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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 208: Sembcorp’s turbulent week; nuclear financing’s green acceptance

2026-08-21T11:00:00.000Z
The opportunity to shape an industry is often greatest precisely when uncertainty is highest.
THE BROAD VIEW

Where the real returns on Singapore’s deep-tech investments lie

2026-08-21T04:30:00.000Z
Many developing economies cannot access AI systems such as ChatGPT, owing to their language biases.
THE BROAD VIEW

Large language models for small language communities are essential

2026-08-21T02:59:20.000Z
The SCCCI’s annual survey reveals what headline GDP misses: Businesses are operating, but with less room to absorb shocks.

Singapore’s AI boom is lifting GDP. Who gets carried along?

2026-08-20T23:00:00.000Z
Singapore workers’ concerns include displacement, unfair AI-driven decisions and skills becoming obsolete.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Singapore’s AI anxiety needs workplace evidence

2026-08-20T08:23:44.000Z
While Christine Lagarde insisted in July 2026 that people will not see “the back of (her) before 2027”, that wording does not preclude the possibility of an early departure.

Will Lagarde exit the ECB early amid rate hikes and French elections?

2026-08-20T04:00:00.000Z
S-Reits have fallen 7.1% since the start of the year. Over the same stretch, the benchmark Straits Times Index has climbed about 22.1%.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Rising bond yields are triggering a tech sell-off, but S-Reits could be the casualty nobody notices

2026-08-20T02:54:53.000Z
The lesson for Asean+3 is to build the institutions and markets capable of using long-term savings, well before demographic change sharply raises the cost of doing so.

Why assets alone won’t ease Asia’s demographic pressures

2026-08-19T23:15:00.000Z
China controls almost 70% of the world’s mined rare earths, showing just how dependent countries are on it for the access of such elements.

Japan’s seabed discovery is a message for Indo-Pacific rare earth sustainability

2026-08-19T23:00:00.000Z
If history is any guide, while state protection drove Proton’s grand trajectory in Malaysia’s automotive landscape, the success was a double-edged sword.
THINKING ALOUD

Is it still protectionism when a national champion is part foreign-owned?

2026-08-19T23:00:00.000Z
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