https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/296427/ocbc-digital-banking-hiring/ A Singapore-based OCBC managing director, who left the firm in May, has resurfaced as a consultant at National Australia Bank (NAB) in Melbourne. Sabyasachi Banerjee had been with ... ( read original story ...)
TPG Telecom risks getting bogged down in Singapore, warns rival
TPG Telecom’s mobile play in Singapore could become a costly distraction, says MyRepublic’s Malcolm Rodrigues. “They are not going to make a lot of money out of it,” the boss of the Singapore-based telco told The Australian. TPG beat MyRepublic to ... ( read original story ...)
Robert and Grace Mugabe currently in Singapore, Zimbabwe official says
Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, have travelled to Singapore on their first trip abroad since Mugabe resigned last month under pressure from the military and ruling party, the presidential spokesman said Tuesday. Mugabe ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches electric car-sharing programme, offering clean transit option
Singapore launched on Tuesday its first large-scale electric car-sharing programme through which the land-scarce city-state hopes to provide commuters with more transport options and steer them away from the need to buy their own cars. The service, which ... ( read original story ...)
Qualitas plans January-February SGX IPO of S$200m
SINGAPORE (Dec 11): Malaysia's Qualitas Medical Group aims to launch a Singapore Exchange IPO of up to S$200 million (US$148 million) sometime between January and February, according to two persons with knowledge of the plans. “We are tentatively looking ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: IPOS releases revised examination guidelines
On October 30 2017, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) published its revised Examination Guidelines, following legislative changes made to the Singapore Patents Act. The key amendments to the Guidelines include the expansion of the grace ... ( read original story ...)
Qualitas plans January-February SGX IPO
SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s Qualitas Medical Group aims to launch a Singapore Exchange IPO of up to S$200m (RM603.8m) sometime between January and February, according to two persons with knowledge of the plans. We are tentatively looking to lodge the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore loses its lustre as preferred IPO market
But it still beat Hong Kong in the funds that it raised. Fourteen companies based in the Southeast Asian city have chosen to list on their home stock market this year, compared with 13 on the bourse operated by Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd ... ( read original story ...)
Centurion prices Hong Kong IPO shares at HK$3.18; deal 4.1 times subscribed
SINGAPORE - Dormitory developer Centurion Corp has priced its secondary-listing offer in Hong Kong at HK$3.18 per share, near the mid-point of price talk between HK$3 and HK$3.30. The 36-million-share offering was 4.1 times subscribed, based on ... ( read original story ...)
SingHaiyi and Haiyi take 175m shares in Cromwell following Singapore IPO
Two cornerstone investors in last month’s listing of Cromwell European REIT (CEREIT) have taken a AUD170m (€109m) share placement in parent company Cromwell Property Group. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange today, Brisbane-based ... ( read original story ...)
ICICI Securities hires banks for Rs 30 billion IPO
SINGAPORE: ICICI Securities has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Citic CLSA, Edelweiss and IIFL Holdings for a Rs20bn -Rs30bn (US$310m-$465m) IPO slated for early next year, a person with knowledge of the transaction said. The company plans ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s corporate deals, IPOs grow 15% to cross US$100 bil in 2017
SINGAPORE (Dec 12): Singapore has seen the value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture capital investments, and initial public offerings (IPO) hit US$101.9 billion (S$137.7 billion) for 2017, growing over 15% compared to 2016. ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches electric car-sharing service
Singapore (AFP) - Singapore on Tuesday launched an electric car-sharing service, the latest transport innovation aimed at encouraging people away from owning vehicles and keeping gridlock at bay in the space-starved city-state. BlueSG, a subsidiary of ... ( read original story ...)
Bank exec jailed 15 weeks for taking upskirt videos of women including two colleagues
SINGAPORE - A bank executive who took upskirt videos of 17 women, including two colleagues, was jailed for 15 weeks on Monday (Dec 11) and fined $600. Ong Pang Beng, 36, who faced 19 charges, pleaded guilty to seven charges of insulting the modesty of a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banking stocks supported by undemanding valuations, strong economic growth
Bankruptcy orders in Singapore continues to decline and Hong Kong mortgage delinquency ratio remains low at 0.02%. In the offshore oil and gas sector, semi-submersibles utilisation could be bottoming out and jackups utilisation has recovered to levels last ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s electric car-sharing program hits the road
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore launched on Tuesday its first large-scale electric car-sharing program through which the land-scarce city-state hopes to provide commuters with more transport options and steer them away from the need to buy their own cars ... ( read original story ...)