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As fashion houses look to Asia, CNBC investigates the latest designs at Singapore's fashion week.
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Deutsche Bank has become the first global bank to introduce rules allowing it to strip staff of bonuses they earned at previous employers in the latest crackdown on pay. The FT reports.
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Almost a third of UK-based investment bankers would rather work in Singapore, according to a survey that predicts that the center of gravity in the financial sector will shift towards Asia in the next decade. The FT reports.
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The study predicts that Singapore — that little Southeast Asian city-state with loads of Type A zeal — will be the world's richest nation by 2050.
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Sachin Mittal, Vice-President, DBS Vickers Securities says he remains unworried about Singtel's strategy, based on their consistent cash flow from asset sales and intact dividends.
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Vasu Menon, Vice President, Wealth Management Singapore at OCBC Bank says that pharmaceuticals are helping Singapore's manufacturing sector.
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Vasu Menon, Vice President, Wealth Management Singapore at OCBC Bank says that current rental income is supporting Singapore's commercial property REITs.
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Ismael Pili, ASEAN banks analyst, Macquarie Securities said he likes ASEAN banks for their resilience and the strong domestic demand story.
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The Facebook co-founder who renounced his U.S. citizenship has an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion.
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Ritesh Maheshwari, MD, Financial Services Ratings for Asia-Pacific, Standard & Poor's discusses how Asia Pacific banks are expanding their presence in the region.
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Muthukrishnan Ramaswami, President of the Singapore Exchange says asset classes in ASEAN have done well and increasing interest in the region is good for the SGX.
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A 30-year-old trader at a Hong Kong-based hedge fund has slashed his holdings in equities from 25 percent of personal savings to near zero over the past one year, making him one of many individual investors in Asia who have been pushed to the sidelines owing to extreme market volatility.
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This may not be the best time to look for a job, but in China employment prospects seem bright with multinational corporations (MNCs) looking to increase staff even as the global economic uncertainty forces firms across Asia to hold back, says a survey published Tuesday.
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Singapore's residential market has rebounded by almost 50% in the last two years, but it could be headed for a perfect storm in a couple of years if all the ingredients like falling demand, more supply and higher interest rates kick in together.
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Lim Jit Soon, Head of Equity Research, Southeast Asia, Nomura said he expects the Straits Times Index to be trapped in a range of between 2,600 and 2,900 for the rest of the year as macro headwinds weigh on Singapore's economic outlook.
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Singaporean Deepak Gurnani has spent the past couple of years trying to recover an investment gone wrong in Malaysia. The 51-year-old businessman spent $66,000 on a property in the popular beach destination Port Dickson, Malaysia in 1993. It functioned as a fuss-free home away from home until two years ago, when the developer defaulted on the payment of the property’s maintenance fees.
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The euro slips on debt worries and the dollar dips awaiting Bernanke — it's time for your FX Fix.
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Most Asian economies from Indonesia to India will deteriorate in the second half of the year because demand from both domestic and foreign buyers will weaken, according to Nomura. The exception is China, where monetary easing and fiscal policies are already starting to take effect and will help its economy rebound in the third quarter.
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Michael Schriver, Group President for Stores & Business Development at DFS, is banking on hopes that Chinese consumers will continue to loosen their purse strings for luxury goods.
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James Close, Partner, Sustainability and Cleantech Services, Ernst & Young discusses the challenges and opportunities facing cities who are looking to sustain growth.
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Several global recruitment firms have told CNBC they’ve seen a significant increase recently in the number of European bankers wanting to relocate to Singapore.