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Majority of listed firms need to drastically improve corporate disclosure standards, reveals SGX report
Disclosures on renumeration need most improvement. Mainboard-listed companies have plenty of room for improvement when it comes to corporate disclosure standards, according to an inaugural report by the Singapore Exchange. The review, which covered 545 companies and was carried out by KPMG, showed that the companies' code of corporate governance (CG code) disclosures scored an average of 60%, with large-capitalisation companies having a slight lead over other firms in terms of scores achieved.
15,000 first-time taxpayers to benefit from no-filing service
According to a release, more taxpayers, including 15,000 first-time taxpayers, will benefit from the No-Filing Service (NFS) for this year’s tax filing season, starting 1 March 2014. For these 1.23 million taxpayers, or 60% of all taxpayers, tax filing will be a non-event. First launched in 2007, the NFS has grown significantly over the years to benefit 27 times as many taxpayers this year.
A massive banking crisis is brewing in Singapore, says Swiss billionaire Zulauf
The three biggest banks are losing capital. A crisis of staggering proportions is looming in China, and tiny Singapore will be caught right in the middle of the storm once the disaster finally erupts. Speaking at the annual Barron’s roundtable, Swiss billionaire investor Felix Zulauf warned that Singapore’s largest banks are at risk of massive capital outflows if the Chinese economy experiences a hard landing, which he expects will happen this year.
Keppel axes over 6,000 O&M workers as contracts dry up
It needs to rightsize to stay afloat. Keppel Corporation’s shrinking staff numbers paint a disheartening picture of its battered offshore and marine segment. In its latest earnings presentation, Keppel reported that it has let go of about 6,000 direct staff in its local and overseas yards since January 2015, in a bid to slash costs and optimise its current operations.
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