A homegrown bank pulled ahead of global rivals like Standard Chartered. Banks in Singapore enjoy high customer satisfaction rates from their corporate clients, according to bi-annual research from ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC raises over US$250m for its first private equity ‘Vision’ fund, with almost half from Asia
SINGAPORE - HSBC Private Banking has closed its Vision Private Equity 2019 fund (Vision 2019), raising over US$250 million (S$338.8 million) globally, with nearly half of the capital from clients in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks’ earnings growth, dividends attractive; Reits looking overpriced: UBS
SINGAPORE - Singapore bank stocks are starting to look more attractive at current levels while its Reits are beginning to look overpriced, said UBS Global Wealth Management in its July CIO Investing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market Tipped To Extend Losing Streak
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in back-to-back trading days, sliding almost 20 points or 0.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks earn top marks for customer satisfaction from Asia corporate clients
SINGAPORE - Corporate and institutional customers in Asia are highly satisfied with the banking products and services provided by Singapore's DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank (UOB) and OCBC Bank, ... ( read original story ...)
UOB is DBS’s top pick while OCBC is cut to ‘hold’ on dividend policy overhang
SINGAPORE (June 25): DBS Group Research is retaining United Overseas Bank (UOB) as its top pick among Singapore banks while Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) has been downgraded to “hold” ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Trax Acquires U.S. Retail Rewards App Shopkick
Singapore’s Trax is acquiring U.S. rewards app Shopkick, adding a customer-tracking service to its growing stable of retail technology. Redwood City, California-based Shopkick lets shoppers earn ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse Due For Profit Taking On Monday
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished higher in four straight sessions, advancing more than 110 points or 3.5 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the ... ( read original story ...)
DBS champions social entrepreneurship across Asia
Launched in 2014, the DBS Foundation Social Enterprise (SE) Grant has supported more than 100 SEs from Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Taiwan. These SEs have deployed social ... ( read original story ...)
Jump Liquidity to Launch Pricing Engine in Singapore
Jump Liquidity, a part of Jump Trading, announced on Monday that it is launching a pricing engine in Singapore. The trading solutions provider will be working alongside the Monetary Authority of ... ( read original story ...)
CapBridge and UOB in deal to provide firms in Asia with access to private capital
SINGAPORE (June 24): High-growth private companies in Asia can now tap private capital as an alternate form of funding. The global private capital platform CapBridge and United Overseas Bank (UOB) ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Cycle 2019 first to receive Eco Event certification mark after successful effort to cut wastage
OCBC Cycle 2019 has become the first event to earn the Singapore Environment Council's Eco Event certification. The organisers of the cycling event that was held from May 10 to 12 managed to reduce ... ( read original story ...)
Prime US REIT primed for IPO, plans to lodge prospectus on June 28
According to documents viewed by The Edge Singapore, KBS REIT III, the owner of the assets that will be sold into Prime US REIT is readying the latter for an IPO. The plan – if all goes well – is to ... ( read original story ...)
Jump Liquidity to Launch FX Pricing Engine in Singapore
Jump Liquidity, the bespoke trading services provider affiliated with Jump Trading, today announced that it is partnering with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the nations financial ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Cycle 2019 first to receive Eco Event certification
OCBC Cycle 2019 has become the first event to earn the Singapore Environment Council's Eco Event certification. The organisers of the cycling event that was held from May 10 to 12 managed to reduce ... ( read original story ...)
UOB banking customers hit by near 2-hour service outage affecting ATMs, mobile app
SINGAPORE - Customers of United Overseas Bank (UOB) were unable to access several banking services for close to two hours on Saturday (June 22). Some of them took to social media to air their ... ( read original story ...)