SINGAPORE: DBS Group chief executive Piyush Gupta earned S$15.4 million in 2022, a 13 per cent increase in what was a banner year for Southeast Asia’s biggest lender. That included a cash bonus of S$5.8 million, his salary of S$1.5 million as well as deferred pay, the Singapore bank’s latest annualContinue Reading
Aims to assist 3,000 businesses through crowdfunding over five years
Collaborating with Astro for a crowdfunding reality TV show, The Sandbox MyStartr has raised US$1.05 million (RM4.7 million) through a Fundnel campaign led by 431 investors.Â
In a statement, the equity crowdfunding (ECF) platform said the funds will support its entry into the secondary market…Continue Reading
In Singapore, more women are assuming leadership roles at work and fathers are getting more paternity leave. Beyond equality, we should look to create equity too this International Women’s Day, says Singapore Kindness Movement’s Michelle Tay.Continue Reading
We would like to invite market participants to submit entries to the 27th iteration of FinanceAsia’s awards, which recognise Asia’s financial services industry.Continue Reading
Like most Western industrialized countries, Taiwan experienced a sustained decline in fertility rates and increased life expectancy that together resulted in population aging. But due to the fast fertility decline in recent decades, the pace of aging has been continuously accelerating — Taiwan became an “aging society” in 1993, an “aged society” in 2018 and will become a “super-aged” […]Continue Reading
The tweaks to the programme are also intended to ensure that investments are directed to support local businesses and create jobs, observers told CNA.Continue Reading
Xi Jinping’s big coronation as China’s longest-serving leader since Mao Zedong is suddenly going a bit closer to plan. Three months ago, a cratering economy, massive protests over “zero Covid” lockdowns and fears Xi’s tech crackdown isn’t over had capital fleeing China. At the time, many foreign investors figured next week’s National People’s Congress would […]Continue Reading
Increasing labour migration and hurdles in the welfare system have left more older people in Cambodia struggling to get by without family support
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida used a policy speech at the opening of the 2023 session of Japan’s parliament, the National Diet, to declare that Japan was “on the brink of not being able to maintain social functions” due to the country’s population crisis. The country’s median age is 49 — the second highest in the […]Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Despite knowing that he stood to gain S$1.5 million from the owner of a medical business if the latter was acquired by his company, a director did not disclose this conflict of interest to the board. The deal went through, with women’s and children’s healthcare group Singapore O&G (SOG)Continue Reading