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Cities With Highest Cost Of Living 2018
A comparison of food, clothes, shelter, transportation, and entertainment costs of the world's cities.
Singapore
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Award Winners
In Control: Q&A With DBS CEO Piyush Gupta
Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS talks about the value in being a trusted brand, the benefits of developing technology in-house, and why Singapore makes a great home base.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Enlightened Policy Paves The Way For Blockchain Preeminence
Financial innovation on the rise in nations where cryptocurrencies and related technologies are regulated rather than banned.
Awards
Top Countries For Foreign Direct Investment
What countries do the best job attracting foreign direct investment and how do they do it?Global Financeinvestigates.
Data
Southeast Asia: Export Boom Continues
Southeast Asian nations are benefiting from the return of global growth, with more room to grow capacity and exports—even as wages trend upward.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Merger Fail Shows Limits To Cross-Border M&A
Singapore-based Broadcom redomiciled to the US, but it wasn't enough to get permission for its acquisition of US-basedQualcomm. Now Qualcomm's merger with the Netherlands'NXP may be at risk, as China and the US ratchet up their economic disputes.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
New CPTPP Chips Away At U.S. Prestige
U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership prompted the other 11 nations that were party to the agreement to forge ahead in a new pact without the U.S.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Funds Turn Toward Financial Data Companies
Sovereign wealth funds are looking to buy data—and they're buying the data companies to acquire them.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Singapore Cracks Down To Save Its Reputation
<strong>Singapore </strong>| The Monetary Authority of Singapore is establishing a new team to bolster monitoring of financial institutions and enforcement of rules againstmoney laundering.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Assuming The Mantle Of Asia’s Financial Hub
Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as Asia’s top financial center and now ranks third globally behind London and New York. This is the key takeaway from the latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), a ranking by British commercial think-tank Z/Yen Group.
News
Is Singapore Headed For Recession?
Singapore could face a technical recession in the first half of this year as plunging oil prices and a drop in China’s appetite for imports weigh on the city-state’s economy.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporates Rush To Decipher Landmark Trade Agreement
Management | Trade Negotiations
Corporations’ business decisions depend on regulatory certainty, but as the passing of TPP legislation faces various hurdles, corporate decision-making processes will need to remain flexible.