• Though relatively new to online shopping (38% shopping online within the last three years), shoppers in Singapore are among the world’s fastest adopters of shopping via mobile. • The most popular overseas online purchase amongst Singapore respondents was clothing and footwear (58%). • 38% of respondents from Singapore use their mobile phones for purchases at least once a month.
Date
1 June 2016
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Candy Li Tel: +65 6236 7429 Mobile: +65 8613 8820 E-mail: candy.yt.li@sg.pwc.comNatalie Choo Tel: +65 6236 4309 Mobile: +65 9738 1415 E-mail: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com
Wealth management dangerously behind the curve in adoption of digital technology
Higher digital uptake among Asia Pacific’s HNWIs.
Firms that don’t respond now simply won’t survive in t
Date
19 May 2016
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Candy Li Tel: +65 6236 7429 Mobile: +65 8613 8820 E-mail: candy.yt.li@sg.pwc.comNatalie Choo Tel: +65 6236 4309 Mobile: +65 9738 1415 E-mail: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com
PwC launches new Centre for Family Business Excellence in Asia Pacific
Singapore, 19 May 2016 – In response to growing demand from family businesses in Asia Pacific for expertise and thought l
Date
10 May 2016
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Candy Li Tel: +65 6236 7429 Mobile: +65 8613 8820 E-mail: candy.yt.li@sg.pwc.comNatalie Choo Tel: +65 6236 4309 Mobile: +65 9738 1415 E-mail: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com
Leading Big 4 global professional services firm PwC reaffirms commitment to Myanmar
Yangon, 10 May 2016 – Three and a half years after its return to Myanmar, the world’s largest profess
Date
14 April 2016
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Candy Li
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E-mail: candy.yt.li@sg.pwc.com
Natalie Choo
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Industry 4.0: Companies in Asia Pacific expect to invest 6% of revenue on digitalisation in five years
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New research by PwC finds that the next generation of family business leaders are well prepared, confident, and above all they have great ambition – both for themselves and for their firms.
Date
16 March 2016
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Candy Li Tel: +65 6236 7429 Mobile: +65 8613 8820 E-mail: candy.yt.li@sg.pwc.comNatalie Choo Tel: +65 6236 4309 Mobile: +65 9738 1415 E-mail: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com
73% of traditional Financial Institutions in Singapore believe they are at risk of losing business to FinTechs
A report published today by PwC, assessing the rise of new technologies in t
Date
7 March 2016
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Candy Li Tel: +65 6236 7429 Mobile: +65 8613 8820 E-mail: candy.yt.li@sg.pwc.comNatalie Choo Tel: +65 6236 4309 Mobile: +65 9738 1415 E-mail: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com
The PricewaterhouseCoopers International Network has selected Robert E. Moritz as its new chairman for a four-year term beginning on July 1, 2016.
Since 2009, Mr. Moritz has led PwC US as it
PwC survey that women in Singapore value international mobility opportunities more than global counterparts, but disconnect between women’s aspirations and what employers offer remains
Date 26 February 2016 Contact Candy Li Tel: +65 6236 7429 Mobile: +65 8613 8820 E-mail: candy.yt.li@sg.pwc.comNatalie Choo Tel: +65 6236 4309 Mobile: +65 9738 1415 E-mail: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com With more than 1 in 5 organisations in Singapore reporting being victims of economic crime, it remains an obstinate threat. Increase in money laundering incidents reflects heightened scrutiny b
Date
3 February 2016
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Natalie Choo
Tel: +65 6263 4309
Mobile: +65 9738 1415
Email: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com
Singapore, 3 February 2016 – PwC Singapore today released a set of recommendations which were provided to the Ministry of Finance and Monetary Authority of Singapore for con
PwC Singapore has expanded its Entrepreneurial and Private Clients division to include corporate and brand strategy consultancy, StrategiCom.
