Sector
Construction sector can decarbonise more easily if stakeholders collaborate
OVER 150 subcontractors and suppliers were involved in the Singapore Institute of Technology’s (SIT) Campus Court, which is set to open this year.
Louis Khoo, director of Kimly Construction, said...
Investors rush to grab piece of US$1.8 trillion UK pension sector
Hedge fund Davidson Kempner and asset manager M&G are racing to be among the first firms to inject capital to boost Britain’s US$1.77 trillion pension sector, industry sources say.In...
S-Reit DPUs remain weak in Q1 but sector expected to ride out interest rate woes
REAL estate investment trusts (S-Reits), including property trusts, logged a sluggish performance in the first quarter of 2024 as sector headwinds of high interest rates and a strong Singapore...
Coinbase targets crypto demand in US$600 billion Australian pension sector
COINBASE Global, the largest US crypto exchange, is zeroing in on potential demand in Australia’s growing self-managed pensions sector.The exchange is developing a service that targets the segment, Asia-Pacific...
AI will have to prove itself to gain greater traction in healthcare sector, say industry players
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI), especially in frontier technologies such as large language models, has gained traction in many different industries as potential game changers. Yet, if history is any indication,...
Liberalise South-east Asia’s energy sector to attract more private finance: BlackRock official
SOUTH-EAST Asia needs to adopt a market-based approach towards its energy sector to attract more private capital into the region’s energy transition, said Philipp Hildebrand, vice-chairman of asset manager...
MAS, Mastercard ink MOU to strengthen cyber resilience in financial services sector
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Mastercard on Tuesday (Apr 9) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance cooperation in cybersecurity, specifically with the aim of strengthening...
New Bill gives MAS wider investigative, supervisory powers over financial services sector
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will have wider investigative and supervisory powers over the financial industry, with a new Bill passed in Parliament on March 7. These include...
