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Prudential looks to add 800 financial representatives in Singapore via enhanced management associate programme
PRUDENTIAL is boosting its Singapore footprint with plans to hire 800 financial representatives (FRs) this year through an enhanced Management Associate Programme (MAP). The added representation, across Prudential Singapore...
China boosts supervision of fund firms, launches inspections, newspaper reports
CHINA’S securities regulator has launched onsite inspections of some mutual fund companies as part of efforts to strengthen management of the industry, the 21st Century Business Herald reported on...
Singapore stocks fall at Friday’s open; STI down 0.2%
SINGAPORE stocks opened weaker on Friday (Mar 22) morning, despite overnight gains in US and European markets. As at 9.01 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) fell 5.07 points...
Alibaba sells ADRs in streaming site Bilibili for US$357.8 million
ALIBABA Group Holding has raised US$357.8 million by selling securities in Chinese streaming platform Bilibili, according to sources familiar with the matter. Alibaba priced the sale of 30.85 million...
Your questions about sodium, answered
WITHOUT sodium, you wouldn’t be able to survive. Nerves would fail to fire; muscles wouldn’t contract. But experts say most people consume far too much of it, increasing their...
Reddit shares end trading up 48% in market debut
SOCIAL media platform Reddit’s shares ended their first day of trading in New York up 48 per cent, signalling that investor appetite for initial public offerings (IPOs) of promising...
China’s SMIC may have violated US export curbs to make Huawei chip: US official
China’s top chipmaker SMIC, under sanctions by the US, may have violated US export regulations by producing a chip to power Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro phone, a senior Commerce...
Apple accused of monopolising smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit
THE US Department of Justice and 15 states on Thursday (Mar 21) sued Apple, alleging it used the powerful demand for its iPhone and other products to drive up...
