Customers shop at a vegetable and fruits wholesale market in Singapore Reuters Consumer price inflation in the island nation rose to a 28-month high in January on the back of surging food and transport costs in the city while the monetary authority's core ... ( read original story ...)
8 Home Loan Terms Borrowers Need To Understand Before Taking Up Mortgage
For instance, if the property is worth S$800,000 and you took out at mortgage loan of $560,000, your LTV is 70%. In Singapore, most banks offer mortgage loans up to a maximum of 80% LTV, while HDB loans can get you up to 90%. The amount the bank can lend ... ( read original story ...
Singapore to reveals new IP regime in 2017 budget
SINGAPORE: Singapore has announced a new intellectual property regime to encourage companies based in the country to exploit the income derived from their research and development activities. Corporate income derived from intellectual property will be ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Singapore can't afford to let oil exports lose edge despite carbon tax
Singapore will need to strike the right balance in implementing a planned carbon tax from 2019 to ensure its refining industry remains competitive as the sector faces headwinds from volatile margins, growing exports from China and rising capacity in the ... ( read original story ...)
Disrupting the disruptors: Singapore rattles sharing economy with rule change
SINGAPORE Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia. The rules, some say, are a sign that ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore budget: Lack of 'goodies' to attract foreign investors
Singapore, a Southeast Asian city state whose early economic progress was closely tied to investments from foreign multinationals, presented a budget on Monday that has few incentives to draw more of such investors, one tax expert said. Speaking to CNBC's ... ( read original story ...)
ST Electronics to build 2nd Singapore-made Earth observation satellite
SINGAPORE: A year after the completion and launch of the first made-in-Singapore commercial Earth observation satellite, TeLEOS-1, ST Electronics is poised to build a second one, it announced on Thursday (Feb 23). TeLEOS-2, which will be developed in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Reverse Wednesday's Gains
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Wednesday halted the two-day losing streak in which it had given away more than a dozen points or 0.4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,120-point plateau, although the ... ( read original story ...)
Verizon joins forces with Nanyang Technology University's Business School on cybersecurity risk research
SINGAPORE, Feb. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Enterprise Solutions and Nanyang Technology University's (NTU) Business School are joining forces to analyze and better understand economic and insurance loss experienced by global insurers from ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore readies leveraged ETFs to keep up with rivals
Preparations are underway for the first new listing of inverse ETFs. According to Bloomberg, Singapore Exchange Ltd. last week published a new web page about the products, described as “a form of passive collective investment schemes (like ETFs ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore property demand remains ‘very resilient’
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s property demand remains “very resilient,” supported by factors including low interest rates and a stable economy, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said. “Our economy is still growing, so I think demand is still ... ( read original story ...)
AIA, Manulife said to bid for SCB life insurance unit
Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi is partnering with Singapore's Great Eastern Holdings Ltd on a non-binding offer, while Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li's FWD Group and, separately, Prudential have also bid, according to the people. Bidders for SCB ... ( read original story ...)
Journey to 5G: Singtel partners Ericsson to pilot Massive MIMO and Cloud RAN in network evolution towards 5G
Singapore, 23 February, 2017 - Singtel and Ericsson are working together to pilot Massive MIMO and Cloud RAN on Singtel's 4G LTE network. Both technologies are key components in the evolution to 5G that will enable Singtel to expand its mobile network ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Singapore gets new CEO
HSBC has appointed Tony Cripps, chief executive of HSBC Australia, to lead its group in Singapore, with effect from April 3, 2017, the bank said on Wednesday. He succeeds Guy Harvey-Samuel, who will retire from HSBC after more than 38 years at the bank. ( read original story ...)
New CEO for HSBC Singapore
HSBC Singapore has named Australian Tony Cripps as its new chief executive. He starts in the new role on April 3, taking over from Mr Guy Harvey-Samuel, who will retire from HSBC after more than 38 years at the London-based bank. Mr Cripps, who has been ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore rattles sharing economy with rule change for Airbnb, Uber
SINGAPORE: Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia. The rules, some say, are a sign that ... ( read original story ...)