Singapore's soon-to-launch online-only banks will find it hard to carve out space in the city-state's market, DBS Chief Executive Piyush Gupta told the Reuters Next conference. "Even in markets like ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s VinaCapital Weighing Singapore SPAC IPO Next Year
VinaCapital, a Vietnamese asset manager, is exploring setting up a blank-check company to list in Singapore next year, people with knowledge of the matter said. ( read original story ...)
DBS CEO says hard for digital banks to gain market share in Singapore
Singapore's soon-to-launch online-only banks will find it hard to carve out space in the city-state's market, DBS Chief Executive Piyush Gupta told the Reuters Next conference. ( read original story ...)
Sentosa things to do
For overseas vibes with heading on VTL trips, here are 4 Sentosa itineraries with a guide on things to do and hotels to stay at. ( read original story ...)
Singapore retail sales up 7.5% in October on mobile phone sales
SINGAPORE: Singapore's October retail sales rose 7.5 per cent year-on-year as consumers snapped up more mobile phones following new product launches. October's expansion was higher than the 6.8 per ... ( read original story ...)
Toyam signs with Singapore govt. backed fit-tech startup Elitefit.ai
Toyam Industries Ltd. (TIL) is pleased to announce the signing up of its partnership with EliteFit.Ai, a Singapore based Fitness Technology (FitTech) start-up focussed on building an AI-driven ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Today: SGX Nifty drops 50 points; Asian markets weak; China’s Didi to delist from NYSE
Nifty50 on Thursday climbed for the second straight day, breaching the recent swing high of 17,324 and also the resistance of 17,350. The index reclaimed the 17,400 mark on a closing basis and formed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based equity management platform Qapita secures a partnership with Citi to accelerate development of its private market trading platform
Singapore-based Qapita, which earlier announced its Series A round of USD 15 million co-led by East Ventures (Growth Fund) and Vulcan Capital added that it has secured a partnership with Citi. Citi ... ( read original story ...)
Reunions as Malaysia-Singapore land border reopens
Vaccinated Malaysians working in Singapore were reunited with their families following two years of Covid lockdowns ... ( read original story ...)
Man jailed for submitting forged US divorce decree to Singapore court, says he did not want to be divorced
SINGAPORE: When a man found out that his mother had helped his then-wife hire a lawyer to divorce him, he fabricated a false decree of divorce from a courthouse in the United States, hoping that a ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex, Nifty50 likely to open lower today; SGX Nifty futures drop
Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 are likely to make a negative start on Friday, tracking weakness across other Asian markets despite gains on Wall Street overnight. At 7:38 am, Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s First Wave SPACs Said to Move Filing Plans Ahead
Vertex Holdings Ltd., a unit of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte, and European asset manager Tikehau Capital are preparing to lodge preliminary prospectuses for blank-check company ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Had a New Billionaire for a Few Hours Before Grab Slid
The stock will go up and it will go down,” said Anthony Tan, co-founder of Grab Holdings Ltd., moments after Nasdaq’s bell-ringing ceremony in Singapore Thursday night, the first such event held in ... ( read original story ...)
Grab’s IPO Fizzles in First Day of Trading
The southeast Asian “superapp” company’s stock lost more than a third of its value at one point, falling to a low of $8.13 after opening at $13.06. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Construction Equipment Market Size by Volume to Reach 3,127 Units by 2027 – Arizton
The Singapore construction equipment market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.36% during the period 2021−2027. ( read original story ...)
I Visited Singapore As It Reopened to American Travelers — Here’s What It Was Like
So, when the opportunity to take Singapore Airlines ' new, vaccine-mandatory flights from the U.S. to Changi International arose, I jumped at it. Singapore is the second Asian metropolis to reopen — ... ( read original story ...)