Tag: Singapore

The accounting industry in Singapore is experiencing a talent shortage. This is exacerbated by the rapid pace of technological advancement ...

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Two audit firm solutions of Wolters Kluwer have been pre-approved by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), a statutory board ...

When it comes to streamlining financial operations, Singapore shows strong optimism towards AI to improve business and financial resilience, said ...

Firms in Singapore need to produce plans for reducing their carbon emissions, according to a report from ACCA, IFAC and ...

Business leaders in Singapore are finding it challenging to deal with the reporting and data collection for environmental, social, and ...

Real salaries in Singapore are estimated to rebound in 2024 as inflation eases, said ECA International recently. Workers in city ...

Hong Kong and Singapore lenders are expected to improve their operating efficiency in the coming months amid higher net interest margins, ...

Singapore sees a threefold increase in cyberattacks against SMBs, with 453 attacks targeted at this type of businesses in 1H2023 ...

When it comes to the highest expatriate packages, Hong Kong re-entered the top five global locations in 2022 — up ...

The need of talent cultivation has driven the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants to launch the ISCA Global Talent Programme, ...

When its comes to the most expensive cities in the world, Singapore has risen eight places in ECA’s recently released ...

Singapore had the highest rate of ransomware attacks, with 84% of organisations surveyed reporting they were a victim of this ...

The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) announced recently a S$2 million AI for accounting initiative. According to the accountancy ...

Singapore is now one of the top 10 most expensive locations in the world, said ECA recently. The city-state has ...

Cloud adopting accounting practices in Singapore earn more per client, said Xero recently when releasing its latest industry survey results. ...

When it comes to cashflow visibility, under 4% of the 1,483 business leaders and finance and accounting executives from different ...

Finance digital transformation in Singapore is seeing various challenges, said Workday recently when releasing results of a survey. A majority ...

Singapore's Temasek Holdings announced recently the appointment of Png Chin Yee as the new CFO, replacing the outgoing predecessor Leong ...

As mental health and workforce exhaustion slip from risk radar, firms in Singapore are at risk of losing talent, said ...

When it comes to digital agility in Asia Pacific, there is a need for greater collaboration between CFOs, CHROs, and ...

Remote hiring has enabled companies to secure quality talent and alleviate the stresses arising from the dearth of qualified candidates ...

Hong Kong-listed Li Ning Company Limited recently announced the retirement of Terence Wah-Fung Tsang as CFO. The company said it ...

The average ransomware payment collected from organisations in Singapore  — that had data encrypted in their most significant ransomware attacks ...

Close to half (48%) of office workers in Singapore say they would consider quitting their job in the next six ...

Singapore’s job seeker sentiment is at a five-year low though nearly half of employers in the island state have plans ...

Singapore has remained the most liveable location in the world for expatriates from East Asia in 2022, despite seeing the ...

A majority (84%) of employers in Singapore intend to raise staff salaries this year, said Hays recently when releasing its ...

The Singapore budget confirms that fiscal pressures associated with the pandemic are easing, allowing the focus of policy to shift ...

In a survey conducted by the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), 89% of accountancy professionals indicated they have adapted ...

Employers in Singapore fell below global benchmarks when it comes to supporting staff during the pandemic, said Mercer March Benefits ...

Singapore is ranked second in Global Talent Competitiveness Index while the city-state together with Switzerland and the US continue their ...

When it comes to expat pay packages, Singapore is now the 17th most expensive location for companies sending employees overseas, ...

Phishing attacks on employees have increased in 70% of Singaporean organisations, said Sophos recently when releasing a report. In addition, ...

Leong Soo Yee (pictured), Executive Director, Markets, at ACCA weighs in. For FutureCFO's Female Leadership in Finance Series, Leong shared with ...

Singapore has surpassed Hong Kong as Asia’s most resilient economy for the first time, said FM Global recently when releasing ...

Singapore’s GDP grew 1.3% in Q1 of 2021 compared with a year ago, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry's ...

The publication of Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate) would finish on Dec 31 for Sterling, Euro, Swiss Franc and Japanese ...

Flexible work arrangements will be here to stay.Employers anticipate that the proportion of full-time employees working from home (37%) in ...

Singapore firms are more confident about a longer-term business recovery than a short-term rebound, a study by Workday revealed. Two-thirds ...

More than 90% of finance leaders in Singapore view people as an organisation’s most important asset, said ACCA recently when ...

Only 30% of F&A professionals and business leaders in Singapore are confident that the financial data used for financial analysis ...

Reskilling has emerged as a top priority for professionals in Singapore, said Hays when recently releasing a new report. The ...

Professionals in Singapore believe that organisations are future-ready but there’s room for improvement, said Hays recently when releasing a survey ...

The overall salary increase projected in 2021 for Singapore will soften only slightly to 3.5% compared to 3.6% in 2020, ...

The Enron scandal, one of the largest accounting frauds seen over the last three decades, led the company to file ...

Working from home has been challenging for almost six in ten Singaporeans (58%), who felt that their company’s technical infrastructure ...

Singapore refuted the report of large flows of fund from Hong Kong on Sunday after various media reports suggested that ...

There are five economies that are more resilient than the others in Asia Pacific, according to the 2020 FM Global ...

Companies in Singapore are decreasing recruitment budget while enhancing training and development initiatives to cope with the impact of the ...

The average monthly rent for expats in Singapore has risen for the first time in five years, said ECA recently ...

Accenture and Qlik’s survey of 1,000 employees in Singapore found that local companies lose an average of more than seven ...

Singaporean employees are not actively looking for new jobs, said Hays which recently released results of a survey of 6000 ...

Getting a pay rise, upskilling and feeling happier at work are the top three career goals for Singaporean workers in ...

Against the global backdrop of rising market and geopolitical volatility, companies in Singapore are taking concrete actions to make the ...

More than half (55%) of the 228 Singaporean executives surveyed cite high levels of business confidence, on par with the ...

There are four challenges that Singaporean C-level executives will continue to combat next year, said Robert Half recently when releasing ...

While the export-reliant Singapore economy has seen a more serious decline in the second half of 2019, the country believes ...

Singapore's exports in September dropped for the seventh straight month as electronics shipments continued to slide, official data showed on ...

Singapore’s factory output tumbled again in August—after a hopeful July, drawing the island state closer to a technical recession. August’s ...

Singapore need to further digitize when it comes to accounting and tax, according to the TMF Group. While the island ...

Singapore's three largest bank by assets face rising asset risk in 2019 amid a weakening macroeconomic environment, despite their record ...

Amid the escalating US-China trade war, Singapore cut its economic growth outlook for this year on Tuesday to 0.0%-1.0% from ...

Ever wonder why you were rejected for a promotion last time? A new research commissioned by Robert Half found that ...

While Singapore’s growth will stabilize in the medium term around 2.5%, it will slow to 2% this year as a ...

Singapore’s PMI fell for the second straight month after shrinking 0.3 point to 49.6 in June.  This is the lowest since August ...

This is not good news for the economy of a country that has heavy reliance on export. Singapore’s non-oil domestic ...