https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ THE BUSINESS TIMES - Find latest business and financial news including analysis and opinion on top business stories, stock markets in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and global market news and more at The Business Times. en-US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/favicon.ico https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/china-investable-again Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/china-investable-again It always was – at the right price and for those with eyes wide open to the economic downside https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/dont-let-rfk-jr-distract-big-health-threat-sugar Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion Columns Lifestyle /opinion/dont-let-rfk-jr-distract-big-health-threat-sugar It’s not the food dye in Froot Loops that Americans should fear; it’s the more than 30 kilograms of sugar they consume... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/asias-new-flying-geese Mon, 03 Jun 2024 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/asias-new-flying-geese THE term “wild-geese-flying pattern” of economic growth is a literal translation of the Japanese term “ganko keitai”, which was coined by economist... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/sustainability-linked-bonds-falter-amid-credibility-concerns Fri, 31 May 2024 04:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion Opinion & Features Wealth & Investing /opinion/sustainability-linked-bonds-falter-amid-credibility-concerns Issuance of debt linked to companies’ climate promises has fallen but green bond market proves robust https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/big-win-labour-and-deal-europe-could-produce-uk-rebound Thu, 16 May 2024 09:11:23 +0000 D7 Opinion Opinion & Features /opinion/big-win-labour-and-deal-europe-could-produce-uk-rebound Starmer, with room for cautious radicalism, can manage left-wing expectations https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/impact-of-us-inflation-reduction-act-on-the-global-solar-market Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/impact-of-us-inflation-reduction-act-on-the-global-solar-market Industry players need to brace for a period of volatility alongside rapid growth https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/built-last-why-companies-should-be-building-more-new-businesses Fri, 09 Feb 2024 05:53:45 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns D7 Opinion /opinion-features/built-last-why-companies-should-be-building-more-new-businesses BUSINESSES that stand still are liable to get run over, particularly in fast-moving South-east Asia. That is one conclusion of our survey... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/EU%E2%80%99s-global-green-leadership-spikes-with-Canada-deal-1872806 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/EU%E2%80%99s-global-green-leadership-spikes-with-Canada-deal-1872806 SINCE the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last year in Washington, there has been huge focus on the resurgence of US... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/Asian-firms-must-tackle-T1-long-before-May-1825170 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/Asian-firms-must-tackle-T1-long-before-May-1825170 The road to meeting the shortened securities settlement cycle is fraught with challenges https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/wealth/wealth-investing/yield-uncertainty-will-persist-even-if-fed-done-raising-rates Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000 Wealth & Investing D7 Opinion /wealth/wealth-investing/yield-uncertainty-will-persist-even-if-fed-done-raising-rates A hard-to-read economy and expanding government bond issuance will keep investors on their toes https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/Resolving-HK-conundrum-key-to-US-China-summit-at-Apec-1774533 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/Resolving-HK-conundrum-key-to-US-China-summit-at-Apec-1774533 AFTER months of intense diplomacy, the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Oct 31 that US President Joe Biden will... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/Is-there-such-a-thing-as-smart-money-1646448 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:59:06 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/Is-there-such-a-thing-as-smart-money-1646448 Hollywood certainly thinks so, but in reality superior market intelligence is rare https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/We-need-a-political-Alan-Turing-to-design-AI-safeguards-1630213 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:49:50 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/We-need-a-political-Alan-Turing-to-design-AI-safeguards-1630213 Frontier technology is a challenge that raises a spectrum of concerns https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/BRI-debt-trap-is-a-false-narrative-1624782 Thu, 05 Oct 2023 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/BRI-debt-trap-is-a-false-narrative-1624782 I REFER to the article by Elisa Valenta, “Amid concerns of a Chinese debt trap, Indonesia’s first high-speed railway to finally open”... