This year's nominations were judged by a panel consisting of Ng Jiak See, executive director and head of corporate finance advisory at Deloitte Singapore & Southeast Asia; Choo Eng Chuan, ASEAN markets leader and partner, international and corporate tax ... ( read original story ...)
Can tighter oversight rein in risks in Singapore’s booming invoice finance market?
The industry’s unregulated nature renders investors vulnerable as revealed by a massive S$6.9m fraud case. Investors are treading more cautiously after an unravelling $6.9m sham at a Singapore crowdfunding site laid bare the vulnerabilities and risks ... ( read original story ...)
Banks are at the forefront of Singapore’s future-ready upskilling charge
country manager of ManpowerGroup Singapore told Singapore Business Review. Turning to hiring is also made more difficult by the fact that 98% of finance employers have trouble finding qualified professionals from the available talent pool, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Avaloq opens state-of-the-art office and service facilities in Singapore
The new Avaloq premises in Singapore are proof of our aspiration to be a ‘great place to work’ for our existing staff and potential high-qualified professionals for our future growth.” Here at Fintech Finance, we work with renowned executives in the ... ( read original story ...)
SRX makes home loan deals in Singapore easier with ‘Myhome Finance’
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Bernama) -- Singapore´s SRX today launched myHome Finance, a home loan platform that enables users to access great home loan deals and complete a paperless application in five minutes accessible through srx.com.sg or mySG Home App. ( read original story ...)
SRX launches home loan platform
Real-estate services provider SRX has launched a home loan platform that promises to help borrowers ease the task of filling up forms. SRX said yesterday that its myHome Finance service can do that by tapping MyInfo, a service by the Singapore Government ... ( read original story ...)
UOB ceasing foreign currency banknotes import in Taiwan – sources
The move by the Singapore bank would effectively leave Bank of America (BoA) the only foreign currency banknotes distributor in Taiwan. UOB was not immediately available for comment. Currently, UOB and BoA are the only banks to import foreign currency ... ( read original story ...)
How Malaysia’s new government could test ties with Singapore
A high-speed railway project connecting Singapore and Malaysia has become representative of strengthened ties between the two nations. But there's a chance the project, scheduled for completion in 2026, may be cancelled by the new government of Malaysian ... ( read original story ...)
SilkAir planes to get cabin upgrades as carrier merges with Singapore Airlines
SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines (SIA), will get a “significant” investment to upgrade its cabin products as it begins the process of merging with its parent airline. According to SIA in a statement on Friday (18 May), the investment of ... ( read original story ...)
Property investment: Are potential profits an illusion?
On a more complex level, you can also consider that the rate of inflation (the rising cost of goods) is around 3% in Singapore. Your property loan interest however, is far below this; home loan rates have been below 2% for more than a decade (although the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore investors ramp up cross-border commercial real estate activity in Q1
according to a report from Real Capital Analytics (RCA), with a significant increase in property investments in Australian, Japanese and Indian markets. Singapore to Australia trade volumes ballooned by a whopping 141% to $3.5b over the past twelve months ... ( read original story ...)
Frasers Property, GIC and JustCo invest US$177m to build co-working space in Asia
Multi-national property company Frasers Property and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have collaborated with co-working space provide JustCo to develop a co-working space platform across Asia. This sees all three companies investing US$177 million ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s ultra wealthy lured to shophouses despite lower yields
“With a positive outlook for residential, commercial and hospitality property sectors, shophouses which are hybrids of these sectors, could continue to appeal to boutique investors,” she added. Colliers Singapore and JLL Singapore are still actively ... ( read original story ...)
Property: Money matters you must know when moving home
... have to pay the Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD), if the second property is bought under the current property owner’s name. For Singapore citizens, the ABSD is seven per cent of the property price or valuation (whichever is higher). So if you ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Frasers Property Ltd (FRPL:SI) Heffx Technical Analysis
Overall, the bias in prices is: Downwards. The projected upper bound is: 1.99. The projected lower bound is: 1.85. The projected closing price is: 1.92. A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened). During the past 10 bars, there ... ( read original story ...)
Frasers Property : GIC, Frasers Property and JustCo jointly invest US$177 million to develop co-working platform across Asia
SINGAPORE, 16 May 2018 - GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, and multi-national property company Frasers Property Limited ("Frasers Property"), are partnering with JustCo, a leading co-working space provider in Singapore, to develop a co-working space ... ( read original story ...)