A new report by London-based research firm WealthInsight ranks Singapore’s inhabitants as some of the world’s wealthiest.

From July 1 this year, CPF members who are 55 and above will need to set aside a minimum sum of S$148,000 in their retirement account.

Former CapitaLand Group head honcho, Liew Mun Leong, has gone into teaching.

From July 1 this year, CPF members who are 55 and above will need to set aside a minimum sum of S$148,000 in their retirement account. The minimum sum last year was S$139,000. The sum has been adjusted ...

Overall employment in Singapore in 2012 may have increased, but there were also 10 per cent more layoffs last year than in the year before.

The amount of severely delinquent debts owed by Singapore companies has dropped dramatically in the past two quarters, according to DP SME Commercial Credit Bureau.

Australian retail and property magnate Brett Blundy is the latest tycoon to be moving to Singapore, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will not be extending the 60-day period that lifts current restrictions on car loans, according to Acting Minister Lawrence Wong, who sits on the MAS board of ...

Dissatisfaction with pay is spurring employees in Singapore to consider leaving their jobs for greener pastures, according to human resource company Randstad.

People are borrowing at ever bigger amounts to buy a car in Singapore. The average size of a new car loan taken by motorists reached $90,401 last year, a 10-year high, according to a study by Credit Bureau ...

Nominated Member of Parliament Tan Su Shan on Wednesday called for a new approach to Singapore's monetary policy, particularly the use of the exchange rate to manage inflation. Speaking on the second day ...

Shareholders of LMA International NV may wish to collect dividends belonging to them, the company, which is in the process of liquidation, said Thursday. The distribution of dividends is being executed ...

Citibank Visa cardholders may not have to fumble for coins to make some small-ticket item purchases up to $100. The bank on Tuesday launched the “Quick Pay Tag”, a sticker tag that you can paste on anything ...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) imposed restrictions on motor vehicle loans effective Tuesday, a move that may check the rising cost of owning a car in the city-state. Consumers are now limited ...

Although median household incomes rose some 2.7 per cent after factoring inflation from 2011 to 2012, income inequality in Singapore – as measured by the Gini coefficient – has widened in the same period ...

Salary levels remained stagnant across industries in Singapore last year, but certain sectors are seeing rising job opportunities, according to specialist recruitment consultancy Robert Walters. In the ...

More locals were employed in 2012 than in the year before as growth in the foreign workforce slowed. Amid the tightening of foreign manpower controls, the rise in foreign employment eased from 84,800 in ...

Want to know if that car insurance agent you are talking to is a phony or not? Ask for his or her agent card. From the start of this year, the General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) has required ...

Despite predicting a slowdown in the job market, 75 per cent of Singaporean workers are still considering changing jobs in 2013, according to the results of a JobStreet survey. Most respondents cited salary ...

By Melissa Law When Elisha Ong was just 15, he crafted and coded his own stadium and jersey designs for the football computer game FIFA because he got tired of just playing the game. His design for Manchester ...

Crazy. That's what the parents of professional matchmaker, Violet Lim, thought when she told them she was launching her own lunch dating company -- with her then-fiancé Jamie Lee. That's because the chief ...

It was no easy decision to push through with a multi-million dollar facelift of iconic department store Tangs on Orchard Road. "We agonised for three years before we made the decision to do this," ...

The number of residents making up Singapore's labour force rose by 1.9 per cent over the year to 2.12 million last June. This rate was faster than the 1.6 per cent growth the year before, reflecting the ...

Singapore's growth is not for the sake of growing, but to provide Singaporeans with good jobs and the chance to lead better-quality lives, says Minister of State for Finance and Transport Josephine Teo. ...

As Christmas draws near, Singaporean shoppers are bracing themselves for the inevitable onslaught of crowds, long queues and traffic jams at shopping centres. But instead of going to retail stores to pick ...

Do we really have bad service standards or are we just plain demanding? According to service experts, Singaporeans can be harder to please compared to their counterparts in the region. Ben Llewellyn, regional ...

Nicholas Chan is only 34, and already heads two major companies — a venture capitalist fund that invests in promising start-ups and a maritime info-communications firm. →

While 38 per cent of family businesses in Singapore would pass on management to the next generation, still a close 30 per cent of those would rather sell or float their companies, says a recent survey.

To keep the wheels of Singapore's economy turning, the city-state needs to continue relying on foreign manpower, said SIM University (SIM) associate professor and labour economist Randolph Tan. Speaking ...

Most managers in Singapore feel satisfied with their jobs but remain wary about risks to the global economy, according to a survey. Conducted by the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), the survey ...

Singapore adults have been ranked the eighth wealthiest people in the world, ahead of counterparts in the United Kingdom and Sweden. The average wealth of an adult Singapore resident stood at S$317,000 ...

For the second year in a row, Singapore has been ranked as Asia's leading city. In PricewaterhouseCooper's "Cities of Opportunity" study, Singapore climbed two places to seventh place out of ...

The traditional 5Cs that define wealth in Singapore are no longer that relevant today, according to a survey on what people in the city-state strive for in life. Conducted by OCBC Bank, the survey showed ...

Singaporeans are more inclined to save for their future than their counterparts in India, China, the United States of America and the United Kingdoms. Among the 1,000 respondents interviewed in each country, ...

Singapore can continue its pattern of economic growth but some key changes are needed to ensure that such expansion benefits a broader range of people, infrastructure and government strategy experts said. ...

COMMENT The Budget Terminal sits like a misfit in a discreet corner of super-modern Changi Airport, a throwback to a sleepy past where buildings were frills-free and functional. On Sept 25 that six-year-old ...

Commodities guru, Jim Rogers, warns that the current financial crisis is set to worsen in the next couple of years, with fresh problems surfacing in 2013 or 2014. Speaking to Yahoo! Singapore at the Philip ...

The 'protection gap' of Singaporeans has narrowed in the past five years, indicating a growing awareness of the need for financial protection and an increase in the level of insurance coverage, according ...

No small amount of bad advice on financial products is going around in Singapore, a mystery shopping survey's findings showed. According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a panel of industry ...

It's tough getting rewarded for hard work in Singapore. Employers in the city-state are the third least likely among those in 17 countries to give a pay increase to an employee they promote, a survey ...

Many of us have heard that the best time to buy stocks is during a stock market crash or during a correction. However, how many can actually put this into practice? The sure way to make money is to buy ...

Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling financial self-help book "Rich Dad Poor Dad", said that being "kiasu" might be the reason why Singapore is so successful today. →

The BlackBerry smartphone, which built its reputation as a corporate device for savvy business people, is shifting towards being a lifestyle device for younger consumers. →

Financial literacy is still low in Singapore, despite our country being one of the leading financial services hubs in the world. Other than recent government initiatives such as Moneysense, a large responsibility ...

Our desires and wants are unlimited but our financial resources are limited. As such, we need to differentiate our needs and wants. In the course of learning how to better manage and grow my money, I read ...

Let me share with you a story. A few years ago I was in the lift with my wife. Joining me were two old uncles. One of them told his old pal that the market was recovering. Hence, he had … →

Oftentimes, I read comments in forums or the newspapers which mention how attractive some yields are for certain companies, REITs or business trusts. I also hear of friends, peers and colleagues talking ...

Gold is one of the most valuable and desirable substances known to man. For many years it has been a status symbol as well as a form of currency since the days before money. It is also the most popular ...