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What skills do Singapore employers value?
In terms of hard skills, most of them (72.2%) want employees with technical skills.
WFS execs join SATS’ global leadership team
SATS welcomed three key members of WFS.
Keppel to adopt ‘horizontally integrated model’ in restructuring
The model comprises three platforms.
Only 1 in 3 employers say workers' well-being is in excellent condition: survey
About 78% said their overall well-being has been a priority since 2020
STI April average total return at 2.1%
Keppel Corp, Jardine C&C and CapitaLand Invest take over April STI.
Singapore Savings Bond rate continues to flatten
It has a 10-year average return rate of 2.81%,
New acquisitions boost CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's SG portfolio occupancy to 92.3% in 1Q23
The REIT recently acquired properties at 622 Toa Payoh Lorong 1 and 1 BurohLane.
OCBC upskills 2,000 elderly customers with its Digital Silvers programme
It is increasing its workshops to thrice a week from only twice a month.
Singapore’s Trust Bank exceeds 450,000 customers in 5 months
This comes after the bank onboarded 100,000 people in 10 days after launch.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.35%; DBS is most active stock
Singtel is the most active stock.
Prices and demand for shophouses to pick up in the coming months
The ABSD rate hike will help drive demand in the market.
Chart of the Day: 3 reasons why Singaporeans are leaving their jobs
For most employees, salary is the deal-breaker.
Mapletree Logistics net property income dips 1.8% YoY to $154.3m in 4Q FY22/23
The REIT attributed the decline to the depreciation of foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar.
US Treasury and MAS reinforce cross-border cybersecurity
The collaboration follows the MOU on Cybersecurity Cooperation between the institutions in August 2021.
DBS hits record net profit of S$2.57b in Q1
Board has declared a dividend of SGD 42 cents per share.
Commentary
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