There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. Today, Singapore’s Straits Times Index nudged ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Just Edged Out Vietnam as Asia’s Top Stock Market
(Bloomberg) -- There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. Load Error Today, Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)
Scottish processors to benefit from Singapore import changes
Following the announcement that Scotland was granted negligible BSE risk by the World Organisation for Animal Health, the AVA has changed the age limit of the beef products that Scotland can export to Singapore, as well as now allowing bone-in beef and ... ( read original story ...)
Property: Pros and cons of having 99-year lease HDB units in Singapore
There has been a very intense discussion around what is going to happen when 99-year lease of HDB units in Singapore expire. While some officials have been hinting that lease willl indeed expire and homeowners may have to return their properties back to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bank Lending Up 5.3%
Singapore’s total loans and advances including bills financing of Domestic Banking Units grew 5.36% year-on-year to a predicted 661.6 billion Singapore dollars (about US$500 billion) in March, according to data released by the Monetary Authority of ... ( read original story ...)
PM Lee’s May Day Speech: 3 Important Trends That Workers In The Banking Sector Should Know About
In his speech, PM Lee addressed challenges awaiting workers in Singapore. He also highlighted three examples of sectors which are transforming; transport, retail and logistics and banking. Being a financial media site, we were intrigued by what PM Lee ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bank lending up 5.4% in March
Thanks to sustained demand for home and corporate loans. Bank lending in Singapore rose 5.4% YoY in March as sustained demand for home and corporate loans kept credit levels stable, according to data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Loans ... ( read original story ...)
CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank talks about what’s next after record quarter
Singapore-listed DBS, Southeast Asia's largest bank, reported a 26 percent year-on-year rise in first-quarter net profit to 1.52 billion Singapore dollars ($1.15 billion). Lending profitability is likely to improve further as interest rates in Asia move ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s bank lending rises 1.6 pct on-month in March
SINGAPORE, April 30 (Reuters) - Singapore’s total bank lending rose 1.6 percent in March from a month earlier as lending to financial institutions increased, central bank data showed on Monday. Loans and advances by domestic banking units in the city ... ( read original story ...)
The search is on for Asia’s top export leaders in 2018
Asia's leading export companies with the most innovative products and ... Winners will be announced at the awarding ceremony on 27 September 2018 in Singapore. For inquiries, please contact Eleonor Angeles at eleonor@charltonmediamail.com and +65 3158 ... ( read original story ...)
Additional Support Expected For Singapore Stock Market
Ahead of Tuesday's Labor Day holiday, the Singapore stock market had bounced higher in consecutive trading days, collecting almost 45 points or 1.3 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just shy of the 3,610-point plateau, and it may ... ( read original story ...)
No more cash: Singapore aims small, to make it big in cashless drive
Although Singapore has an existing system, the NETS QR which targets locals; SG QR is built to accept both domestic and international payments. To support and facilitate payments, Singaporean banks have also updated their mobile payment apps/wallets. ( read original story ...)
Is Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) A Great Dividend Stock?
... is high for Capital Markets stocks but still below the market’s top dividend payers. With these dividend metrics in mind, I definitely rank Singapore Exchange as a strong income stock, and is worth further research for anyone who considers dividends ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airport May Use Facial Recognition Systems to Find Late Passengers
SINGAPORE — Ever been delayed on a flight because of straggling fellow passengers? That might be an annoyance of the past at Singapore's Changi airport which is testing facial recognition systems that could, in future, help locate lost travelers or those ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM says good chance economic growth will top 2.5 percent in 2018
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday the country's economic growth for the year should exceed 2.5 percent "if all goes well", but brewing global trade tensions were clouding the outlook. The world's major economies ... ( read original story ...)
Singtel demos cross-border interoperable mobile payment service
Singapore operator Singtel has demonstrated its initiative to connect mobile wallets across borders at the 32nd ASEAN Summit. The 10 ASEAN heads of state had a chance to experience how this cross-border interoperable mobile payment service would work ... ( read original story ...)