The Business Times

COMMENTARY: Gig work - Any alternatives to a union must still have teeth With the workgroup consisting of several members from the government and the labour movement, to the platforms, coming to a consensus may be challe…

PUB issues S$800 million of its first green bonds, priced at 3.4% Potential projects eligible for financing using proceeds raised through PUB's first green bonds include a floating solar photovoltaic project at Tengeh Re…

Singapore Savings Bond coupon rates for 1st-year at 2.6%; 10-year average at 2.75% SSB interest rates, which had been on the rise this year, have already dipped.

Malaysia’s former first lady Rosmah sentenced to 10 years’ jail for graft Rosmah will also have to pay a fine of RM970 million (S$301 million) over 3 bribery charges, Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan sa…

#BTOpinion: Industrial S-Reits flex buying power, in signal of their counter-cyclical strength With more than half of the announced acquisitions this year in the industrial and logistics space, here's where investors sho…

Former Noble directors who were issued ‘stern warnings’ named by Acra “Acra issued ‘stern warnings’ to 2 former directors. That sounds scary. However, they refused to reveal their names because it could hurt their feelin…

SMEs, MNCs should work together to advance sustainability agenda: panel “We all have a responsibility, no matter the size,” said Benjamin Henry Towell, executive director of sustainability at OCBC.

Economists downgrade 2022 Singapore GDP forecast to 3.5%, raise core inflation outlook to 3.4%: survey They also raised their inflation forecasts, with full-year headline inflation now expected to hit 5.7%, and core infl…

UOB Kay Hian fined S$375,000 for business conduct compliance failures In its onboarding process, UOBKH failed to verify customers’ source of wealth, even though they were determined by the firm to be of higher money laun…

Singapore’s first digital bank Trust Bank launches The credit card offered by Trust has no annual fee, foreign transaction fee, cash advance fee or card replacement fee.

ST Engineering unit bags S$1.4b turnkey rail project for new Kaohsiung MRT Yellow Line The contract, which was awarded as part of a consortium, will see ST Engg’s unit spearheading overall project management and serving…

197,000 lower-wage workers to benefit from Progressive Wage requirements from Sep 1 From today, companies which employ foreign workers must pay all full-time local workers at least the local qualifying salary of S$1,400.