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A former regulator talks speed and special interests in the stock market
Market prices are not less reliable, and trading continues as before with the exception that brokers and their investor customers can now choose a stock exchange that puts their interests first. In fact, publicly available trade data shows that IEX ranks ... ( read original story ...)
Win Streak May End For Singapore Stocks
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished higher now in three straight sessions, gathering more than 25 points or 0.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,025-point plateau, although investors may cash in ... ( read original story ...)
Home prices in Singapore now more affordable, according to study
Singapore homes recorded a slight decline in their median price last year, according to the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. In 2016, the home price here was 4.8 times the median annual pretax household income. While this ... ( read original story ...)
High-end rental homes: Singapore falls to 7th most expensive in Asia from 4th
expatriate numbers in Singapore have stabilised recently, which has curbed demand for rental property in popular expatriate neighbourhoods. "Furthermore, improved transport links in Singapore have led to movement away from historically popular districts ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks need a dose of optimism
Expectations were low for Singapore stocks as 2017 began, which could present opportunities if circumstances and sentiment improve, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) said on Monday. Earnings multiples, fund flows and weak Asian currencies against the US dollar ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Release 9 Seized Singapore Troop Carriers
Nine armored personnel carriers belonging to Singapore that were seized in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong will be returned, officials said Tuesday. The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received a letter from ... ( read original story ...)
DBS : launches first-of-its-kind online Letter of Credit service
DBS has launched a new service that allows SMEs to apply for a Letter of Credit (LC) online within five minutes and have it issued within two business days. A first in Singapore, the service makes it simpler and faster for SMEs to apply for trade finance ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Cambodia Say Sand Exports Have Stopped
The controversial exporting of Cambodian sand to Singapore has finally—if temporarily—been stopped, according to officials from the two countries, amid long-running criticism over discrepancies in shipment records and environmental damage. A Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's AFC Asian Cup qualifying draw
The Lions' AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign will begin on 28 March with an away against Bahrain. Singapore will take on Bahrain, Turkmenistan and Chinese Taipei in Group E in the Final Round of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup Qualifiers. ( read original story ...)
Positive charge for electronics industry
Electronics - which makes up a third of Singapore's manufacturing output - has been hit by a protracted cyclical downturn in the country's trade-dependent economy amid lacklustre global growth. But the sector has been showing signs of bottoming out and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bank offers online chat banking
Singapore bank POSB has launched online chat functionality that understands and reacts to its customers’ spoken language. It is the latest bank to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to automate customer interactions with the POSB digibank Virtual ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector
Singapore’s banking and securities industry will have the highest growth in IT spend among developed economies in Asia-Pacific in 2017, while Indonesia will have the highest overall growth rate in the region, according to research. By submitting your ... ( read original story ...)
SLSBC concludes successful trade and investment promotion mission to Singapore
The Sri Lankan delegation at the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) with officials of IE Singapore, the SBF and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka The Sri Lanka- Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce successfully concluded ... ( read original story ...)
S'pore has strict criteria for sand imports, says Govt, as controversy over Cambodian imports brews
SINGAPORE — The Republic stopped importing sand from Cambodia after a ban took effect in November last year, said the Ministry of National Development (MND) as the issue of sand imports once again takes the spotlight. Responding to media queries ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s consumer prices rise for first time in 2 years
SINGAPORE: After a record two years of negative inflation, consumer prices in Singapore finally rose in December last year, with headline inflation coming in at 0.2 per cent. The rise in the consumer price index (CPI) was due to a larger increase in ... ( read original story ...)