Google co-founder Sergey Brin will be setting up a family office in Singapore, joining a sizeable pool of billionaires that have done the same. Singapore is now home to more than 200 family offices and around US$20 billion assets under management. It is no coincidence that many wealthy individuals have chosen to manage their assets … Continue reading Singapore’s courtship of billionaires paying off
Monthly Archives: February 2021
Quarantine-free business travel
Singapore was meant to roll out a pilot programme for short term business travelers to stay here without quarantine. However, this has been delayed till the end of February. This unique travel lane called Connect@Singapore was supposed to be introduced in late January. Currently, the facilities earmarked for this scheme called Connect@Changi, namely the Singapore … Continue reading Quarantine-free business travel
Hybrid AGM Meetings will become the new normal
Annual General Meetings had to be conducted virtually as a part of the Covid-19 preventive measures. This resulted in a decrease in attendance for Singapore listcos by 70% compared to 2019. There are a number of factors that could have contributed to this. Some of the shareholders may not be digitally savvy. In addition to … Continue reading Hybrid AGM Meetings will become the new normal