This is how ETFs have performed in Singapore in 2017

Source: Bloomberg The Straits Times Index or STI as widely known by all local Singapore stock market investors have performed remarkably in year 2017 to-date. The oil and gas slump which started in 2015 and China slowdown have come to past. The STI Is ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Press Holdings Limited (T39) Jumped 1.49% on Oct 21

The stock is a component of the two leading indices in the country, the MSCI Singapore Free Index and the Straits Times Index (STI). The STI monitors the top 30 companies listed on the SGX in terms of market capitalization every quarter. Singapore Press ... ( read original story ...)

End of an Era as Hong Kong Stock Trading Floor to Close

Photo: Kin Cheung HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s last remaining stock market floor traders are taking their final ... follows other global peers like Tokyo, Singapore and London that have eliminated their trading floors In the United States, floor traders ... ( read original story ...)

How Satellites Could Make Singapore A Spacetech Leader

Prof. Kay Soon Low, director of the Satellite Technology and Research Centre (STAR) at the National University Singapore, said domestic and foreign interest in satellites has ramped up in recent years, bolstering Singapore’s status as a hotspot for space ... ( read original story ...)

Singaporean students pay for meals with wearables fingerprints

At participating elementary schools across Singapore, students will soon be able to make purchases with the touch of a finger thanks to a new biometric program from POSB Bank. The addition of biometrics will be a new feature added to the existing Smart ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore online gaming firm Sea raises $884 million in U.S. IPO

(Reuters) - Singapore-based online gaming and e-commerce firm Sea Ltd has raised about $884 million in its U.S IPO after pricing the offering above expectations, the company said on Friday. Supported by strong demand, the shares were sold at $15 each, more ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore asked to increase its imports

Sum Manet / Khmer Times No Comments Share: The Foreign Minister asked Singapore to buy more Cambodian pepper and other goods. KT/Mai Vireak Cambodia has asked Singapore to consider buying more Cambodian agricultural products, particularly rice, pepper and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s 50 largest real estate agencies in 2017

Overall, 2017 has been kinder to property firms. The rollout of government cooling measures eased and private home sales surged. But for the biggest player in Singapore, even these positive drivers might not be enough to shield smaller, margin-squeezed firms. ( read original story ...)