DBS Group Emerges as Southeast Asia’s Most Valuable Company

Reaping the rewards of going big on tech, DBS Group Holdings Ltd. has pushed past Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to become Southeast Asia’s biggest company by market capitalization. Adopting a “ digital to the core” strategy, Singapore’s largest ... ( read original story ...)

DBS Overtakes Singtel as Southeast Asia’s Most Valuable Company

Reaping the rewards of going big on tech, DBS Group Holdings Ltd. has pushed past Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to become Southeast Asia’s biggest company by market capitalization. Adopting a “ digital to the core” strategy, Singapore’s largest ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore stores going big for mega Black Friday sales event

SINGAPORE - Stores are upping the ante for Black Friday, the sales extravaganza that begins on Friday (Nov 24). The yearly American shopping affair has gained traction in Singapore and both online and bricks-and-mortar stores are pulling out the stops to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore stores go big for Black Friday sales bonanza

Stores are upping the ante for Black Friday, the sales extravaganza that begins today. The yearly US shopping affair has gained traction in Singapore, and both online and bricks-and-mortar stores are pulling out the stops to attract consumers to their ... ( read original story ...)

UOB sets up new branch in Kunming

United Overseas Bank (China) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based UOB, opened a branch in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Thursday in an effort to help Chinese companies expanding into Southeast Asia. As the bank's third branch in southwestern ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s neighbours are catching up in IPO leaderboard

SINGAPORE - The local market is on track to keep top spot as the leading South-east Asian listings market for the second straight year but rivals are closing in. More than S$4 billion will have been raised here by the end of the year, according to Deloitte ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore, Malaysia revitalise Southeast Asia’s IPO market

KUALA LUMPUR — Capital markets across Southeast Asia produced record-high capital raising activity in 10.5 months of 2017 with 144 initial public offerings (IPOs) hitting S$10.4 billion in total funds raised. With a market capitalisation of S$33.9 ... ( read original story ...)

Property trends in 2018

According to Cushman & Wakefield Singapore’s research head Christine Li ... that home prices across the city-state are indeed recovering, the PropertyGuru Property Index shows that asking prices of over 200,000 homes listed on the website have ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore widens crossborder tie-ups in fintech

Singapore has been working on blockchain domestically so that banks can settle interbank transactions directly, without going through the central bank. There are 10 participating banks including DBS Group Holdings, Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank. ( read original story ...)

Singapore to use driverless buses ‘from 2022’

Singapore plans to introduce driverless buses on its public roads by 2022. The government says they will be piloted in three new neighbourhoods which will have less-crowded roads designed to accommodate the buses. The buses will be used to help residents ... ( read original story ...)