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/Space-is-the-next-frontier-in-mining-1613640 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/Space-is-the-next-frontier-in-mining-1613640 Private companies and governments are reaching for the stars in an effort to ease Earth-bound shortages https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/Canberra-should-minimise-use-of-outside-consultants-to-handle-politically-difficult-issues-1257731 Tue, 11 Jul 2023 21:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/Canberra-should-minimise-use-of-outside-consultants-to-handle-politically-difficult-issues-1257731 At the very least, it should ensure full transparency about where the advice is coming from, and on what terms. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/eu-asean-trade-relations-where-next Wed, 28 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion Asean Opinion & Features /opinion/eu-asean-trade-relations-where-next ASEAN is decidedly back on the map for the EU, and it should be. Not only is it a high-growth, dynamic region,... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/why-secrets-lost-their-sizzle Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:01:50 +0000 Opinion & Features D7 Opinion /opinion-features/why-secrets-lost-their-sizzle IN APRIL, secret documents allegedly photographed by a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard began making their way into the mainstream... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/large-voucher-rollout-spur-chinas-consumption Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:00:00 +0000 Global D7 Opinion /international/global/large-voucher-rollout-spur-chinas-consumption Issuing 300 billion yuan of vouchers can raise domestic consumption by as much as 1 trillion yuan https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/German-leader-Scholz-must-step-up-in-foreign-affairs-682733 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:50:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/German-leader-Scholz-must-step-up-in-foreign-affairs-682733 OLAF Scholz had little foreign policy experience before becoming German chancellor, having previously served as minister for finance, plus labour and social... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/could-world-really-avoid-recession Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:20:45 +0000 D7 Opinion Columns /opinion/could-world-really-avoid-recession Markets are giddy, but there is a long way to go https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/Even-a-Lula-victory-may-not-restore-Brazil%E2%80%99s-forests-314946 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:15:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/Even-a-Lula-victory-may-not-restore-Brazil%E2%80%99s-forests-314946 The presidential hopeful has proved that deforestation can be prevented in the Amazon, but only at the expense of declaring open season... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/EU-gas-cap-breakthrough-remains-on-the-table-314774 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 07:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/EU-gas-cap-breakthrough-remains-on-the-table-314774 LAST week’s eighth package of European Union (EU) sanctions against Russia, including an oil price cap, surprised some with its ambition. Yet... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/Biden%E2%80%99s-chip-limits-on-China-mark-a-war-of-high-tech-attrition-314503 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 02:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/Biden%E2%80%99s-chip-limits-on-China-mark-a-war-of-high-tech-attrition-314503 The US now realises it can’t outpace its foremost rival simply by running faster; it must also slow Beijing down https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/CFOs-are-primed-to-untangle-the-ESG-string-295953 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:00:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/CFOs-are-primed-to-untangle-the-ESG-string-295953 The chief financial officer’s role now encompasses a gamut of strategic roles as stewards of long-term organisational success. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/Three-ways-to-advance-the-EV-industry-in-one-year-108074 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:28:00 +0000 D7 Opinion /opinion/Three-ways-to-advance-the-EV-industry-in-one-year-108074 Terrence Lim https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/folly-data-mining Fri, 29 Apr 2022 21:19:00 +0000 D7 Opinion D7 Weekend /opinion/folly-data-mining The problem we face today is not data scarcity but surfeit – and big data sets can easily be mined and tortured to... