Why Singapore’s fresh grads are struggling to get hired | Singapore’s job vacancies, unemployment up in Q1, with US tariff impact yet to be seen: MOM

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Breakfast Brief Saturday, June 28, 2025 BRUNCH Why Singapore's fresh grads are struggling to get hired [SINGAPORE] It is the year 2017, and the tech sector is booming. With Industry 4.0 in full swing and FAANG stocks on the rise, pursuing data science and analytics seemed… Singapore's job vacancies, unemployment up in Q1, with US tariff impact yet to be seen: MOM [SINGAPORE] Both job vacancies and unemployment rose in the first quarter of 2025, causing the ratio to stay unchanged, according to the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM)… MAS fines 5 payment firms S$960,000 for anti-money laundering lapses [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has fined five major payment institutions a total of S$960,000 for breaches of its anti-money laundering and… Japan's NTT lodges listing prospectus for Reit, set to be Singapore's largest IPO in four years [SINGAPORE] Japanese telco Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) is spinning off some of its data centres into a Singapore-listed real estate investment trust, or S-Reit,… OCBC trims 360 Account interest rates for the second time in 2025 [SINGAPORE] OCBC will cut interest rates for its 360 Account, in line with lower interest rate expectations.

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