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Mon, October 12, 2020 – 6:30 pm

Stories that you may have missed

Singapore open to virtual shareholder meetings in post-Covid times: MAS

MAS Deputy Managing Director Ong Chong Tee said MAS and Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) will “closely monitor” the experiences of issuers and investors in conducting virtual meetings.


Improvements in ESG support schemes to drive business recovery: Chan

The path to the recovery of the retail sector will be challenging due to inherent cyclical structural challenges, which require that steps be taken to transform now, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Monday, where he also announced a series of enhancements to support available business schemes.


Nearly 3,600 Retail Opportunities Available in Singapore – MOM

AROUND 40 percent are PMET positions, such as sales, marketing, and business development managers, retail and wholesale managers, and marketing and business sales executives.


MAS extends low-cost financing to banks and finance companies to support loans to SMEs

MAS will extend its low-cost Singapore dollar facility that was scheduled to end on April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021.


Digital Economy Top-Performing Equity Exposure in Q3: iFast

Like the previous quarter, digital economy stocks, as measured by the O’Shares Global Internet Giants exchange-traded fund (ETF), extended their outperformance.


Warehouse owners are among the biggest beneficiaries of the growing e-commerce in Asean

WAREHOUSE owners are expected to be the biggest beneficiaries, as growing tensions between China and the US drive a strategic shift in the manufacturing and logistics value chains to Southeast Asia and more companies adopt the “China +” strategy. one”.


ITS today

STI starts the week with a 0.8% increase

SINGAPORE shares started the week off on a positive start, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) ending the day up 0.77 percent or 19.46 points to close at 2,552.42.



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