Singapore ranks fourth in foreign-exchange trading volumes behind New York, London and Tokyo.
Looks like the biggest challenge facing Singapore is the time it takes to grow certain types of skills sets. A bigshot at Citibank, Michael Zink, gives the example of 'a risk manager' taking 10-years of development. He points to that length of 'skill development time' to the one thing that Singapore really has to focus on. If only there was a way to shorten the time-frame required to train scientists, medical doctors, and other highly specialized professions!
"It has great universities, it has fantastic depth of talent today. But that [time cycle] is a potential constraint. Could a talent shortage emerge if we don't focus on it? It's possible."
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