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Gunvor hires Singapore specialists as it expands precious metals business into physical trading
[LONDON] Global commodity trading house Gunvor is expanding its precious metals business from trading derivatives into physical metal and has hired specialists in the London and Singapore trading hubs,...
Singapore stocks buck regional gains on Friday; STI down 0.3%
[SINGAPORE] Local stocks closed lower on Friday (Sep 12), bucking gains in the region.
The Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.3 per cent or 11.58 points to 4,344.24. Across the...
Singapore boards are unprepared for future complexities: Piyush Gupta
Their role transcends beyond being a ‘policeman’, he says; they also need to be a ‘navigator’ and ‘shepherd’[SINGAPORE] Many corporate boards are largely unprepared for future complexities, said former...
CIMB Singapore CEO Victor Lee resigns; CFO to take charge in interim
[SINGAPORE] Victor Lee has resigned from his roles as chief executive officer of CIMB Singapore and chief executive of growth markets, parent company CIMB Group announced on Tuesday (Sep...
Johor-Singapore SEZ helps southern state beat Singapore, Malaysia’s growth: DBS
[SINGAPORE] The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is showing great potential, based on a DBS report released on Thursday (Sep 4). The Johor state’s economy grew faster than Singapore...
Singapore stocks rally as investors price in September Fed rate cut; STI up 0.2%
[SINGAPORE] The local bourse logged gains for a second straight day on Friday (Sep 5), closing higher alongside regional markets amid expectations that weak US job market data will...
ByteDance chip design staff suddenly find out they report to Singapore unit: sources
[SINGAPORE / BEIJING] Chip design workers at Chinese tech giant ByteDance, many based in Beijing or Shanghai, unexpectedly found out last week that they are part of a Singapore...
Singapore swim school Fitness Champs splashes into Nasdaq with US$15 million IPO
[SINGAPORE] As a former competitive swimmer waiting to enter university, Joyce Lee started freelancing as a swim instructor in 1999 to help support her family in the wake of...
Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fine
[SINGAPORE] Singapore police have ordered Meta to implement anti-scam measures against advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages impersonating key government office holders on its social media network Facebook to...
