Rajiv MenonFinance
Singapore Core Inflation Quickens to 2.2% in August
Gains in retail merchandise, food services, and transport fares pushed the city-state’s core consumer price index to its highest level since late 2024.
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Minjun ParkFinance
More protection to be offered to wealthy Singapore investors
Wealthy investors in Singapore may soon be able to choose to be covered by the same protections as retail investors under proposals from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas). First announced by the regulator in September 2015, Mas intends to table…
Aiko TanakaGeneral
Singapore consumer prices post biggest drop in 5 years
Consumer prices in the Republic fell 0.8 per cent in August, the biggest year-on-year drop since November 2009. The decline, which came after a 0.4 per cent fall in July, was mainly due to the lower cost of private road transport, according to a joint news…
Wei ZhangGeneral
MAS outlines new safeguards for retail investors
Retail investors will enjoy a boost in protection with new rules for investments linked to gold and other physical assets. The enhancements also allows flexibility for accredited investors (AIs) to decide on the level of regulatory protection they want to be…
Sarah ChenLiving
Banks, insurers to face new rules when selling at malls, public places
As financial institutions (FI) jostle to get a bigger share of the consumer dollar by sending their salespeople to hawk everything from credit cards to insurance and investment products at shopping malls, MRT stations and other public places, the Monetary…
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