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UPCOMING EVENTS
Shanker Iyer, Founder & Chairman, Iyer Practice and Irvin Seah, Executive Director for Economics and Currency Research, DBS Bank
Venue : Stamford American Auditorium (AmCham Office, 1 Scotts Rd, #23-03 Shaw Centre)
Date : February 23, 2018
Time : 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
Price : $25.00
2018-02-23 11:45:00 2018-02-23 13:30:00 Asia/Singapore 2018_02_23 Economic Outlook Series: Focus on Singapore - AmCham Singapore |
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Description
Singapore’s
economy performed better than expected in 2017 assisted by both a growing world
economy as well as an improvement in domestic productivity.
At
the same time the Prime Minister said last November that taxes are set to go up
as Singapore government spending increases.
This
year’s Budget is eagerly awaited and experts expect an announcement that the
goods and services tax (GST), currently 7%, will be raised within the next
few years.
Join us for a lunch
briefing with Shanker Iyer, Founder and Chairman of Iyer Practice Advisers, and
Irvin Seah, Executive Director for Economics and Currency Research, DBS Bank to
discuss the outlook for Singapore and the regional economies and take a close
look at the Government of Singapore's policy responses and specific tax and
other changes introduced in the 2018 budget.
Shanker
Iyer
Founder
& Chairman
Iyer
Practice
Shanker Iyer
is the Founder
and Chairman of
Iyer Practice, a specialist
advisory firm, with
offices in Singapore and Hong
Kong, and over
70 professional staff. He
qualified as a
Chartered Accountant in London
and was a
Partner of a
leading accounting firm in the UK
for over 10 years.
Shanker is
currently Chairman of the International Fiscal Association,
Singapore Branch, and
is also Chairman of the
Singapore International Chamber of Commerce’s
Tax Policy Committee.
He is a past
Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber
of Commerce, European Chamber
of Commerce and British Chamber of Commerce.
With extensive
experience spanning over
four decades, Shanker has
built an expertise
in advising privately-held businesses,
high net-worth individuals and family
offices, on a
wide range of
international tax, regulatory, immigration and trust matters.
Irvin Seah
Executive Director for Economics and Currency Research
DBS Bank
Irvin Seah is
the Executive Director for Economics
and Currency Research at
DBS Bank in
Singapore. He joined DBS in 2006
and he is currently in charge of the macroeconomic coverage of Singapore,
Malaysia and Vietnam. Apart from
supporting the bank’s investment strategies and advising DBS clients on
macro-economic issues, his opinions on the economy are often featured in the
media.
Irvin began his career in the Singapore Ministry of
Trade and Industry,
Economics Division, as a
government economist under
the Economist Service Scheme. In his career with the Ministry, Irvin was deeply
involved in a wide range of government initiatives. He was also a trade economist as well as a
trade negotiator in MTI. Apart from
trade related research work, he was also involved in the WTO and several FTA
negotiations.
Fluent in
Mandarin, Irvin holds
a Master of Business
(Applied Economics) degree
from the Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore.