reorganize its S$434 billion ($338 billion) portfolio from April 1 as part of a major overhaul aimed at sharpening its strategic focus, Bloomberg News
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Singapore-based container shipping group SeaLead has denied ties to the Iranian regime after U.S. sanctions forced it to withdraw a third of its fleet from service, according to the Financial Times. The
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Senior former employees of CapitaLand Group Pte allegedly accepted bribes from a longtime contractor in India, according to court filings in Singapore, Bloomberg reported. The accusations surfaced in a civil lawsuit brought
More Temasek Holdings Pte is considering one of its most significant restructurings in years, with a proposal to split its operations into three investment vehicles aimed at boosting efficiency and returns, according to
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Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has pledged to make jobs for citizens the government’s top priority, as the trade-dependent city-state confronts mounting risks from rising global protectionism and the disruptive potential of
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In what has been hailed as a landmark environmental ruling, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court recently ordered the operators of the MV X-Press Pearl to pay USD 1 billion in compensation for the
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