THE US Federal Reserve is almost certain to begin tapering its bond purchases at its next meeting in early November, with the central bank possibly raising interest rates much sooner and more aggressively than markets are anticipating.
JOE Cho Seunghyun, the founder of Marvelstone Group - a fintech firm once based in Singapore - has been sentenced to 10 years of jail time for among other things, fraud charges, in his home country of South Korea.
JOE CHO SEUNGHYUN, the founder of Marvelstone Group - a fintech firm once based in Singapore - has been sentenced to 10 years of jail time for among other things, fraud charges, in his home country of South Korea.
KPMG will invest more than US$1.5 billion over the next three years to accelerate global solutions for environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
A SINGAPORE-BASED offshore services provider has come under the spotlight amid the biggest-ever trove of leaked offshore data on the world's richest and most powerful people.
A Singapore-based offshore services provider has come under the spotlight amid the biggest trove of leaked offshore data on the world's richest and most powerful people.
THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has priced S$900 million worth of seven-year senior unsecured notes at a semi-annual fixed coupon rate of 1.54 per cent.
ONLINE invoice trading platform Incomlend has secured US$60 million from European alternative asset manager Fasanara Capital to launch an alternative financing programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on environment, social and governance (ESG).
SINGAPORE'S banking system has "insignificant" exposure to China Evergrande Group, and less than 1 per cent of its non-bank direct lending is exposed to China's property sector, a Parliamentary reply this week showed.
