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#BTOpinion: Should I stay or should I go? Before you dismiss the Great Resignation movement as a Gen Z or Millennial one, a study by people analytics firm Visier has found that between 2020 and 2021, resignation rates in…

#BTOpinion: MCT-MNACT merger makes most sense when viewed from perspective of Mapletree Investments BT’s Ben Paul touches on the proposed big Mapletree Reit merger in this week’s #Mark2Market column, and his advice is si…

#BTOpinion #WorkingLife: The so-called 'Great Resignation' is no workers' revolution, but an opportunity BT’s Gayle Goh takes a good look at the assumptions that come with the term “The Great Resignation”, and projects w…

#BTOpinion #Outlook2022: Priorities for Singapore in 2022: pandemic, politics, presidency, patriarchy, and planet Political commentator Eugene Tan shares his take on what Singapore can expect and needs to look out for th…

#BTOpinion: Why Brexit is only getting started 1 year on Despite British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pronouncement that he has "got Brexit done" last week, Andrew Hammond at the London School of Economics argues that…

#BTOpinion: Money for Singapore's sports champions: Why and who should get it Why do monetary awards not apply to all high performance athletic competitions? Does giving money after an achievement make a difference as op…

#BTOpinion: Can the Reit IPO market rev up to help investors build retirement savings? In today's #TheLevelGround, BT's Leslie Yee examines whether Reits, including new ones coming onboard, could open up more opportuniti…

#BTOpinion: Merits of Mapletree merger must be seen through longer-term lens Some Mapletree Commercial Trust unitholders are not pleased about the proposed merger with Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust, which has bee…

#BTOpinion: Mapletree merger not win-win for MCT unitholders While MCT has demonstrated steady growth over the years, MNACT's performance has been choppy. I used to regard Mapletree Investments as one of the better Reit…

#BTOpinion: A GST hike in 2022 would imply hope, more than fear BT assistant news editor Janice Heng posits that the implementation of the 2-percentage-point GST hike in 2022, as suggested in PM Lee's New Year message, c…

#BTOpinion: Does the recent plunge in Sea's share price present a buying opportunity? In today's #HockLockSiew, BT's Raphael Lim digs into why Sea's stock is currently down more than 40 per cent from its mid-October high…

#BTOpinion: Developers, en-bloc hopefuls will need to meet in the middle in the wake of cooling measures In today’s #HockLockSiew, BT’s Nisha Ramchandani notes that Singapore’s residential sales market is starting to fee…

#BTOpinion: Outperformance, SPACs, diversity - a market wish list for 2022 No doubt most players will want economies to continue their post-pandemic recovery, for the threat from Covid variants to peter out, and for equi…

#BTOpinion: Pandemic-wary workers to drive demand for Grade A space as they gradually return to offices In the latest #thelevelground, BT's Leslie Yee notes that though office demand is set to rise in the new year, top g…

#BTOpinion: Daiwa House and Digital Core: A tale of 2 Reit IPOs Daiwa House Logistics Trust and Digital Core Reit have seen quite different fortunes since they made their trading debuts on SGX recently. In today's #HockL…

#BTOpinion: Investors too complacent heading into 2022 In the latest #mark2market, senior correspondent Ben Paul believes that current market optimism is out of step heading into 2022 especially with ongoing pandemic-rel…

#BTOpinion: Making work-from-home work TSMP Law joint managing partner Stefanie Yuen Thio reflects on what WFH has meant for business leaders, in the context of the future of work: "Clearly, we should continue to reap th…

#BTOpinion: The lucrative Asian gaming industry is evolving Revenues are up, and emerging trends are creating plenty of fresh opportunities. But Ciena's international market development senior adviser Madhusudan Pandya a…

#BTOpinion #TheBroadView: Profiteering is in the eye of the beholder Are high profits in the time of Covid-19 bad? How much profit is too much? Under what circumstances is it legitimate for a company to raise prices? Whe…

#BTOpinion: Facts alone will not win over the unvaccinated, but incentives might Two instructors at Harvard Medical School dig into the psyche of the unvaccinated -- having met a good number of them among their own patie…

#BTOpinion: Badminton champ Loh Kean Yew has new game to master — managing sponsors Depending on what Loh eventually aligns himself with, the 24-year-old — who has 16,000 followers on Facebook and 177,000 on his Instagra…

#BTOpinion: Watch retailers could continue to enjoy boom time In today's #HockLockSiew, BT's Tay Peck Gek notes the big jumps in half-year earnings by Singapore's key watch players like The Hour Glass and Cortina Holding…

#BTOpinion: Stamp duty traps to watch out for Two tax experts break down the implications of the government's latest property cooling measures, noting that intriguingly, the maximum amount of stamp duty payable by a taxp…

#BTOpinion: MAS should match its proposed due diligence requirements with aggressive enforcement In today's #HockLockSiew, BT senior correspondent Ben Paul lauds the move by MAS to keep corporate finance advisors in bett…

#BTOpinion: The big market questions for 2022 Inflation: if not transitory, then what? Will US equities keep rising? What is the outlook for Europe? What next for China and emerging markets? Analysts share their take on…

#BTOpinion: Should more Singapore property groups venture to the US? In this week's #TheLevelGround, BT's Leslie Yee points out that Singapore's property developer giants are active in the region and even in the UK and A…

#BTOpinion: Grab's asset-light model acquiring more of a physical flavour In today's #HockLockSiew, BT correspondent Benjamin Cher notes the ride-hailing giant's moves toward increasing the amount of physical assets it o…

#BTOpinion: After being crowned badminton's newest world champion, Loh Kean Yew can dream of Olympic glory next Godfrey Robert writes: "Loh's romance with badminton began when he was 4 years old, the gate outside his hom…

#BTOpinion #mark2market: Hunting for 'multi-baggers' in the Singapore market In his latest for this column, senior correspondent Ben Paul makes the case for "multi-bagger" stocks, and how active management and a willingn…

#BTOpinion #SenseandCents: Home improvement is largely consumption that generates little return on investment Ever since the pandemic begun, habits changed and people have learned to work, shop and socialise from home, m…