https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ THE BUSINESS TIMES - Find latest business and financial news including analysis and opinion on top business stories, stock markets in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and global market news and more at The Business Times. en-US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/favicon.ico https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/singapore-airlines-faces-tough-test-over-air-indias-record-losses Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:59:51 +0000 Jude Chan Opinion & Features Columns Companies & Markets /opinion-features/singapore-airlines-faces-tough-test-over-air-indias-record-losses The true test for management will be the gruelling task of convincing its shareholders to bite the bullet https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/columns/ais-future-work-looks-more-openclaw-openai Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000 Columns Opinion & Features /opinion-features/columns/ais-future-work-looks-more-openclaw-openai An eagerness to move faster will result in companies allocating excessive manpower to maintain systems https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/sias-questions-listed-companies-are-valuable-resource-all-investors Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/sias-questions-listed-companies-are-valuable-resource-all-investors They are based on financial performance, corporate strategy and governance https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/columns/closing-gap-boost-asean-resilience-against-novel-risks Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000 Columns Opinion & Features /opinion-features/columns/closing-gap-boost-asean-resilience-against-novel-risks The 13th Asean Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting have set the right priorities. Now it is time to deliver https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/columns/singapores-next-opportunity-connecting-private-wealth-public-growth Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000 Columns Opinion & Features /opinion-features/columns/singapores-next-opportunity-connecting-private-wealth-public-growth The number of single-family offices in the Republic has surged to more than 2,000 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/decarbonisation-making-comeback-thanks-iran-war-test-whether-it-can-be-sustained Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:22:41 +0000 Janice Lim Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/decarbonisation-making-comeback-thanks-iran-war-test-whether-it-can-be-sustained Efforts to accelerate renewable energy deployment across South-east Asia have been slow https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/columns/instead-reducing-need-humans-grabs-ai-push-might-result-opposite Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Benjamin Cher Columns Opinion & Features /opinion-features/columns/instead-reducing-need-humans-grabs-ai-push-might-result-opposite Artificial intelligence can impair conceptual understanding, code reading and debugging; software developers still needed for such higher value roles https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/singapores-resilience-and-unnatural-resourcefulness-amid-global-shocks Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/singapores-resilience-and-unnatural-resourcefulness-amid-global-shocks The nation’s ‘resources’, built through infrastructure, markets and trusted relationships, may prove critical in times of disruption https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/why-asean-needs-pay-more-attention-supply-chain-integrity Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Asean Columns International Opinion & Features /international/asean/why-asean-needs-pay-more-attention-supply-chain-integrity Illicit trade has implications for sustainability and beyond https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/why-family-enterprises-must-move-paper-boards-real-boards Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/why-family-enterprises-must-move-paper-boards-real-boards Without strong governance structures, the board becomes the stage for conflict https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/wake-call-sleepless-ceos Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000 Li Yuling Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/wake-call-sleepless-ceos There’s a non-financial metric affecting the bottom line that bosses shouldn’t ignore https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/world-wants-chinese-tech-china-determined-keep-it Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:43:59 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/world-wants-chinese-tech-china-determined-keep-it China’s rivals are learning how to get what Beijing won’t share https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/love-time-chatbots Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/love-time-chatbots Virtual companions are filling a gap that real humans used to fill. Their success as a product speaks to our failures as... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/strengthening-aseans-economic-resilience-through-rceps-2027-review Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/strengthening-aseans-economic-resilience-through-rceps-2027-review Practical reforms will make South-east Asia’s biggest trade pact more effective and beneficial https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/columns/chinas-trump-sized-window-opportunity Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Columns Opinion & Features /opinion-features/columns/chinas-trump-sized-window-opportunity Global sentiment is shifting, presenting Beijing a generational moment – and a familiar problem https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/how-iran-war-could-hurt-wall-street Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/how-iran-war-could-hurt-wall-street The big unknown is how the conflict could alter the Gulf’s investment priorities in the next year or two https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/logic-demands-iran-deal-will-trumps-fantasies-allow-one Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:58:18 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/logic-demands-iran-deal-will-trumps-fantasies-allow-one Both sides have much to lose from continuing the war, yet reason may not prevail https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/reckless-housing-land-bids-developers-faith-singapore-government-can-pay Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:09:52 +0000 Leslie Yee Opinion & Features Columns Property /opinion-features/reckless-housing-land-bids-developers-faith-singapore-government-can-pay The Middle East war may hurt demand and raise costs, but authorities have led the nation through crises before https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/cybersecuritys-tower-babel-why-we-are-still-lost-translation Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/cybersecuritys-tower-babel-why-we-are-still-lost-translation When leadership teams and security functions operate in different languages of risk, critical signals might be dismissed until the problem has escalated https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/us-falling-victim-resource-curse Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/us-falling-victim-resource-curse Fossil-fuel production doesn’t necessarily crowd out manufacturing https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/why-best-general-counsels-shape-risk-not-avoid-it Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:30:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/why-best-general-counsels-shape-risk-not-avoid-it In today’s boardroom, what matters is judgment, trust and the ability to guide risk with clarity and integrity https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/newsletters/esg-insights/issue-190-scenario-gap-climate-disclosures-sustainable-finance-and-energy-security Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Kenneth Lim ESG Insights Columns ESG Newsletters Opinion & Features /newsletters/esg-insights/issue-190-scenario-gap-climate-disclosures-sustainable-finance-and-energy-security This week in ESG: Review finds progress in Singapore-listed companies’ climate reporting; sustainable finance critical to energy resilience for Singapore https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/great-hungarian-reset Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/great-hungarian-reset Hungary’s incoming prime minister will have to address the fragile macroeconomic situation head on