PERSPECTIVE

The new age of chokepoints

Why global commerce depends on too few places and too little governance

As AI automates routine cognitive work, the work that remains is decisively human: that of making judgment calls and having the emotional intelligence to handle difficult clients, for example.
THE BROAD VIEW

To boldly go: redefining jobs and expertise in the AI era

The technology is clarifying what matters most about human work

Investors have been grappling with concerns around the additional trade tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump following the recent Supreme Court ruling.
RETHINKING MATTERS

Trading in the ‘Year of Geopolitics’

Asian investors should take a more nuanced approach than either pure complacency or panic selling

Most people write a prompt, get a response, refine, then repeat. When you use agentic AI, it can work more like a research partner, with access to your full project; it sees previous drafts and can combine versions.
THE BROAD VIEW

Lessons from writing with AI

Stop thinking of AI output as drafts to accept or reject. Instead, treat it as material to disassemble and recombine. The result: sharper writing

With digital scams on a steep rise, organisations must enhance identity verification methods while ensuring privacy protection.
THE BROAD VIEW

Why NRIC authentication is flawed – and what’s the alternative?

New security layers are essential when a single data breach can trigger a cascading impact across banks and providers of critical services

Harita Nickel’s emissions have been increasing since 2022 while its share of renewable power has been falling.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 184: OCBC hit by coal complaint; Parkway Life Reit secures green, social debt

This week in ESG: Bank under fire for loans to Harita Nickel; healthcare-focused Reit adds S$142 million of sustainable financing

Master money thinking and strengthen your financial base so you can invest, save and build wealth beyond income growth.

How Budget 2026 should affect Singaporean wallets

A wake-up call for early careerists, aspiring parents and middle-class professionals to master personal finance

Machines are helping us build the most fanatical scenarios imaginable, engineered not for accuracy but for virality.
THE BROAD VIEW

The argument that never ends

AI will polarise you – against yourself

US President Donald Trump himself announced a US$10 billion US contribution, calling it a bargain compared to the cost of continued war.

The Board of Peace: Bold vision, uncertain future

It is a fundamentally different kind of institution – one whose rules, norms and accountability mechanisms are still being written