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OCBC invests S$500 million in Punggol Digital District innovation hub and SIT partnership Up to 4,000 employees are expected to be housed in the bank’s largest office premises outside of the central business district.

Banks to introduce Singpass face verification for customers setting up digital tokens This latest security measure seeks to enhance resilience against phishing scams.

VIDEO: Amazon mandates 5-day office return in 2025 Will returning to the office reinvigorate Amazon? CEO Andy Jassy mandates a 5-day office return and streamline operations to boost individual efficiency and reduce burea…

Singapore home sales set for worst year since financial crisis Developers sold fewer than 2,700 units this year through August.

Singapore regulators not tough enough on firms that break the law: governance body The collapse of Noble Group and the Keppel graft scandal were cited as examples of a possible lack in political will to deal with corpora…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: Sembcorp, LMIRT Top stories 1. ESG: Singapore regulators not tough enough on firms that break the law: governance body 2. Singapore: Public service must stay impartial as it re…

SGX clarifies that CEO Loh Boon Chye’s pay was unchanged at S$7.57 million in FY2024 In an unusual move, SGX updated CEO Loh Boon Chye’s remuneration amount in its annual report, a day after it was released.

🎉BT’s Megan Cheah wins Most Promising Journalist of the Year award Congratulations to BT journalist, Megan Cheah, who was named the Most Promising Journalist of the Year at the Securities Investors Association (Singapor…

SGX RegCo to review how and when it queries listed companies Reducing frictions for companies is one priority for SGX RegCo in the new financial year, along with enhancing the effectiveness of boards of directors.

#BTOpinion: Breaking Jurong Lake District into smaller sites could make it more palatable to developers The no-go on the Jurong Lake District white site is a blow to URA’s decentralisation strategy.

SGX CEO Loh Boon Chye paid S$7.57 million in FY2024 Loh received more than double what he was paid in FY2016, his first year in service, when he was awarded S$3.2 million.

CapitaLand Investment in talks to buy Club Med stake from Fosun CapitaLand Investment is seeking to acquire from 20-30% in the hotelier for several hundred million euros, sources say.

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Cordlife upgrades monitoring system, tightens operational protocols It is resuming its cord-blood banking services in a controlled manner. ➡️Here are the events leading up to and after Cordlife’s MOH suspension and arres…

How will South-east Asia groove to the Fed’s moves? Will Indonesia be the first to follow Fed’s lead? Will Vietnam stand pat? BT looks at how the region’s largest economies navigate the impact of interest rate cuts.

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Isetan Singapore to delist on Sep 19 It posted a net loss of S$1.2 million for the full year ended Dec 31, 2023.

Microsoft announces US$60 billion buyback, raises dividend 10% Microsoft, the world’s second-most valuable company, has benefited in the past several years from market exuberance for AI.

Fewer retrenched workers find jobs within six months, despite Singapore’s strong overall labour market in Q2 “Our labour market continues to remain tight, meaning that, in general, it is easier for people to find and to…

S-Reits with higher floating rate debt, earlier refinancing to benefit sooner from rate cuts With S-Reits taking a hit in the higher-for-longer interest rate environment over the last few years, lower borrowing costs wil…

Start your day with BT ☕️: Stocks to watch: SIA, Q&M Dental Top stories 1. Companies: Q&M unit temporarily halts operations at one of its labs after licence lapses 2. Markets: S-Reits with higher floating rate debt, earl…

Singapore key exports jumps 10.7% in Aug, extending previous month’s surge Non-oil domestic exports rose by 10.7% year on year in August, extending the surprise 15.7% jump in the previous month.

SIA Group passenger capacity up 10.8% in August, outpacing passenger traffic The national carrier and its low-cost arm Scoot flew a total of 3.3 million passengers in August, up 9.4% from the year before.

With Powell’s Fed ready to cut rates, a new era of cheap credit beckons The Fed chairman could use his press conference to preach patience and reprimand policy speculators if the decision is a more modest quarter-point c…

Number of single family offices awarded tax perks hit 1,650 as at end-August “The more turbulent and disruptive the external environment becomes, the more we must remain open, welcoming, stable and secure to differentiat…

Singapore stocks rise ahead of expected interest rate cuts; STI hits new 52-week high “Stock traders are betting on a soft landing, while bond traders, eyeing 250 basis points of cuts, are bracing for a full-blown recess…

DBS has twice as many technologists as bankers in 2023: Harvard Business School study A global talent shortage led DBS to build its own talent pool to support its data and technology initiatives.

Calculated risks, bold changes to be taken to revitalise equities market: Chee Hong Tat "It is not a given that all these measures will succeed. But we are prepared to make changes and try new ideas,” he said.

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August new home sales shrink 63.6% to 208 units in Ghost Month Year on year, sales are down 47%.