Singapore, 23 July 2020 (Thursday) – The Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Law today announced the establishment of the Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative (SGRI) which will be undertaken by the School of Law’s Centre for Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia. The Initiative, which is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Law, seeks to contribute to and enrich the ecosystem that supports domestic and cross-border debt restructuring in Singapore, while serving as a global platform to promote cooperation and interdisciplinary research on comparative and inter
SINGAPORE, 20 July 2020 (Monday) – With the rapid spread of the pandemic which has infected more than 14 million globally to date, the world is grappling with control measures to stop the virus from further proliferation.
SINGAPORE, 20 July 2020 - These are the research findings of the 36th round of quarterly release for the DBS-SKBI Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) Survey at the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI), Singapore Management University (SMU).
One-year-Ahead headline inflation expectations edged down to 3.0% in June 2020, from 3.1% in March 2020, slightly down compared to the second quarter average of 3.3% since the survey’s inception in 2012 till-2019.
SINGAPORE, 2 July 2020 (Thursday) - Business Innovations Generator (BIG), the incubator managed by the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) at the Singapore Management University (SMU), has today unveiled 19 new startups accepted into its incubation programme. This is BIG’s second cohort this year and its largest since its inception in 2009. (More information about the 19 startups can be found in Annex A)
Singapore, 25 June 2020 (Thursday) – The Institute of Service Excellence (ISE) at the Singapore Management University (SMU) (卓越服务研究院) released the 2020 Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) survey results for the Info-Communications and Retail sectors today.
Info-Communications sector
Singapore, 18 June 2020 (Thursday) – AMTD Group, Xiaomi Finance, Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Institute of Systems Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS-ISS), jointly launched the ‘AMTD-Xiaomi-SMU-ISS Digital Finance Leadership Programme’ (“AXSI Programme”) today at a virtual signing ceremony graced by Mr. Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Singapore, 16 June 2020 (Tuesday) – The Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Lee Kong Chian School of Business’ (LKCSB) MSc in Wealth Management (MWM) is ranked among the top 3 in the world and first in Asia in the latest Financial Times (FT) Masters in Finance Rankings 2020.
SINGAPORE, 1 June 2020 – The Singapore Management University (SMU) Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) has announced the launch of the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition (LKYGBPC) Lite Edition. The contest is aimed at inviting young innovators, entrepreneurs, scientists, researchers, engineers, or designers to come up with innovative ideas that would help cities, businesses, and communities adapt and thrive during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Singapore, 1 June 2020 – Infrastructure Asia (Infra Asia), Singapore Management University (SMU) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have partnered to design and develop a capacity building programme for senior and mid-level regional government officials in the infrastructure sector. The programme was launched at a virtual signing ceremony on 1 June 2020, graced by Ms. Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Finance and Education.
Singapore, 26 May 2020 – Singapore may be one of the cleanest cities in the world, but this cleanliness does not extend to all of the toilets in our coffee shops and hawker centres. A study conducted through an SMU undergraduate course from 10 January to 7 February 2020 also revealed that more than a quarter of customers interviewed said that they would not use the toilets in such eating places.