Thailand at a crossroads
Ho Kwon Ping, chairman of Singapore Management University, writes that the awakening of the rural class threatens age-old institutions.
Firms and households resilient
Professor Annie Koh, dean of Executive and Professional Education at SMU, said that factors that could push up non-performing loans include a higher…
Planning for retirement set to become tougher
Planning for retirement is going to become more tricky in the light of the financial crisis, said experts at a seminar on The Future Of Silver…
Modernising agriculture in China: for better or for worse?
Assistant Professor of Sociology Forrest Zhang from the School of Social Sciences discusses the benefits and challenges of large-scale modernisation…
Academics applaud civil service salary revisions
SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business Assistant Professor Kenneth Huang feels that the pay cuts of top civil servants and ministers was not…
MAS boosts grants to financial institutions for training
?Institutions need to continue to invest in talent development even in the current market downturn,? said MAS executive director Ng Nam Sin at the…
Funding of training fees upped to 70%
At the graduation of 15 private bankers from the SMU-Standard Chartered Bank advanced diploma in private banking programme, MAS announced enhanced…
Will its associates follow suit?
Analysts felt it was not a must for these companies to follow their parent. ?There is no one-size-fits-all solution; these companies are in different…
Training subsidies for the financial sector increase
The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced the increase in subsidies under its Financial Training Scheme at the SMU-Standard Chartered Bank…
Effects of increased regulation of insurance companies
Professor Olivia S. Mitchell from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and SMU Practice Associate Professor Benedict Koh, both co-principal…