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Real estate investment platform RealVantage bags capital markets services licence from MAS

THE licence will allow the company to provide Singapore-based retail investors with access to private equity real estate investments globally, in countries such as the UK, Australia and the US.

Google launches professional certificates in Singapore, forms employer consortium

LEARNERS can earn a Google Career Certificate on online learning platform Coursera within 3 to 6 months through self-paced programmes on IT Support, Project Management, Data Analytics and User Experience Design.

Property cooling measures could increase demand for rental housing: analysts

THE increase in additional buyer's stamp duty (ABSD) will incentivise homebuyers who already own a property to sell their existing properties before buying the next.

87 companies accounted for almost 80% of proposed audit fixes from 2018 to 2020: Acra

A minority of companies accounted for most of the proposed audit adjustments, some with "persistently" high levels of adjustments each year.

Asean startups shine with Asia-Pacific VC deals set to surpass US$152b record

VC deals in Asia-Pacific hit US$152 billion in the first 9 months of 2021 alone, 28 per cent higher than the previous year and set to surpass the US$152 billion record set in 2018.

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STI gains 0.3% amid regional rally fuelled by Powell remarks

THE key Straits Times Index rose 8.61 points or 0.27 per cent to 3,254.98, taking the cue from a strong overnight recovery in Wall Street.