World Bank warns of growing geopolitical commodity shocks, beyond oil crisis

Increasing geopolitical risk, despite the market resilience displayed so far, is weakening the global order

What is increasingly needed is AI bilingualism: the ability to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations and risks.

The real AI race is for deployable talent, not models

Scaling the tech’s positive impact will require work redesign, applied learning, cross-sector collaboration

We must move beyond the "Ikea moment" – where people are discovering that AI tools are not as difficult to use as imagined, just as Ikea shoppers overcome their uncertainty about assembling their own furniture.

Beyond the ‘Ikea moment’: Forging Singapore’s sovereign resilience in the AI era

Achieving AI Nation status is a continuous exercise in strategic indispensability

The prospects of energy shortages and usage restrictions may mean reorientation away from economic growth is happening out of necessity.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Is this the moment we change the way we think about economic growth?

Degrowth, unlike stagflation or recession, is an intentional, planned political shift away from GDP expansion

Having cleared the Senate Banking Committee on a 13-11 party-line vote, Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh is poised to succeed Jerome Powell after May 15.
THINKING ALOUD

Kevin Warsh’s Fed: Reform agenda or reputational risk?

His early actions would show if he is a disciplined reformer or a politically convenient appointment

Keppel chief executive Loh Chin Hua is transforming the industrial conglomerate into a global asset manager and operator.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Are Keppel’s dividends truly unsustainable – or just misunderstood?

The company’s shares have rallied over the past year, generating a total shareholder return of 58.5% in 2025

The view of many economists today is that if a crisis is going to strike, it is likely to be triggered in the US.

Imbalances are back on the global agenda

Policymakers must overcome the mercantilist fallacy that the way to get rich is by running surpluses forever

Those arguing for public equity in AI suggest that the technology behind it arises from decades of publicly funded research, and that the public should gain from the upside.

If AI is a public good, nationalisation should be considered

A technology so consequential, potentially disruptive and paradigm-shifting cannot be managed through basic regulation alone

Treat workforce strategy as the primary driver of technology investment, not the afterthought.
THE BOTTOM LINE

HR must disrupt itself first or become irrelevant in the AI era

Human resources leaders must understand the technology as the most powerful lever they have ever had to reimagine human work

Investors may be willing to buy into the Singapore growth story, but without ample market-wide liquidity, many will hesitate.
THINKING ALOUD

To complement the SGX-Nasdaq listings bridge, should market making be compulsory?

The Singapore Exchange could consider launching a consultation paper on this