opinion-features 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 opinion-features https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 Why the best general counsels shape risk, not avoid it 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 Issue 190: Scenario gap in climate disclosures; sustainable finance and energy security 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 In taxing wealth, how far can Singapore push property owners? https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/taxing-wealth-how-far-can-singapore-push-property-owners Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Tessa Oh Opinion & Features Features Singapore /opinion-features/taxing-wealth-how-far-can-singapore-push-property-owners While inequality data has revived calls for wealth taxes, the government remains focused on immovable assets The great Hungarian reset 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 When the gates close – designing the resilient city https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/when-gates-close-designing-resilient-city Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:06:23 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/when-gates-close-designing-resilient-city Each crisis – including the current conflict in the Middle East – has shown how global supply chains buckle. Will Singapore rethink... Spain’s economic endorsement of China is a major Trump rebuke https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/spains-economic-endorsement-china-major-trump-rebuke Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/spains-economic-endorsement-china-major-trump-rebuke Could warmer ties between Madrid and Beijing help move EU closer to China? Let’s combine the benefits of the broker custody model and the seamless experience of the CDP  https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/lets-combine-benefits-broker-custody-model-and-seamless-experience-cdp Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Lee Su Shyan Opinion & Features /opinion-features/lets-combine-benefits-broker-custody-model-and-seamless-experience-cdp As the industry mulls ways to enliven the Singapore bourse, it is worth seeing how to achieve the best of both worlds The premium skill now commanding higher pay for Asia’s graduates https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/premium-skill-now-commanding-higher-pay-asias-graduates Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/premium-skill-now-commanding-higher-pay-asias-graduates They treat AI fluency as a daily discipline, but employers that lag risk missing the talent and productivity gains the market is... Never mind the ozone layer, mind your dividends https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/never-mind-ozone-layer-mind-your-dividends Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:06:12 +0000 Jude Chan Opinion & Features Columns Companies & Markets /opinion-features/never-mind-ozone-layer-mind-your-dividends ​If a company emits a lot of smoke to make its products, its costs are about to shoot up After Islamabad: Washington’s policy options in the Iran war https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/after-islamabad-washingtons-policy-options-iran-war Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/after-islamabad-washingtons-policy-options-iran-war With no risk-free path, the question is which combination of pressure and flexibility is most likely to produce a durable outcome As Trump scares off US scientists, China is racing ahead https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/trump-scares-us-scientists-china-racing-ahead Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:04:11 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/trump-scares-us-scientists-china-racing-ahead From mapping the seabed to making AI innovations, Beijing is becoming the world’s scientific superpower In defence of dreaming small: micro-SMEs in the modern city https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/defence-dreaming-small-micro-smes-modern-city Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Janice Heng Opinion & Features Columns Singapore SMEs /opinion-features/defence-dreaming-small-micro-smes-modern-city Singapore needs to nurture local champions for the global stage – but can afford to have some that stay home, too Why the regulatory architecture of real-world asset tokenisation matters https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/why-regulatory-architecture-real-world-asset-tokenisation-matters Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/why-regulatory-architecture-real-world-asset-tokenisation-matters The challenge to institutional adoption is legal rather than technological War-driven oil shocks expose aviation’s decarbonisation challenge https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/war-driven-oil-shocks-expose-aviations-decarbonisation-challenge Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/war-driven-oil-shocks-expose-aviations-decarbonisation-challenge Aviation remains one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonise – no single solution will be sufficient The Hormuz blockade is as much about China as Iran https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/hormuz-blockade-much-about-china-iran Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/hormuz-blockade-much-about-china-iran Washington hopes that Beijing will convince Iran to soften its demands, but the latter may choose to wait and see A loyal shareholder reflects on riding through tough times in equities markets https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/loyal-shareholder-reflects-riding-through-tough-times-equities-markets Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:27:17 +0000 Leslie Yee Opinion & Features Columns Wealth Wealth & Investing /opinion-features/loyal-shareholder-reflects-riding-through-tough-times-equities-markets Holding onto Singapore stocks may be irrational, but the hope is that doing so will pay off in the long term Ceasefire but no relief: Why airlines will continue to face high fuel costs https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/ceasefire-no-relief-why-airlines-will-continue-face-high-fuel-costs Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:06:58 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/ceasefire-no-relief-why-airlines-will-continue-face-high-fuel-costs The fallout from the Iran war represents a broad shift, rather than a temporary disruption, for the aviation industry Why renewables alone cannot deliver energy security for S-E Asia https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/why-renewables-alone-cannot-deliver-energy-security-s-e-asia Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/why-renewables-alone-cannot-deliver-energy-security-s-e-asia Asean countries should go beyond diversification of oil import sources The coming AI-driven ‘abundance’ shock https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/coming-ai-driven-abundance-shock Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/coming-ai-driven-abundance-shock Singapore has long excelled at navigating scarcity, but the emerging challenge is structurally different Unlocking value for publicly listed companies https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/unlocking-value-publicly-listed-companies Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features New Articles /opinion-features/unlocking-value-publicly-listed-companies How boards can close the gap between price and value in a targeted manner ‘Tokenmaxxing’ your way to a zero-day work week https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/tokenmaxxing-your-way-zero-day-work-week Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:30:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/tokenmaxxing-your-way-zero-day-work-week As firms link AI usage to performance, workers will face a peculiar, self-cannibalising logic A war the public didn’t ask for https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/war-public-didnt-ask Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:34:11 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/war-public-didnt-ask Rising fuel prices in the US cut across party lines in a way that military strategy does not Singapore properties’ safe-haven premium shields S-Reits from Iran war headwinds https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/singapore-properties-safe-haven-premium-shields-s-reits-iran-war-headwinds Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:56:41 +0000 Leslie Yee Opinion & Features Columns Companies & Markets Property Reits & Property /opinion-features/singapore-properties-safe-haven-premium-shields-s-reits-iran-war-headwinds The Republic’s attractiveness to businesses and individuals will grow in a chaotic world  Commodity price shock is inevitable but Singapore’s response is prudent https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/commodity-price-shock-inevitable-singapores-response-prudent Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/commodity-price-shock-inevitable-singapores-response-prudent Informing the public about Singapore’s outlook while assuring them about our ability to deal with likely contingencies strikes a balance between caution...