Opinion & Features

COMMENTARY

Budget 2026: Accelerating Singapore’s growth in a fragmented world

As global trade fractures, Budget 2026 doubles down on AI integration while reinforcing the social compact

The government consistently frames each Budget as part of longer-term plans; Budget 2026 embodies this on multiple levels.
COMMENTARY

Budget 2026: Not grand pronouncements, but steady steps in longer-term plans

Rather than show-stopping policies, this year’s spending plan is heavier on targeted moves and extensions of past efforts

The pre-condition for achieving a positive outcome for CPF life-cycle funds is the ability to stay invested for the long haul. This is harder than it sounds.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Is CPF’s new life-cycle investment scheme for everyone?

The portfolios’ returns will hinge on a long horizon and some hand-holding

Budget 2026 reinforces Singapore's ambition to remain a hub for advanced services and digital leadership.

Singapore’s cautious hiring outlook isn’t about fewer jobs – it’s about different ones

Growth remains firmly on the agenda – the difference lies in how it is structured

While the sporting side of the Winter Olympics has so far proceeded relatively smoothly, the event has faced a catalogue of wider challenges.

Winter Olympics 2026 beset with business and geopolitical controversies

As the Winter Games unfold, business and geopolitical friction is distracting from the sporting action

From left: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, Google DeepMind; Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, The Economist; and Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder, Anthropic.

The lab leaders want to slow down on AI. Someone needs to help them

Here is why ‘middle powers’ like Singapore may hold the key to coordinating the advance of AI

In cybersecurity, information on a system's architecture is often more valuable than customer data.

Telecoms networks must be ready to defend against cyberattacks

Communications networks are far more than just commercial assets; they are critical national infrastructure that must be protected

Interpreting current ESG polemics as permission to deprioritise climate governance is a strategic error, says the writer.
STEWARDSHIP MATTERS

Stay the course: 5 inconvenient climate truths Singapore boards must address

Climate governance cannot stall even as disclosure deadlines are extended

Gold has experienced extended periods of boom and bust; the down periods can be long.
THINKING ALOUD

Buy gold on dips? With sky-high volatility, caution is warranted

The metal has since clawed its way back to US$5,054 per ounce, but is still off the year’s high

As global tax rules tighten, incentives are increasingly judged less by generosity and more by design quality, economic substance and alignment with national priorities.

Substance over ‘sweeteners’: Redesigning Singapore’s incentives for strategic growth

How the Republic’s incentive framework can align with new OECD rules and advance the national economic strategy