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The excruciating quest for a meeting room
A tale of territorial ambition, power dynamics and water bottles
AI companies are eating higher education
The battle between bots and brains has already begun, and educators can see how it might end
How policy-driven growth shifts investment risk
As Singapore Budget 2026 accelerates internationalisation and AI adoption, investors must focus on firms’ execution quality
Galloping across the digital bridge: rural Asia’s ‘fire horse’ transformation
The momentum behind the region’s digital bridge is now unmistakable
Three AI investment opportunities outside the indices
For those concerned about an AI bubble, the answer is not to retreat from global equities, but to look beyond the giants
Issue 182: Private equity targets coal; Singapore’s carbon tax realism
This week in ESG: Eastspring, Reviva launch coal phase-out strategy; Singapore Budget 2026 signals caution on carbon tax
A future-first Budget: invest, scale, compete
Singapore Budget 2026 targets critical gaps in AI and internationalisation to scale local firms for the long haul
Budget 2026: Accelerating Singapore’s growth in a fragmented world
As global trade fractures, Budget 2026 doubles down on AI integration while reinforcing the social compact
Winter Olympics 2026 beset with business and geopolitical controversies
As the Winter Games unfold, business and geopolitical friction is distracting from the sporting action
The lab leaders want to slow down on AI. Someone needs to help them
Here is why ‘middle powers’ like Singapore may hold the key to coordinating the advance of AI