There is no one-size-fits-all approach to sovereign finance
In a commentary, SMU Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) Annie Koh and Khoo Guan Seng, Asia-Pacific advisory council member of the SWF Academy and EU-Asean Centre, opined that in a volatile…
Commenting on how artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes businesses, SMU Professor of Communication Management (Practice) Mark Chong said that the rise of generative AI (GenAI) in handling routine…
China’s January PMI falls back into contraction zone; economists: slower growth in first quarter
Commenting on China's January Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), SMU Associate Professor of Finance Fu Fangjian pointed out that China's manufacturing PMI returned to the expansion/contraction…
Commenting on the collapse of AVIC Trust, SMU Associate Professor of Finance Fu Fangjian said that the trusteeship of AVIC Trust was equivalent to finding two helpers; however, the helpers' role was…
TikTok defies US ban threats with strong 2025 growth
Commenting on TikTok’s new US venture, SMU Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship Chen Liang explained that US consumers clearly favoured these China-originated apps as it offers…
Commenting on the journey along the Northern Sea Route, SMU Assistant Professor of Operations Management (Education) Joyce Low said that seasonal electronic products and consumer products may be…
TikTok was thriving in the U.S., even before a joint venture saved it from a potential ban
Commenting on TikTok’s new US venture, SMU Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship Chen Liang said that 2025 showed that China-originated apps are not just policy arbitrageurs, but are…
Singaporeans expect inflation to increase slightly in 2026 amid trade uncertainties: survey
SMU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business, in collaboration with DBS Group Research and partly funded by DBS, released the Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations survey on 20 January 2026 which…
Is sustainable living becoming a trend only for the rich?
Commenting on the phenomenon, often termed as “eco-gentrification”, SMU Assistant Professor of Finance (Education) Aurobindo Ghosh said that while sustainability has long been embedded in everyday…
On the topic of complaints against Singapore's beauty industry, SMU Associate Professor of Marketing (Education) Seshan Ramaswami likens package purchases to investments with a risk-return trade-off…
