The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is bringing back lunch breaks and widening the bid-and-offer spread, giving up a faster-paced approach to boosting volumes made after a penny stock crash in 2013 that rattled confidence and saw retail business slump. ( read original story ...)
DBS to launch mobile-only banking service in Indonesia
The Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) plans to introduce a smartphone-based mobile banking option for the Indonesian market as a way to further digitalize the banks’ operations and utilize digital innovation to its advantage. Digital transformation is ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore OCBC Bank to initiate robo-advisory service
SINGAPORE: OCBC Bank is piloting a robo-advisory service for investors to help them monitor and manage their investments, using an algorithm-based formula. The online platform will offer clients direct advice on balancing investment portfolios without ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore anger at 'too lenient' child sex sentence
There is public anger in Singapore over what is seen as a too lenient sentence for a US child sex offender. US Mixed Martial Arts instructor Joshua Robinson, 39, was jailed for four years last week for having sex with two teenage girls and filming the acts. ( read original story ...)
High-Speed Downlink LTE-Advanced Pro Subscribers Will Reach 641 Million in 2021
SINGAPORE, Mar 08, 2017 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) -- ABI Research Finds LTE-Advanced Pro to be Mobile Operators' Stepping Stone to 5G SINGAPORE, March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- As LTE-Advanced Pro deployments gain momentum across the world, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore unveils transformation map for the farming sector
Singapore has laid out the Farm Transformation Map which identifies four key areas for development. In a speech by Minister Koh Poh Koon, one of the issues raised was the space constraints. The idea is to help produce food with less space using technology. ( read original story ...)
Why high-flying Singapore is scrapping grades
You can join the debate at the BBC's Family & Education News Facebook page. The next update of the education system will have to ensure that Singapore can create a more equitable society, build a stronger social compact among its people while at the same ... ( read original story ...)
Flying Business Class on a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER
In February, 2017, I had the opportunity to fly business class on Singapore Airlines from Los Angeles to Tokyo/Narita. As luck would have it, I was on a Boeing 777 that had recently been retrofitted with Singapore’s new business class product. I took a ... ( read original story ...)
Review: KLM Business Class 777 Singapore To Bali
The only reason we flew to Singapore to begin with was to be able to get onto the Hello Kitty flight from Taipei. We could have flown direct from Taipei to Bali, but that would have meant no Hello Kitty for us. So we booked cheap paid tickets from ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Says Singapore Is a Core Market
Mar.07 -- Judy Hsu, Singapore chief executive officer at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank's turnaround in Singapore, the hiring of more than 1,000 employees last year and her outlook for the bank and the industry. She speaks to Bloomberg's Haslinda ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank launches ‘robo-adviser’ in Singapore
SINGAPORE — OCBC Bank is piloting a robo-advisory service for investors to help them monitor and manage their investments, using an algorithm-based formula. The online platform will offer clients direct advice on balancing investment portfolios without ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC joins home loans war among local banks
Many mortgages are pegged to publicly set benchmarks, such as the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate. OCBC's latest offer works out to 0.7 per cent for the first year, 0.65 per cent for the second year, 0.60 per cent for the third year and 0.55 per cent for ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore amongst the best countries for women entrepreneurs
Singapore also topped the category with the highest rated conditions for women business ownership and entrepreneurship. However, even with a strong showing in support infrastructure for entrepreneurship, Singapore demonstrates a comparatively low ... ( read original story ...)
SGX rules at least 5% of mainboard IPOs must go to retail investors, starting May 2
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will mandate all mainboard IPO companies to allocate to retail investors at least 5 per cent, or S$50 million, whichever is lower, of their offer size. The introduction of the minimum IPO allocation is aimed at ... ( read original story ...)
SGX mandates mainboard IPO firms to allot 5% for small investors
It is aimed to facilitate greater retail participation. Singapore exchange announced that it will be mandating all mainboard IPO companies to allocate at least 5% of $50m, whichever lower, to retail investors. According to Chew Sutat, SGX's Executive Vice ... ( read original story ...)
At least 5% of SGX mainboard IPOs to be set aside for retail investors
“We recognise that market forces are dynamic and will continue to monitor the public subscription trends of IPOs to ensure that the minimum allocation amounts are appropriate for the Singapore market,” said Mr Chew. ( read original story ...)