Share savings plans to kick-start your portfolio

followed by POSB and OCBC Bank in mid-2013, while Maybank Kim Eng's RSS was available from March 2015. Invest-Saver is a regular share savings plan that allows customers to invest in 30 Singapore blue chip stocks (via Nikko AM STI ETF) and/or Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

Win Streak May Continue For Singapore Shares

The Singapore stock market has climbed higher in three straight trading days, gathering more than 20 points or 0.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,235-point plateau the market is expected to extend its gains on ... ( read original story ...)

UOB takes credit for attracting investment to Myanmar

Most of the investment has come from multinational and regional companies based in mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand. UOB has provided corporate loans and other financial solutions such as project financing, cash management and ... ( read original story ...)

DBS India to take mobile-only bank account to desktops too

Mumbai: DBS India plans to widen the scope of the country's first mobile-only bank account to include desktop banking. The Indian arm of Singapore's largest bank had recently unveiled the country's first open architecture platform for distributing ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore start-up said to file for US$1 billion IPO in the US

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE — Sea Ltd, South-east Asia’s most valuable start-up, has filed confidentially for a potential US initial public offering that could raise about US$1 billion (S$1.39 billion), according to people with knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)

OCBC opens Indonesia wealth unit amid tax amnesty success

OCBC’s expansion in Indonesia follows its announcement that it will acquire National Australia Bank’s private wealth business in Singapore and Hong Kong, as reported. As of end-February, the business to be sold to OCBC comprised a $1.7bn mortgage ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore millennials want to retire early: survey

Majority of them expect to finally lay back at 60. The latest HSBC report found out that Singapore millennials expect to retire younger than other working age generations despite having the lowest retirement prospects of any generation. According to the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore bourse nears deal with regulator for start-up IPOs

Singapore: Singapore Exchange Ltd is nearing a deal with the city’s technology regulator to develop a system designed to encourage local start-ups to list on the bourse, according to people familiar with the matter. Under the agreement, the bourse ... ( read original story ...)