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SINGAPORE (Feb 21): A survey of investors in Asia has revealed that millennials in the region are at substantial risk of a cash crunch during their later years, according to global financial services group Manulife.

SINGAPORE (Jan 18): Further political uncertainty in Europe tops the list of concerns for Singapore investment managers’ for 2017, according to a survey conducted by the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS). This replaces slowing growth

SINGAPORE (Dec 20): Over a third of companies in Singapore are planning to hire in 2017, with 60% of them expected to hire at the middle-management level and 63% of them to offer a 1% to 5% salary increase.

SINGAPORE (Dec 13): More employees in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong have concerns about the security of their jobs, and believe they need more digital skills to keep up.

SINGAPORE (Dec 2): “Hidden defection”, they call it. This is the term Bain & Company uses to describe the act of purchasing a new banking product from a competing bank or financial technology (fintech) firm.

SINGAPORE (Nov 22): Singapore is leading the charge in the Asian Digital Transformation Index according to an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report, Connecting Capabilities, commissioned by Telstra.

SINGAPORE (Nov 18): Over 70% of Asian institutional investors have confidence in active management, and have placed more than 75% of their assets in actively managed strategies.

SINGAPORE (Oct 17): Restructuring and M&A activity has slowed down the overall AUMs of private banks in the Asia Pacific region, according to a survey by Private Banker International.

SINGAPORE (Oct 14): According to the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI)’s SME Survey 2016, restructuring and financing challenges are rising among Singapore’s business landscape this year.

SINGAPORE (Oct 12): Seventy-six percent of Singaporean employees prefer to work for a male direct manager, exceeding the global average of 65%, according to Randstad’s global Q3 2016 Workmonitor report.