Daily Debrief: What Happened Today
Stories you might have missed
CPF Retirement Sum Scheme to be capped at age 90 for higher payouts IT will allow for higher payouts for some members, while no one will see their payouts reduced and the move was made in response to feedback and after a review of the scheme by the MOM and CPF Board.
OCBC in talks with Keppel and Validus to form digital-bank consortium IT is understood that the Singapore lender is expected to take an equity stake, not open up its balance sheet.
Govt pilots Contribute-as-you-Earn scheme for public sector's service providers SELF-EMPLOYED persons (SEPs) who provide services directly to the public sector will have their Medisave contributions transferred by the government, as and when they earn such income, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said in Parliament on Monday.
SP Group sees greener future for Singapore in trading power with neighbours
NATIONS like Malaysia and Indonesia have ample spare land for solar panels and enough wind to power turbines, both things that Singapore is lacking, Wong Kim Yin, chief executive officer of SP Group, said in an interview.
SPH launches new perpetual bond
THE issue, a perpetual non-callable 5.5 years has an initial price guidance in the 4.25 per cent area.
Corporate earnings
The STI today
Singapore shares close 0.2% higher on trade deal optimism THE overall boost to sentiment lifted the Straits Times Index (STI) as much as 0.6 per cent in the morning session. It retreated during the rest of the day, eventually closing 0.22 per cent or 6.97 points higher to 3,236.40.
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
International
Labour wins UK by-election as Tory PM Sunak stares at more losses
South Korea to slap fines on food suppliers for ‘shrinkflation’
Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer in the hot seat at Trump trial
New Zealand says ‘seriously concerned’ by China’s increased security actions in Pacific
EU, ISSB agree on minimising overlaps in company climate disclosures
US law firm Mayer Brown to split from Hong Kong partnership