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Pixlr (Pixlr Pte Ltd), a leading developer of photo editing and design tools, is gearing up for a new creative adventure with the launch of its brand-new Pixlr Suite. This new launch aims to provide designers, photographers, creators, entrepreneurs and others with the opportunity to exercise their creative freedom in design and photo editing within a suite of tools.

Bronze Media Singapore, a branding and marketing agency headquartered in Singapore, has today announced its next growth phase: expansion of business operations to serve more Asian markets.

Renewable energy career opportunities across Asia Pacific encompass a very wide range of different specialities, both established and innovative. The Asia Pacific Region is home to some of the most forward-thinking projects in this field and a location where there is currently a lot of activity.

The most recent Investment Managers Outlook Survey from the Investment Management Association of Singapore offers essential perspective on how the industry is likely to evolve in this part of the world in the coming months and years. It provides effective insight into the latest investment management news Singapore and the challenges, developments and trends that are incoming.

A partnership between Singapore's central bank and the private sector is being put in place to help develop the asset management industry in the region.

Australia is a country with one asset that is particularly useful when it comes to renewable energy: a lot of space. However, this has not been one of the country's top priorities - until now. Earlier this year, renewable energy zones and dispatchable energy storage were listed as "high priority initiatives'' by Infrastructure Australia for the first time.

A leading international recruitment agency, Volt Singapore offers total talent management solutions to help businesses create talent programs depending on their needs. Combining MSP and RPO solutions, they build an all-encompassing, holistic approach to secure talent management for customers. Their TTM solution can offer a multitude of benefits including vacancy advertisement job portals, a comprehensive portfolio of talent, reporting on KPIs, dedicated key account managers, regular updates on the status of the talent bank, and much more.

The financial authorities of Singapore have granted a preliminary licence to Hana Financial Group, a major South Korean bank, to create an asset management firm in the sovereign island city-state. Hana Financial's entry into the Singapore market is part of the company's plan to increase international revenues from 21.7 percent to total profits of over 40 percent by 2025. In addition to diversifying its earnings portfolio under the protracted low-interest environment, the assets management firm's debut in Singapore would expand its non-banking operations.

Investments in renewable energy in the Asia Pacific region are set to double to $1.3 trillion by the end of the decade, eclipsing fossil fuel power expenditures, which are forecasted to decline by approximately 25%. This figure signifies that by 2030 renewables will account for more than half of all power investments across the region.

In partnership with European firms such as Skai Energies & Nilsson Energy, Hydrogen Fuels Australia is commencing work on creating Australia's first modular hydrogen production and integrated fuel cell electric vehicle refuelling plant. Once operational, the plant will be capable of generating 60-90kg of green hydrogen from its 750kw solar array. This is one example of the exciting endeavours within the Australian environmental engineering sector. Get in touch with a member of the LVI Associates team to explore the wealth of opportunities across Asia Pacific.

Chongqing Liangjiang New District Management Committee and Singapore-based Commodities Intelligence Centre (CIC) have struck an investment agreement. CIC would invest RMB 10 million (S$2.07million) to build its international digital commerce platform in China's Guoyuan Port in Chongqing Municipality under the terms of the deal. The project will contribute to the China-Singapore Connectivity Initiative, as it will be able to use the CIC platform capabilities in Singapore to allow data connectivity and compatibility, as well as develop a thriving commodity trading environment in Guoyuan Port.

A leading global recruitment company, Volt Singapore offers workforce consulting services for businesses of all types. The company provides businesses with qualified individuals, be it the need to source a small team of experts or contingent workers. From using their consultants to conduct a workforce audit to map clients' workforce, all the way through to executing clients' in-house contingent workforce program, their experts are here to help. Their workforce consulting services include design and deliver a workforce optimisation project for clients' organisation that will help enhance agent productivity, recognise performance gaps and deliver targeted coaching, effectively forecast workloads and schedule and engage staff.

COVID-19 has hit Singapore like every other country around the world and the measures that have been taken to contain it over the past year have impacted the financial markets. Now, with more steps announced to handle a new rise in cases, including a cluster at Tan Tock Sen Hospital, analysts are predicting yet more change on the Singapore Bourse. Profit-taking is the trend that analysts are forecasting as a result of the new measures that are going to be put in place until 30th May. Although some selling has already begun it's thought that this is going to increasingly affect bank and transport stocks with Singapore Airlines and Sats likely to take a hit as well as retail Reits. Office Reits aren't likely to be affected in the same way and analysts are predicting that industrial Reits are likely to be the least impacted by the new measures.

