Singapore

The global financial crisis was a stark reminder for many companies that effective working capital management and strong counterparty risk management are important.

The lender opens its doors to allow customers to settle their trades in 14 exchanges in 10 countries.

As with its predecessor, the new 5-year Development Plan attaches importance to continuing financial sector reform in four main areas: (i) strengthening financial institutions, (ii) development of financial markets, (iii) improvements to monetary policy instruments, and (iv) enhancement of the supervisory framework.

With the growth of the high-net-worth population in Asia–Pacific significantly outpacing the rest of the world, it is no wonder that the demand for wealth management talent in Asia is at an all-time high. More than half of wealth management firms plan to increase staffing levels by at least 10-to-20 percent. However, firms face a limited talent pool to fill their ranks.

The lender’s whole suite of deposit products for iSAVvy Singapore dollar time deposit.

Aside from OCBC, DBS and UOB also entered the list of top 20 banks, wherein Canadian banks dominate with 5 entries.

As an online-only service provider of OCBC Bank, FinatiQ could no longer meet the growing needs of the bank's customers and  will cease business on 30 June 2011.

The banker formerly headed JP Morgan’s Middle East and North Africa Sovereign Wealth Funds and Financial Sponsor group for investment banking.

Technology is not a proper subject for businessmen to study. However every few years something comes along that changes the landscape and businessmen need to re-examine the role of technology within the enterprise. These “disruptive” technologies are coming thick and fast in 2011, so here is a primer on the first of the three disruptive technologies you should be thinking about:-

Increasing market strength and new government regulation will see new permanent roles created this quarter in China.

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, compensation practices in the Financial Services industry have come under significant scrutiny by regulators and politicians, particularly in Europe and the US. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) have been at the forefront of issuing a series of implementation standards on compensation with the ultimate goal of designing appropriate incentive structures that seek to align bankers’ compensation to the nature and degree of risks undertaken.

Throughout the last two quarters, most hiring managers in banks were grappling with multiple offers and counter offers, thinking the worst of them.

Despite economic uncertainties, the bank believes that its efforts to strengthen its Asian operation will continue to bear fruit.

Gartner identified TrustSphere as one of the few highly innovative technology providers working on the mission-critical issue of protecting enterprisers' and end users' sensitive data.

The ratings agency retained the stable outlook for the notes to be issued through UOB's SGD5 billion Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) program.

Habitat-Barclays Bare Your Sole 2011 will take place on Saturday, 18 June at Gardens by the Bay East, Tanjong Rhu.