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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      An insider guide to Singapore’s regional fine dining scene

      These restaurants marry the region’s myriad cuisines with contemporary cooking styles. Here’s where to find its most exciting chefs at work

    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      Singapore family office applicants face 18-month wait amid tighter scrutiny

      Asian financial hub investigating whether $2bn money laundering ring used the vehicle

      A couple walks along an aerial walkway of Singapore’s Garden by the Bay
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Cryptofinance
      Singapore opens the door to a shrinking market

      Plus, the bleak future facing crypto post-Sam Bankman-Fried

    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      GIC Private Ltd
      GIC chief says investors should prefer Big Tech to start-ups on AI

      Singapore’s tech-focused sovereign wealth fund says established companies are seeing AI wins with existing customers

      Lim Chow Kiat
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Governments need to become more productive

      A smarter and leaner public sector is essential amid tight budgets and rising demands

      A man in a face mask works on a computer
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      Private equity
      Private equity firms face worst year for exiting investments in a decade

      Amount buyout groups have made selling portfolio companies is running at lowest level since 2013

      The figures underline the challenge confronting private equity firms, amid warnings that a golden age for the buyout industry has ended
    • Sunday, 15 October, 2023
      Wilson Sonsini
      Law firm Wilson Sonsini explores Singapore office as China dealmaking slows

      Beijing’s regulatory crackdown has pushed many Chinese investors and companies to expand in city-state

      Singapore’s central business district
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Singapore considers money-laundering checks for luxury cars and handbags

      Single family offices could also face stiffer rules as value of assets under investigation swells to $2bn

      The Merlion statue and financial district skyline in Singapore
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Singapore banks tighten scrutiny of clients after money-laundering scandal

      Customers from China in spotlight as waiting times stretch to four months to open accounts

      A low-angle view of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Cayman Islands
      Cayman Islands to open Singapore office to lure Asia’s wealthy

      Caribbean territory lays out ‘red carpet’ to attract hedge funds and family offices from region

      Downtown Georgetown in the Cayman Islands
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      Can Singapore hold on to its reputation as Asia’s ‘safe haven’?

      The city-state has long prospered as a global hub but some question whether the model is still working

      Montage image of Singapore’s skyline with illustrations representing China’s and the US’s flags
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Singapore seeks documents from banks in money laundering probe

      Authorities widen $737mn investigation that has cast scrutiny on financial hub’s embrace of foreign wealth

      Skyscrapers illuminated at dusk in Singapore’s central business district
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      News in-depth
      Singapore’s scandalous summer stokes unease over succession planning

      Corruption probes tarnish ruling party’s clean reputation as it plots generational transfer of power

      Office workers walk out for a lunch break at Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      Singapore’s PM defends governance after scandals

      Lee Hsien Loong admits ruling People’s Action party has ‘taken a hit’ ahead of leadership change

      Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Sovereign wealth funds
      Singapore’s GIC warns of the end of an era for private equity

      Sovereign fund says high valuations, lower leverage costs and low interest rates are ‘not coming back any time soon’

    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      OutlookMercedes Ruehl
      What Taylor Swift tells us about Singapore vs Hong Kong

      The rivalry between the two cities has been sharpened by the US singer’s international tour plans

      Taylor Swift with her back up dancers performing on stage
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      Singapore tycoon arrested over graft agency probe involving minister

      Investigation into hotelier and official calls into question city-state’s reputation as clean place to do business

    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd
      Singapore’s Temasek reports worst returns in 7 years

      Value of state-owned investor’s portfolio slides after ‘the most challenging year for markets over the last decade’

      Rohit Sipahimalani
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      Sequoia Capital
      Sequoia China’s push into Singapore sets up fight against Indian arm

      Plans to expand into south-east Asia dealmaking from city-state puts it in direct competition with India-based Peak XV

      Neil Shen
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      X Corp
      Who’s behind all those weird product ads on Twitter?

      And has one of the biggest advertisers just been nuked?

    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Singapore fines financial institutions over Wirecard-related breaches

      DBS, OCBC, Citibank and Swiss Life punished for inadequate controls

      Exterior view of the Wirecard building
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      GIC Private Ltd
      Singapore’s GIC accelerates US deals as China cools

      Sovereign wealth fund with estimated $700bn under management is targeting venture capital and technology companies

      GIC logo
    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Singapore bargain-hunters target distressed Chinese properties

      Wave of developer defaults follows Beijing’s crackdown on speculation

      Construction sites in China’s Henan province
    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Singapore hands down first Wirecard criminal convictions

      Two former executives given jail sentences related to collapse of once high-flying German payments group

      The logo of Wirecard pictured at its headquarters in Aschheim, near Munich, Germany
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders
      Singapore pushes to become carbon market hub

      The city-state wants to become Asia’s go-to destination for emissions trading

      A bird’s-eye view of Singapore’s central downtown district, the Singapore Flyer and the express highway
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