Singapore, 25 November 2015 (Wednesday) - Financial IT Academy @SMU (FITA) celebrated the graduation of its pioneer cohort of 16 participants from the Professional Certificate in Technology and Operations programmes today.
These three Level 1 programmes, covering retail banking, commercial banking and asset management respectively, are accredited under the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF) Standards for Technology and Operations, and were launched on 13 June 2015.
Singapore, 25 November 2015 (Wednesday) – Singapore Management University’s International Trading Institute, or ITI@SMU, has unveiled a book entitled ‘Leadership’ as its gift to the nation, particularly to Singapore’s trade and maritime sector. The book, which took the Institute one year to develop, comprises more than 30 in-depth interviews with industry leaders, ITI lecturers and SMU graduates, and encapsulates personal stories which convey important life lessons in leadership, many of which are being shared publicly for the first time.
[Singapore, 25 November 2015 (Wednesday)] – The Institute of Service Excellence at the Singapore Management University (ISES) (卓越服务研究院) released the 2015 third quarter (Q3) Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) results for the Food & Beverage (F&B) and Tourism sectors today.
Singapore, 25 November 2015 – The Wealth Management Institute (WMI) and Singapore Management University (SMU) are proud to announce that the Master of Science in Wealth Management (“MWM”) will now be aligned with the IBF Standards. The MWM already covers the whole value chain of processes, products and services related to wealth management.
Singapore, 18 November 2015 (Wednesday) – The Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) and Business Families institute (BFI) at Singapore Management University have organised a conference today to discuss and explore Silicon Valley technologies and their potential, and how they could be relevant and beneficial to Singapore’s Smart Nation programme. The conference also served as a platform for Silicon Valley to learn about this initiative in Singapore.
Singapore, 16 November 2015 (Monday) – The Singapore Management University (SMU) hosted the SMU China Forum 2015 today themed “China’s Alternative Vision for the World?”. The opening address was delivered by Guest of Honour, Mr Lim Swee Say, Singapore’s Minister for Manpower. Distinguished experts from the business, academic and government sectors shared insights on China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative and the “Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation” strategy.
[Singapore, 13 November 2015 (Friday)] – Two teams, which proposed a vessel trading platform and homecare matching services respectively, have won the SICC–SMU SG50 Eureka! Prize sponsored by Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) and organised by Singapore Management University (SMU) to celebrate SG50.
[Singapore, 12 November 2015 (Thursday)] – MERCU Learning Point, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), together with a senior Singaporean investment professional and a senior Singaporean banker, have come together to contribute $600,000 to establish the MERCU-SMU Excellence Scholarship (Scholarship) for full-time Malay Singaporean undergraduates who are in year two to year four and enrolled in any of the six schools at Singapore Management University (SMU).
Singapore, 4 November 2015 (Wednesday) – A study by researchers at the Singapore Management University (SMU) on the wellbeing of migrant workers in Singapore has revealed that 62 per cent of surveyed workers with an injury or salary claim with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and 13 per cent of surveyed regular workers are likely to suffer from serious mental illness.
Singapore, 30 October 2015 (Friday) – The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and Singapore Management University (SMU) today jointly celebrated the graduation of 60 participants who form the pioneer graduating cohort of two Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) programmes offered by SMU’s Centre for Professional Studies (CPS) – the Human Resource (HR) Graduate Certification Programme, and the Executive Certificate in Leadership and People Management (LPM) programme.