FHR refers to Fixed Deposit Home Rate. This is a form of Internal Board Rate (IBR), in which home loan interest rates are pegged to the bank’s Fixed Deposit rates. It is one of the more popular floati... ( read original story ...)
Temasek frustrated with Standard Chartered turnround
Standard Chartered’s largest investor Temasek has grown frustrated with the slow pace of chief executive Bill Winters’ turnround and is stepping up pressure on the UK-listed bank ahead of his pivotal ... ( read original story ...)
Temasek ramps up pressure over Standard Chartered turnround: FT
SINGAPORE (Jan 21): Standard Chartered’s largest investor Temasek has grown frustrated with the slow pace of chief executive Bill Winters’ turnround, according to a report by The Financial Times of UK ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered tries to have it both ways on coal
In doing so it became the first major Southeast Asian-focused financial institution (Standard Chartered has significant operations in Singapore) to rule out funding any new coal power projects. It was ... ( read original story ...)
DBS kept at ‘buy’ with still more upside expected ahead: RHB
SINGAPORE (Jan 21): RHB Research is maintaining its “buy” call on DBS Group Holdings with an unchanged target price of $29.80. This comes on the back of expectations of still more upside ahead, led by ... ( read original story ...)
Love Dividends? Then, Check Out These 3 Singapore-Listed Banks
Bank #1: DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05) DBS is the largest bank in Singapore and is one of Asia’s leading banks with over nine million customers in 18 markets. From 2013 to 2017, DBS has increased ... ( read original story ...)
Six men arrested, more than 3,800 cartons of contraband cigarettes seized in raid
... of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized in an operation in an industrial building in Admiralty Street on Friday (Jan 11), Singapore Customs said on Tuesday. The total duty and Goods and Services Tax evad... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s December CPI seen edging higher to 0.4 year-on-year: Reuters poll
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s consumer price index likely edged higher in December from a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed on Monday. The city-state’s headline consumer price index (CPI) probab... ( read original story ...)
Grand Venture Technology Limited’s Initial Public Offering: What Investors Should Know
The company has facilities in Singapore, Malaysia and China. For the semiconductor industry, Grand Venture Technology manufactures and supplies high-precision components, and assembles key modules for ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Grab can’t afford to fail finance
(Jan 16): After sending rival Uber Technologies Inc packing from Singapore and other Southeast Asian markets, homegrown ride-hailing firm Grab has set itself a stiffer target. It wants to be a regiona... ( read original story ...)
Green Finance in Singapore: Barriers and Solutions
Green finance, or the issuance of green bonds, has gained strong momentum around the world. Some Asian countries such as the People’s Republic of China and Japan are very active in green finance. This ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Grab can’t afford to fail the finance test
One thing is certain, though: Business lines like food delivery, over which Grab and Go-Jek are fighting tooth and nail, are a natural extension of the transportation DNA common to both firms. Finance ... ( read original story ...)
ACA, ACCA, CA, CPA, CIMA: which accounting qualification will get you a job in Singapore finance?
You’re looking to start an accounting qualification that will get you a job or advance your career in the Singapore financial services sector. Which one should you choose? We searched through ... ( read original story ...)
Shares of Boustead Singapore, Boustead Projects up on $200 mil contract win
SINGAPORE (Jan 21): Shares of Boustead Singapore and Boustead Projects rose on Monday morning. This follows Boustead Singapore’s Friday night announced that Boustead Projects, its 53% owned subsidiary ... ( read original story ...)
The judges
He received an ScB (magna cum laude) from Brown University and a PhD from ... the government of Dubai on the restructuring of Dubai World’s debt and Temasek Holdings (Singapore) on strategy to the Afr... ( read original story ...)
Many Countries Express Interest to Import Railway’s Ambitious Project – Train 18
New Delhi: Peru, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and some countries in the Middle East have expressed interest in importing the Railways'state-of-the-art Train 18, a senior official said on Friday, eve... ( read original story ...)