Good news for SMEs in Singapore. The government has set aside an additional S$100 million (US$74 million) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This was announced by finance minister Heng Swee Keat in Parliament during his annual budget speech. The fund, dubbed SME Co-Investment Fund III, will be co-invested...
A dipstick poll conducted by financial services group DBS has revealed that SMEs in Singapore are looking to the government to give them a leg-up in supporting their business growth this year. Eight in 10 said they are expecting more business incentives to be announced at the upcoming Budget...
Singapore’s SMEs are still lagging in digital adoption and are not adequately prepared for the national transition to a digital economy, according to the fourth edition of QBE Insurance’s annual survey of Singapore SMEs. The results found that SMEs have been slow to take up cyber protection measures, digital...
Beehive, a digital platform providing finance solutions to businesses, financial institutions and investors is partnering with Thailand’s Thanachart Bank to launch a digital supply chain that provides improved liquidity for SMEs in Asia.
"It is our strategic direction to enhance our digital technology capability to deliver a better customer experience. The...
Singapore’s Central Bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has warned members of the public not to be misled by fraudulent websites that solicit investments in cryptocurrencies using fabricated information attributed to the Singapore Government.
These websites falsely claim that Singapore is adopting a cryptocurrency as its official coin. They...
Hong Kong-based finance advisory company Index-Asia has partnered with local financial consultancy firm UpSmart Strategy Consulting to help Philippine startups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and family businesses strengthen their capital-raising strategies.
The two companies said their partnership aimed to “create a growth strategy and structure their transactions and deals to facilitate a successful capital-raising.”...
In a significant revamp of accountancy regulations, auditors will come under greater scrutiny according to new proposals put forward by the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo). The latter will order a second audit on listed companies with clean audits if something does not seem right.
"SGX will be proposing a...
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) SME Committee (SMEC) submitted its recommendations for the Singapore Budget 2019 to the government earlier this month.In 2018, the Singapore economy grew 3.3%, in line with the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s (MTI’s) forecast of 3.0% to 3.5%. Moving forward, MTI forecasts 2019 growth...
SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, has appointed seven co-investment partners under Startup SG Equity. This will catalyse more than S$90 million worth of investments to develop Singapore-based startups in the Agrifood tech sector. This was announced by Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Dr...
Singapore SMEs continue to adopt a mildly optimistic outlook for the first six months of 2019 as general sentiments eased across all seven sectors.The SBF-DP SME Index (the Index) decreased from 51.0 to 50.7 this quarter, indicating a slight dampening of sentiments among SMEs. This index is based on...
