Preqin has published its annual environmental, social and governance (ESG) report: ESG in Alternatives 2023. The report provides the latest insights within the private markets covering developments on fundraising and fund size for ESG across geographies. The report shows that has been a three-fold increase...
Singapore, Chile and New Zealand launched trilateral talks on the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) on the sidelines of the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting Chile recently. Digitalisation has transformed business models and trade, opening up unparalleled opportunities and choices for businesses...
There is a correlation between the way a data breach is disclosed and the total financial losses an organization experiences following a cybersecurity incident. According to a new Kaspersky report, ‘How businesses can minimize the cost of a data breach’, SMBs that decide to voluntarily inform their...
CIMB Bank Berhad and CapBridge Pte Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate capital raising and trading of shares for private companies through the CapBridge investment platform and the 1exchange private securities exchange. This MOU will see CIMB Bank and CapBridge collaborating to offer the...
In today's environment, it is crucial for companies to stand out as an employer so they can retain top talent. Published in EngageRocket's latest guide on award-winning best practices are 5 key highlights that make the winners stand out from the crowd:1. Emphasize on people development, training and...
Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL Group), has published key findings from an inaugural study on youth employability in Asia Pacific. The three-week online study saw close to 950 responses from young people above 15 years of age across seven countries – Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,...
Trend Micro has revealed that it blocked 16.7 million high-risk email threats that slipped past webmail providers' native filters. This amounts to an increase of nearly a third on 2019 figures. The new statistics are provided by Trend Micro's Cloud App Security (CAS), an...
To support businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook and Instagram have lined up new features to direct people to gift cards from local businesses on the platforms and purchase them via select third party partner sites. Facebook is testing a feature where people...
Coding skills are growing in prevalence for many job roles across sectors in Singapore. However, almost nine in ten (89%) employers say that there is a shortage of talent with the required coding skills to a "large" and "some" extent. With the challenge to...
A report by MIT Technology Review Insights explores the breakthroughs in data intelligence that will enable CIOs to reach their data and generative AI priorities across seven industries, namely retail and consumer packaged goods, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, media and entertainment, and the public sector.