COVID-19 cases have fallen below 3,000 on average. About 85% of the island nation's 5.45 million people have been vaccinated. ( read original story ...)
Best to have few rounds of financing before IPO: Binance CEO
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao at an event in Singapore said, "For an IPO perspective, it's probably best to have a few rounds of financing before that." He added that Binance's US unit may raise a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore faces tough challenges in green financial hub ambitions
Global financial centres such as Singapore face a formidable challenge to carve out a similar niche in the green future.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Paytm’s dismal stock market debut to put damper on future IPOs
Indian companies have raised a staggering $9.7 billion through initial share sales in the first nine months of 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Philippines to reopen to foreign tourists; Singapore restarts conferences
The government’s Covid-19 task force ‘approved in principle’ the tourism department’s request to permit entry to vaccinated travellers from countries with a low infection rates, including China and ... ( read original story ...)
Skies darken for Indian IPOs after Paytm’s diappointing debut
Paytm's PAYT.NS dismal stock market debut this week is likely to put a damper on future offerings after the IPO of the digital payments firm ranked among the worst-performing in Indian history, six ... ( read original story ...)
Go Fashion IPO: Everything you need to know
The Rs 1,013.6 crore initial public offering (IPO) of Go Fashion (India) is available from November 17-22, 2021. It has a price band of Rs 655-690 per share. ( read original story ...)
Singaporeans putting more money into investments: UOB study
Close to two in five respondents put more money into investments in the past six months, an 8 per cent rise from last year.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s OCBC Studying Crypto Exchange, CEO Wong Says
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. is considering whether to set up a crypto exchange as Southeast Asia’s second-largest lender seeks to respond to customer needs, Chief Executive Officer Helen Wong said. ( read original story ...)
Binance US to Close Pre-IPO Funding in 1-2 Months, Founder CZ Says
Binance U.S. will be closing a pre-IPO funding round in the next one to two months, the founder and CEO of the exchange’s parent company, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, said at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Introduces a Review of Complex Retail Investment Products
The financial innovation of the past decade has created some incredible opportunities but also opened up a new, more complex risk landscape. Retail investments in particular have seen a large number ... ( read original story ...)
Coinhako aims to take crypto investing in Singapore to the next level
Coinhako is one step closer to its aim of becoming the top crypto trading platform in Singapore and across the region after it received in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore business events bounce back post Covid-19, Hong Kong flounders
Singapore is hosting top executives of big global companies this week at a host of conferences, marking its gradual return to normalcy and underscoring the contrast with long-time rival Hong Kong, ... ( read original story ...)
SIRC2021: Insurance industry is ‘an important partner’ for Asia’s economies – Singapore finance minister
The insurance industry is an important partner for Asia when it comes to the transition to a low carbon economy, according to Laurence Wong, minister of finance at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse Likely Rangebound On Friday
The Singapore stock market on Thursday snapped the two-day slide in which it had fallen almost 10 points or 0.3 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,235-point plateau and it's ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered HRD: ‘Our goal is to be a disability-confident organisation’
Standard Chartered bank in Singapore is one firm that actually ‘walks the talk’. They’ve long committed to embracing the multifaceted aspects of diversity and inclusion across the organisation, ... ( read original story ...)