2015

2015: A Year in Review In many ways 2015 was a year of contrasts. We saw increasing confidence in global financial markets driven by a more stable US economy, juxtaposed with a more fragile Eurozone. In June, Greece became the first developed country to fail to make an IMF loan repayment and the Europeans struggled […]

Global Investment Trend: Mobile Trading As we are all well aware, smartphones have become seamlessly integrated into countless aspects of our daily lives and when it comes to trading, there has been no exception. Gen Y is seen to be at the forefront of this trend with CommSec revealing a noticeable increase in young investors […]

Flexitime: Bridging the Work-Life Gap Over the past few years, businesses across the financial services industry are placing an increased focus upon the notion of ‘Flexitime’ . Flexitime explains the ideology of a variable work schedule aimed to attract and retain the best employees an industry has to offer. Although this is not a new […]

Three Ways to Spring Clean Your Social Media Presence With the blurred lines between the real and virtual world today, our social media presence is undeniably becoming the first impression for many potential employers. According to CareerBuilder’s Social Media Recruitment Survey, 53% of companies rely on social media as a screening tool, up from 39% and […]

Focus On: Foreign Exchange Foreign Exchange, also known as Forex or FX, is the exchange of one currency for another on the foreign exchange market. FX helps facilitate foreign trade and business and even affects your overseas holidays and purchases. The forex market is bigger than the stock exchange. In fact it’s the largest financial […]

Focus On: the Smart Nation Initiative The Singapore Smart Nation Initiative was launched in 2014 and employs an ‘E3A Vision’ – ‘ Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, All the time’. Essentially their mission is to improve the lives of all Singaporeans. They also aim to create greater opportunities for business. You just have to spend a few minutes on […]