2020 was not an easy year for Singapore's markets. In fact, at the end of 2020 the Straits Times Index (STI) had lost around 11.8% making it the worst performer in Asia. While this may have made many nervous at the end of last year, by the end of the first quarter of 2021 there was already good news with the STI making double digits with a 12.4% gain. Singapore is renowned for being cyclical, in that the market and the stocks within it rise and fall in alignment with economic fluctuations. Valuation in the Singapore market is one of the cheapest in the region and that has given rise to some strong mergers and acquisitions activity among listed companies.

Sunlight is something that you wouldn't expect to find underground. However, researchers from Nanyang Technical University (NTU) in Singapore have managed to do just that. Their innovation is designed to harvest sunlight from locations above ground and then relay it to underground spaces that are reliant on artificial light. This is made possible as a result of design that mimics the way a magnifying glass works when it is used to focus sunlight on a specific area.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the built environment sector in Singapore has appealed to the government to allow it to bring in more foreign workers. Currently, around 1,000 workers are returning home every week to family, creating challenging conditions for the local industry. The government recently took steps to allow construction firms more temporary flexibility to bring in workers from China. However, it's thought that this will not make the kind of impact that is really required as Chinese workers are often specialised in specific trades, rather than being general construction workers.

A well-renowned global recruitment agency, Volt Singapore offers services procurement solutions to help businesses meet their procurement needs from local to global. Regardless of the size of the business, the agency can help drive down costs in the products and they're procuring. With a global delivery platform, the company designs and delivers innovative, flexible procurement solutions that help its clients manage and improve their supply chain. Their end-to-end offering with full visibility over project scope, RFX, process and planning, monitoring and review, billing and performance management is a flexible and cost effective answer to ever evolving demands of the clients.

Water scarcity affects numerous areas of the globe and today it still remains one of the largest global risks and challenges in terms of potential impact over the next decade as the Earth's population continues to shift towards urbanisation. Furthermore, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has indicated that 97% of the globe's water supply is salt water, whereas the additional 0.3% is fresh water located across lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, and swamps.

Accessibility in the built environment is a topic that can stimulate a wide range of discussions. We are all different and accommodating the various requirements of people with pushchairs, walking sticks, wheelchairs, dogs or mobility requirements, for example, can pose a real challenge. Creating a more inclusive creative workplace is a key element in construction and as a civil engineering recruiter it's clear to see that there is a real trend towards inclusive design that is also more playful, tactile and engaging. Perhaps after a year of frequent lockdowns across the world there is now a big appetite for spaces that give something back.

Fintech in Singapore continued to develop in 2020, despite the challenges presented by the pandemic and restrictions on working and development. The establishment of Singapore's very first digital banks, as well as fintech initiatives introduced by local regulators were just two of the factors that had a very positive influence on the market for financial technology in Singapore during 2020.

The field of quantitative analysis is a fast evolving one and has had a big impact on investing strategies, business models and the structure of markets in recent years. The past decade has seen quants change the stock trading game and there is more to come if the predictions from some of the top quants are right.

Bitberry Finance (BBR) announced to have received new investments fundings from AU21, SL2 & Inclusion Capital on 13 April 2021.

Recent figures from the World Bank show the global population increasing significantly - and set to reach 9.7 billion people by 2050. For a civil engineering recruiter with a deep connection to the infrastructure sector we understand the challenges that this represents, in particular the need to produce more with less. There is one aspect of civil engineering where this is especially crucial and that is with respect to water innovation. Across the world the water sector has been accused of failing to embrace innovation - a 2018 survey found that only 16% of 500 industry decision makers globally running projects in excess of $1tbn believed that infrastructure was innovating at a sufficient pace to keep up with target efficiencies.

At the beginning of March 2021, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) jointly issued a paper on managing and mitigating new risks that are predicted to emerge from the extensive remote working arrangements adopted by financial institutions (FIs) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper indicated that financial institutions should continue to review and enhance their risk management practices to address evolving risks.

Volt Singapore, a well-renowned global recruitment provider, offers global outsourcing solutions to help businesses find the right candidates for their particular roles. The company assists the client with management, consulting, and many outsourcing services surrounding professionals working internationally. The agency leverages the brand in a competitive marketplace and can source active, passive, and diverse individuals for their vacancies. Rather than having one central area of expertise, Volt Singapore have a team of skilled professionals with more than 20 years of experience and a large network across the world.

Monster Cube, the parent company of Bitberry Wallet announced the launch of Bitberry Finance and BitberryDex. Bitberry Wallet is the number one cryptocurrency wallet service in South Korea, launched Bitberry Finance (bbr.finance) and their decentralized exchange 'BitberryDex' on 28 February 2021. BitberryDex aims to be the world's first DeFi model with referral structure.

In Asia as well as globally, Singapore is one of the leading private banking and wealth management centers. As a country, it has a long history of attracting high net worth individuals (HNWI) thanks to its sound financial regulations, strong legal system and its political and economic stability.