OPINION
IT'S no secret that economists are terrible at predicting recessions: a host of studies, along with a raft of anecdotal evidence, reveals a track record that is astonishingly bad. This has...
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HOCK LOCK SIEW
FOODCOURT operator Koufu may have seen its share price pick up this year, but is there more room for the stock to rally?
EDITORIAL
THE chief patron of the Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS), Tony Tan, last month spoke of the need for SIAS to develop a sustainable funding model so as to ensure the association's...
THE Asian debt crisis of 1997 devastated the region for many years, and was felt in markets throughout the world. The last tremors of the 2008 global banking crisis are still resonating. Now,...
THE BOTTOM LINE
WHEN the United Kingdom eventually leaves the European Union - assuming that it does - it will take Europe's biggest capital market with it. The loss of the City of London could drive the EU's 27...
DIGITAL technology is so inextricably woven into our social fabric that most of us find it hard to remember life in the pre-digital era.
COMMENTARY
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met top Mexican officials on Sunday, capping off a multi-day trip to South America, including a stop-off in Argentina. Top of the Mexican City agenda was...
COMMENTARY
THE arrival of a new chief executive is always a good moment to reassess strategy. Old assumptions and projects that have failed can be dropped, and fresh ambitions set out.
ASK any business leader what keeps her or him awake at night, and you will hear answers ranging from concerns about the risk of supply chain disruptions to difficulties coping with rising business...
THE BOTTOM LINE
LAST year, 22 central banks, situated largely to the east of Germany, bought the largest amount of gold since 1967 - the year that the London Gold Pool collapsed. The gold repatriations by many...