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/legal-certainty-critical-indonesias-gig-economy Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:50:00 +0000 Asean Columns D7 ASEAN Business D7 Garage D7 News D7 Opinion D7 Top Stories International Opinion & Features Startups Startups & Tech /international/asean/legal-certainty-critical-indonesias-gig-economy Disputes involving Gojek, Grab reveal gaps in existing laws to cover riders, users https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/grab-singtel-digital-bank-not-licence-print-money Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:50:00 +0000 Annabeth Leow Companies & Markets Columns D7 Garage D7 Hock Lock Siew D7 Opinion D7 SME Opinion & Features Singapore SMEs Startups Startups & Tech /companies-markets/grab-singtel-digital-bank-not-licence-print-money The all-digital bank is a new business model, with few success stories so far https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/why-ventures-share-price-might-climb-higher Mon, 02 Nov 2020 13:50:00 +0000 Ben Paul Companies & Markets Columns D7 Hock Lock Siew D7 Opinion D7 Wealth & Investing Opinion & Features Wealth Wealth & Investing /companies-markets/why-ventures-share-price-might-climb-higher The company has been pushing into sectors with exciting potential; it is also likely to benefit from continued US-China trade tensions and... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/nanofilm-growth-stock-we-need-revive-investor-enthusiasm-equities Sun, 01 Nov 2020 13:50:00 +0000 Ben Paul Companies & Markets Columns D7 Commentaries D7 Opinion D7 Top Stories D7 Wealth & Investing Opinion & Features Wealth Wealth & Investing /companies-markets/nanofilm-growth-stock-we-need-revive-investor-enthusiasm-equities Local investors have focused on yield because that's where the best returns lie, especially as the largest locally listed companies in Singapore... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/columns/raffles-education-and-bane-covid-19-meetings Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:50:00 +0000 Columns D7 Commentaries D7 Opinion Opinion & Features /opinion-features/columns/raffles-education-and-bane-covid-19-meetings Ideally, all companies should implement real-time remote voting and electronic communications - including post-Covid - if virtual meetings continue. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/columns/china-decouples-west-amid-virus-outbreak Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:50:00 +0000 Columns D7 Commentaries D7 Opinion Opinion & Features /opinion-features/columns/china-decouples-west-amid-virus-outbreak WITH the havoc it has wreaked on China and the world, the Covid-19 outbreak is turning out to be the largest "black... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/record-breaking-funds-raised-vietnamese-ipos Tue, 03 Jul 2018 20:01:07 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/record-breaking-funds-raised-vietnamese-ipos Companies in the F&B and property sectors have been able to raise nearly US$1 billion and above on the back of keen... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/indonesias-coming-digital-disruption1 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/indonesias-coming-digital-disruption1 INDONESIA'S digital economy is set to boom, helping its overall economy expand from US$1 trillion in 2017 to US$2.7 trillion by 2027. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/why-google-supports-strong-asean-community1 Mon, 21 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/why-google-supports-strong-asean-community1 CK LIM knows how important it is for a small business to have a global presence. His company, Ascent Solutions, specialises in... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/improved-aviation-infrastructure-needed-spur-growth-asean-says-liew-mun-leong1 Mon, 21 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/improved-aviation-infrastructure-needed-spur-growth-asean-says-liew-mun-leong1 ECONOMIC growth in Asean countries can be accelerated if more is done to improve their infrastructure within the region, especially in the... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/business-times-standard-chartered-leaders-survey-2018-prospects-challenges Mon, 21 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/business-times-standard-chartered-leaders-survey-2018-prospects-challenges READ MORE: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/how-singapore-business-leaders-think-political-changes-malaysia-may-impact Sun, 20 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/how-singapore-business-leaders-think-political-changes-malaysia-may-impact THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: How do you see the political changes in Malaysia impacting business and investment from Singapore? https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/aseans-active-role-greening-growth1 Wed, 09 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/aseans-active-role-greening-growth1 The seeds for greening the region's growth have already been sowed, resulting in changes in the direction of Asean's economic development. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/south-east-asias-smes-poised-growth Mon, 07 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/south-east-asias-smes-poised-growth With the expansion of opportunities that digital brings, SMEs in South-east Asia can better harness technology to expand and innovate while tapping... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/boosting-infrastructure-asean-patient-capital1 Mon, 07 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Asean D7 ASEAN Business D7 Opinion International /international/asean/boosting-infrastructure-asean-patient-capital1 Investing in basic- to mid-level infrastructure in the region entails a long-term stance and a sound knowledge of local operating environments.