The rise of co-living, in BT Weekend

FANCY sharing your rented abode with like-minded flatmates, in an arrangement where your landlord picks up your utilities tab, pays for WiFi, provides housekeeping, AND organises block parties?

Living with strangers doesn't sound so bad when the space that you cohabit is more of a cheery commune than just a room in a condo.

Co-living operators are banking on demand for short-term rent and "community spirit" to fuel their business model. In Brunch this Saturday in The Business Times Weekend, we look at how the scene in Singapore has grown.

In our Raffles Conversation, Martin Fraenkel, president of S&P Global Platts, shares why he is committed to promoting gender diversity - one issue that's highly pertinent to the male-dominated energy and commodities trade.

When we invest, we make fundamental assumptions about the future. In the face of the volatility so far this year, Value Insight examines what these assumptions are, in the Investing & Wealth section.

What do we know about millennials and their investing habits? A new study suggests that what we think we know about this critical demographic does not apply to their financial behaviour. CFA Singapore Insights spells out seven myths, and what the financial industry can deliver to the next generation of wealth.

As the year draws to an end, Cubicle Files looks at why appreciation tends to be a "lost language" in the workplace and what are the different ways that people can learn to communicate it better.

Gearing up for the year-end swell of consumerism that is Christmas? Sass & The City explains why it is so difficult - and possibly even dishonest - for those with good intentions to be truly ethical consumers.

In The Steering Column, we test drive the most unlikely vehicle over the oil-rich sands of the UAE: an electric Audi. And in our Health page, why beauty isn't just skin deep, it must start with skin first.

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