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Nicholas Chong shared thisNicholas Chong shared thisThis is a fantastic program run directly by the Singapore Sales and Trading team. Get the chance to spend time across our Equity/FX and Fixed Income franchise. A great opportunity for new graduates https://lnkd.in/g6tJJ8uM
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Nicholas Chong shared thisNicholas Chong shared thisWe'll be holding a virtual information session to share details about our Singapore Sales and Trading Graduate Associate Program. To RSVP and learn more contact recruitmentasia@tdsecurities.com
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Nicholas Chong shared thisNicholas Chong shared thisTD Securities' Singapore office is now hiring for its 2021 Internship Programme. We are looking for talented students who are passionate learners and ready to make a difference. Our Internships last six months and include positions in various business units, such as, Sales & Trading, Finance, Risk, Operations and Compliance. To view and apply for these positions, visit our job listings: https://go.td.com/2SIihnn
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Nicholas Chong reacted on thisNicholas Chong reacted on thisVale Bill Evans ❤️ For more than three decades, Evans helped Australians make sense of the economy, guiding businesses, policymakers and households through periods of uncertainty and change. Respected for his intellect, trusted for his judgement and admired for his generosity, Westpac's former chief economist leaves behind an enduring legacy that reaches far beyond economics. Our tribute to an extraordinary economist and colleague, live on Wire: https://lnkd.in/gtUPn5fT #economics #WestpacVale Bill Evans, the legendary economist who helped Australia make sense of the worldVale Bill Evans, the legendary economist who helped Australia make sense of the world
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Nicholas Chong liked thisNicholas Chong liked thisA year into Garena’s Strategy team, I have been thinking about what being a Garenian means to me. I was given room to work out where I could contribute. Be A Fish Bait became the clearest answer from my first year. The game has reached 60k+ peak concurrent players, crossed 35M+ visits, regularly sits around 15k to 25k CCU, and is profitable. A community has grown around it too: 1.2M members in our Roblox group, 35.5k members on Discord, and organic coverage from creators with multi-million subscriber audiences, including videos crossing 100k views. The results mean a lot, but so does how we got there. Early on, talent was one of the main constraints. Rather than wait for a ready-made pipeline, I worked with colleagues and university partners to organise Garena’s first game-development hackathon with an institute of higher learning. It was not something I had done before. It simply seemed like the most practical way to find promising builders and give them a real opportunity to build. Two interns were eventually identified through the hackathon. Together with returning interns, they formed the five-person team behind Be A Fish Bait. Although I was no longer a formal team lead, I chose to stay close to the work. My role was not to be the main technical builder. It was to bring together what I had learnt from publishing, product, design thinking, community, and coaching, then help the team navigate decisions around players, development, live operations, and the business. This experience made Garena’s values feel especially real to me. We Serve meant allowing player behaviour to challenge our assumptions. We Adapt meant learning a new platform and changing our approach as our understanding improved. We Run meant acting when the need became clear, instead of waiting for a perfect setup. We Commit meant following the work through from talent discovery to development, launch, growth, and live operations. We Stay Humble means recognising that success does not prove every decision was right. It gives us a better foundation to improve from. The game belongs first and foremost to the team that designed, programmed, modelled, tested, fixed, and updated it. I am grateful to them, and to the colleagues, leaders, university partners, moderators, creators, and players who supported the journey. For me, being a Garenian means being trusted with an open field, understanding what is needed, and working with others to turn that into something useful. The next step is to make this less dependent on one game or one team, through stronger live operations, better update design, deeper talent pathways, and sharper product judgment. I hope this becomes one step towards a stronger ability to build and grow games from Singapore. #Garena #Roblox #GameDevelopment #Strategy #TalentDevelopment
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Nicholas Chong liked thisNicholas Chong liked thisTwo years ago, we almost died. Revenue was close to zero, and we were fully focused on building an automated gifting-sending solution based on how the US players were doing it. What saved us was partly the experience we had from building traditional businesses before, but more importantly, the realisation that our market behaves differently. So we changed direction. Instead of trying to automate the sending process first, we focused on making corporate merchandise and gifting seamless for our clients. We were also the only company in the space with an in-house product and dev team, and we continued putting almost every dollar of profit back into product development. Today is one of those days where we can finally pause and smile a little. We have crossed seven figures in annual sales, while maintaining a gross margin of around 50%. The funny thing is, although this is the fourth business I have built that has crossed this milestone, this has easily been the hardest. Building in a downturn is difficult. Convincing customers to buy based on value, rather than simply choosing the lowest price, is even harder. There is still a long way to go, but today feels like a milestone worth appreciating. To our clients and partners, thankyou for supporting us and being on this journey with us. And yes, US here we come ;).
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Nicholas Chong liked thisNicholas Chong liked thisSo wife thought it’d be fun to buy a pregnancy kit 38 weeks into pregnancy. Should have captured the look of the cashier
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Nicholas Chong liked thisNicholas Chong liked thisHungry and sharp. Reach out if that's you. HKD rates has unique market structure offering steep learning curve. https://lnkd.in/gMCXR34E
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Nicholas Chong liked thisNicholas Chong liked thisOne of the less visible aspects of city planning is what lies beneath our feet. I’ve been fortunate to work closely with colleagues from URA and SLA on efforts to improve the planning and coordination of underground utilities and infrastructure. It is complex work that requires agencies to come together, share data, align plans and think long term. Encouraging to see the value of these efforts becoming increasingly evident. As discussions continue at the World Cities Summit this week, it is a timely reminder that building better cities depends not only on what we build above ground, but also on how well we plan below it.S’pore saved $300m in construction costs by avoiding clashes in underground utility projectsS’pore saved $300m in construction costs by avoiding clashes in underground utility projects
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Nicholas Chong liked thisNicholas Chong liked thisWhen my mom was two, she lost her mom. At seven, she lost her dad. The youngest of eight, she entered the workforce as soon as she could, right after completing her secondary education. When I was two, she took custody of my older sister and I, then proceeded to singlehandedly raise two daughters, working three jobs every day of the week. It was not easy but she made sure we always had everything we needed, and then some. This week, we did something we did not even dream about. I graduated from Harvard Business School and had my mom, sister and husband by my side. I count my blessings everyday and know absolutely how much support from my family, community, mentors, friends, and luck, it took for me to have this learning experience of a lifetime. Writing this to the girl at two - look momma we did it, and it’s only just the beginning.
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