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  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    FT MagazineStefania Palma
    Singapore’s data debacle shakes city-state’s ‘smart’ ambitions

    ‘When it emerged the police had used tracing data for a criminal investigation, an online backlash erupted’

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    World Economic Forum in Davos
    Davos highlights: Singapore’s prime minister urges US and China to defuse tensions

    Lee Hsien Loong cautions of ‘generational twilight struggle’

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Investors call for more clarity on Singapore ESG fund labels

    Standardisation of some kind would help to prevent ‘greenwashing’, industry figures say

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Singapore steps up bid to become Asia Spacs hub

    SGX looks to ‘blank cheque’ companies to capitalise on surging investment in region’s tech start-ups

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Equity exchanges
    Singapore bourse tightens auditing rules after string of scandals

    Corporate misconduct has hit stock market liquidity and valuations, discouraging listings

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Singapore relaxes Covid restrictions in effort to boost economy

    City-state has contained pandemic but curbs remain in place on migrant workers

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Environment
    Asia’s developing economies shun coal

    While traditional lenders cut ties with fossil fuel projects, critics fear China will fill the void

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    Financial services
    Global banks boost Singapore hiring to mitigate Hong Kong risk

    Financial groups look to trim headcount in Chinese territory after crackdown by Beijing

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    UK trade
    UK and Singapore sign post-Brexit free trade agreement

    Deal is a boost for Boris Johnson as talks with EU on future relationship go to the wire

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  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    World Economic Forum
    Davos meeting moved to Singapore over Covid risk in Europe

    World Economic Forum to hold 2021 event outside Switzerland for only second time in 20 years

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Digital banking
    Singapore grants digital bank licences to major Asian tech companies

    Sea and Ant Group among recipients as city-state shakes up banking system

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Agritech
    Singapore grants world’s first approval to lab-grown meat

    Chicken grown by US start-up Eat Just meets city-state’s standards for use in nuggets

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Singapore PM appears in court over case tied to founding family feud

    Lee Hsien Loong sues journalist over report on a rare fight that has spilled into public

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Singapore charges activist who held up a smiley-face sign

    Jolovan Wham says charges expose the government’s ‘contempt’ for its citizens

  • Saturday, 21 November, 2020
    Singapore court suspends PM’s relative from practising law

    Decision comes as ruling clan remain locked in acrimonious dispute over Lee Kuan Yew’s will

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Asian prime property
    Singapore property market draws expats from Hong Kong

    Buyers and businesses disillusioned with political troubles are quietly moving to the city-state

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    FT MagazineStefania Palma
    Singapore’s seniors turn to wearable tech to fight Covid

    A plastic token is keeping older citizens socially active but also raising surveillance fears

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Singapore and Hong Kong to launch travel bubble

    Trading hubs look to reopen economies after successfully limiting new Covid-19 cases

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    CSOP’s China bond ETF scoops more than $1bn in assets

    Strong inflows since September launch underscore appetite for onshore mainland debt

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    Special Report
    Business Education: Asia-Pacific Business Schools

    What business course students want is changing and schools are hastening to adapt. Plus: data points for choosing a programme; lessons from Wirecard; and put your questions to an FT panel

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Lex
    Singapore property: vacuum it up Premium

    James Dyson may be selling his penthouse but investors shouldn’t pull the plug

  • Sunday, 18 October, 2020
    Anna Konig Jerlmyr
    ‘Flatten the curve’ of traffic to make cities liveable

    By deploying the strategy used to fight coronavirus, rush hour could be a thing of the past

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    LexAirlines
    Asian airlines: serving bubbly Premium

    Quarantine has hit cross-border travel hard but a planned air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong could change things

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Court delays hit Singapore’s bid to be global restructuring hub

    Case of debt-ridden Hyflux has been adjourned an unprecedented 12 times

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Wirecard AG
    Ex-Wirecard clients scramble to process payments in Singapore

    Regulator’s decision to stop the German payment group’s local operations disrupts businesses

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