Category: PROPERTY

SINGAPORE Singapore on Wednesday launched a S$1 billion ($717.31 million) fund to invest in companies with strong intellectual property profiles as part of a government push to establish the city-state as a global IP centre. The Makara Innovation Fund (MIF ... ( read original story ...)

The commercialisation of intellectual property can be a growth engine for Singapore's future economy, says chief executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Daren Tang. In a new economy, where the focus of IP is moving from protection ... ( read original story ...)

How does Basel III Affect Bank Lending in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia? How will Basel affect the macro lending environment? This Basel is not to be confused with Basil, a spice you can use for your pizza and other food. The Basel Committee on Banking ... ( read original story ...)

I recall walking into a property showroom one Saturday morning near the peak of the property cycle in 2013 to be greeted by an agent who excitedly proclaimed that purchasing a unit was just like buying vegetables. With property prices trending in only one ... ( read original story ...)

Woes concerning oil and gas are also not over. Whilst there is general optimism seen in the ASEAN banking sector, Singapore banks will continue to face challenges and remain under pressure. According to BMI Research, Singapore banks will continue to face a ... ( read original story ...)

However, CPF rates do not change often. For bank loans, things get a bit more complicated. Bank loans can be based on the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR), Swap Offer Rate (SOR), or a bank’s Internal Board Rate (IBR), of which Fixed Deposit Home ... ( read original story ...)

Our top Singapore property stories. Is Singapore’s housing market on the road to recovery? The recovery in Singapore’s residential property market appears to be gathering pace following a protracted downtrend, revealed a CNBC report. The inflection ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong said in a Bloomberg TV interview that the government hasn’t “made any movement in the budget” to relax the property cooling measures because “demand remains very resilient” and “property ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, April 10 (IFR) - The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or World Bank, is exploring a potential issue of retail bonds in Singapore to boost interest in sustainable development bonds and tap the affluent population. In a ... ( read original story ...)

The recovery in Singapore’s residential property market appears to be gathering pace following a protracted downtrend, reported Asia One. The inflection point in prices is expected to come “very soon”, said Cushman & Wakefield’s Managing Director ... ( read original story ...)

After a long, plodding downtrend, Singapore's housing market may be gathering forces for a rebound. Sigrid Zialcita, managing director for Asia Pacific research at Cushman & Wakefield, told CNBC's "The Rundown" last week that she expected a turning point ... ( read original story ...)

Country winners from the aforementioned 14 markets advance to the seventh annual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards grand final in Singapore on 7-8 November to compete for regional titles and be crowned the "best in Asia" in 2017. Last year's grand final ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s recent unwinding of some property curbs, which initially appeared to boost prospects for developers, may instead be creating new problems. After regulators closed a tax loophole that allowed developers to offload apartments in bulk to ... ( read original story ...)

With Singapore's economy still weak, and property cooling measures still largely in place, potential investors are rightly apprehensive about prospects for real estate. On March 10, 2017, the government made a surprise announcement that the seller's stamp ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's total bank lending in February rose as lending to financial institutions, general commerce as well as building and construction increased, central bank data showed on Friday. Loans and advances by domestic banking units in ... ( read original story ...)

The outlook for Singapore's most exclusive properties is leaving property analysts and top agents at odds as market conditions and initial data points paint a conflicting picture. Statistics collated by Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority and data ... ( read original story ...)