Sunny Singapore topped the charts for the third year in a row in HSBC’s annual expat survey (pdf), just beating out Norway, which climbed four spots from last year to come in a close second. Three quarters of expats surveyed in Singapore were ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has better job offers than Singapore, says expats
More expats in Hong Kong (24%) think the city offers fantastic job opportunities for them compared to expats in Singapore (19%), HSBC revealed in its Expat Explorers Survey. Both fared slightly lower than the global average (25%). According to the report ... ( read original story ...)
LPGA Moves to Singapore for Week Four
The LPGA’s Spring Asia Swing moves to Singapore this week, as the tour visits the Tanjong Course at Sentosa Golf Club and the 2018 HSBC Women’s World Championship. The 2017 tournament saw Park shoot a final-round 8-under 64, setting a course and ... ( read original story ...)
LPGA.com Panel Makes Picks for HSBC Women’s Championship
It’s an impossible task: pick four golfers that have the best chance of winning the HSBC Women’s World Championship this week in Singapore. With the depth of talent on Tour growing each year, winning becomes tougher. Each week, LPGA.com will enlist a p ... ( read original story ...)
Golf: Park In Bee returns to LPGA Tour in Singapore and aims to defend HSBC title
SINGAPORE - Former world No. 1 Park In Bee is hoping lightning will strike twice this week at the HSBC Women's World Championship where she is the defending champion. The South Korean is competing in her first LPGA Tour event since last August's British ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore rated best for expats for third year
For the third year running, Singapore has emerged as the world’s most popular destination for expatriates in HSBC’s annual survey. Education and transport put Singapore at the top In a survey based on responses from more than 27,000 expats in 159 ... ( read original story ...)
Song hits the right notes to forge lead in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Jennifer Song fired a brilliant seven-under 65 to open a two-shot lead after the first round of the HSBC Women's World Championships on Thursday, the American returning from a late weather delay to complete a bogey-free 18 holes. ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Central Bank ‘Assessing’ Need For More Cryptocurrency Regulation
Singapore’s central bank has said it is again looking at cryptocurrency regulation, appearing to amend previous comments about a hands-off approach, Reutersreported Thursday, March 1. Part of a speech quoted by various publications Thursday saw the ... ( read original story ...)
Morgan Stanley hires veteran DBS banker for senior job in Singapore
Sung worked as an RM in DBS’s mass-affluent Treasures arm – mainly covering Malaysia and Thailand from Singapore – during his first six and a half years at the firm, and only joined the private bank in 2015. As we reported in August, firms such as ... ( read original story ...)
Which Is The Best Stock Market In Asia?
Hong Kong and Singapore are in a fierce battle. The stakes? Becoming Asia’s most important financial center. One is taking the lead, but its the engines that drive each economy that will determine which stock market will emerge victorious. Asia is a ... ( read original story ...)
Luye Medical Group looks towards a Singapore IPO
Backed by Chinese entrepreneur Liu Dianbo, Singaporean based healthcare company Luye Medical Group is set to launch its Singapore IPO, with plans to raise up to $500mn, Bloomberg has reported. The IPO would be one of the most significant healthcare focused ... ( read original story ...)
How did Singapore’s banks fare in 2017?
Amongst the three, OCBC had the best return on equity. The trio of banks in Singapore – DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (SGX: O39) and United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11) – make up slightly more than 40% ... ( read original story ...)
“I’m a headhunter in Singapore. I’m now rejecting 100% of overseas job applications”
Singapore’s drive to encourage employers to hire more locals is generally a good thing, but in investment banking it’s having some unwanted consequences. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/301800/indian-techie-singapore-employment-pass/ As we all ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Singapore stock market link to benefit retail investors
The Malaysia-Singapore stock market linking proposal is set to benefit retail investors, in particular, says DBS Group Research. “It has the potential to increase securities revenue for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and generate interest, particularly ... ( read original story ...)
Vingroup picks banks for $1 billion residential property arm IPO: sources
The IPO would follow last year’s listing of Warburg Pincus-backed Vincom Retail JSC VRE.HM, Vietnam’s biggest shopping mall operator and also a unit of Vingroup, which raised roughly $700 million. The participation of Singapore sovereign wealth fund ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s Vingroup picks banks for $1 bln IPO of property unit: Sources
SINGAPORE: Conglomerate Vingroup JSC , Vietnam's biggest property developer, has picked four foreign banks to work on a planned IPO of its residential property unit that could raise about $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter said. Vingroup has ... ( read original story ...)