Opinion & Features

BRUNCH

After the polls: Singapore’s first post-election Budgets

Budget 2026 follows the first general election helmed by Singapore’s fourth-generation leadership. How does it compare with other Budgets at the start of a government term?

The problematic Just Energy Transition Partnership’s financing packages are far short of what is needed, researchers say.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 182: Private equity targets coal; Singapore’s carbon tax realism

This week in ESG: Eastspring, Reviva launch coal phase-out strategy; Singapore Budget 2026 signals caution on carbon tax

Singapore is moving decisively to stay ahead, as automation and AI reshape industries faster than organisations can redesign roles.
THE BROAD VIEW

A future-first Budget: invest, scale, compete

Singapore Budget 2026 targets critical gaps in AI and internationalisation to scale local firms for the long haul

On the whole, Budget 2026 plays to Singapore’s clear strengths while exemplifying the country’s focused strategy for a new era of growth.
COMMENTARY

Budget 2026: Accelerating Singapore’s growth in a fragmented world

As global trade fractures, Budget 2026 doubles down on AI integration while reinforcing the social compact

The government consistently frames each Budget as part of longer-term plans; Budget 2026 embodies this on multiple levels.
COMMENTARY

Budget 2026: Not grand pronouncements, but steady steps in longer-term plans

Rather than show-stopping policies, this year’s spending plan is heavier on targeted moves and extensions of past efforts

The pre-condition for achieving a positive outcome for CPF life-cycle funds is the ability to stay invested for the long haul. This is harder than it sounds.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Is CPF’s new life-cycle investment scheme for everyone?

The portfolios’ returns will hinge on a long horizon and some hand-holding

Budget 2026 reinforces Singapore's ambition to remain a hub for advanced services and digital leadership.

Singapore’s cautious hiring outlook isn’t about fewer jobs – it’s about different ones

Growth remains firmly on the agenda – the difference lies in how it is structured

While the sporting side of the Winter Olympics has so far proceeded relatively smoothly, the event has faced a catalogue of wider challenges.

Winter Olympics 2026 beset with business and geopolitical controversies

As the Winter Games unfold, business and geopolitical friction is distracting from the sporting action

From left: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, Google DeepMind; Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, The Economist; and Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder, Anthropic.

The lab leaders want to slow down on AI. Someone needs to help them

Here is why ‘middle powers’ like Singapore may hold the key to coordinating the advance of AI

In cybersecurity, information on a system's architecture is often more valuable than customer data.

Telecoms networks must be ready to defend against cyberattacks

Communications networks are far more than just commercial assets; they are critical national infrastructure that must be protected