Two weeks ago, Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68) launched the SGX Developed Asia ex Japan Quality Index. The new index is a regional index built on what are considered to be “quality factors.” In the accompanying report for the launch of the ... ( read original story ...)
Ooredoo : Maldives IPO set for April 30
04/21 DJ SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS: SingTel Units Sign Pacts for S$4.1 Billion in Loa.. 04/21 DJ Verizon Customers Defect As Competition Ramps Up -- WSJ 04/20 DJ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS: for First Time, Loses Core Wireless Customers -- 3rd Up.. ( read original story ...)
Fintech Trend: Why Switzerland Pushes For Cooperation With Singapore
The fintech industry of Singapore is praised by some of the largest banks and financial institutions across the world, including UBS, DBS and Citibank. In the past few years, the three multi-billion dollar banks established innovation labs and investment ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Be Stuck In Neutral
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has ticked higher in consecutive trading days, gathering more than a dozen points or 0.4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,140-point plateau, although the rally may stall ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Telecommunications : Singtel Group inks agreements for S$4.1 billion of credit facilities with international banks
N.A., Singapore Branch, BNP Paribas, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Citibank N.A.,Singapore Branch, DBS Bank Ltd., The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore Branch, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Oversea- Chinese Banking Corporation ... ( read original story ...)
4 most in-demand skills in Singapore to land a banking or finance job in 2017
As Singapore restructures its economy to rely less on foreign labour and push for greater productivity and upskilling its workers, the local jobs market has come under some pressure. In 2016, Singapore saw lower job vacancies and rising unemployment, as ... ( read original story ...)
I’m a banking recruiter in Asia. Here’s how to keep me happy
You really need to be on my good side. http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/235989/ideal-employer-asia-top-10/ It’s the busy(ish) season for hiring in the Singapore banking sector. Finance professionals have their bonuses and some are sending resumes ... ( read original story ...)
UnUsUaL IPO
UnUsUalL IPO will be the next Singapore IPO for retail and institutional investors. MM2 Asia announced on 4 April 2017 that it would launch the IPO shares of its unit UnUsUaL. Some 97 million shares at $0.20 per share would be placed. I believe UnUsUaL IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Aoxin Q&M Dental offers 57 million shares at 20 cents apiece in IPO
SINGAPORE - Aoxin Q&M Dental Group is offering 57 million placement shares at 20 Singapore cents apiece in its initial public offering (IPO), as it seeks to raise net proceeds of about S$9.1 million on the Singapore Exchange's Catalist board. Aoxin ... ( read original story ...)
Strong global IPO activity in Q1: EY
Max Loh, EY ASEAN and Singapore managing partner, Ernst & Young LLP, said that IPO activity in Asia-Pacific has been powering ahead due to the region's relative insulation from political uncertainty elsewhere in the world, ample liquidity in emerging ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Capital Launches IPO Wealth Sister Company and Wholesale Investment Fund
The IPO Wealth Fund is targeting a pool of up to $500m of investable capital and is currently accepting investment from Australia and Singapore. IPO Capital's Managing Director, James Mawhinney, stated "The launch of the IPO Wealth Fund is a major win for ... ( read original story ...)
Unusual Limited are now the first Singaporean concert organizers to be publicly listed
Arguably one of the biggest concert organizers in Singapore, Unusual Limited has taken another big leap in its 20-year history. mm2 Asia, which owns Unusual Limited — stylized as UnUsUaL Limited — launched the company's initial public option (IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For April 19
This is part of an initial public offering (IPO) to raise S$11.4 million ($8.17 million ... ANYONE visiting the National University of Singapore (NUS) early next year might be treated to the sight of drones flying across the campus, delivering small ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: China gathers state-led consortium for Aramco IPO – sources
"The IPO will help decide whom, or which country ... Other mooted Asian options include Tokyo and Singapore. "The Saudis are serious about Asia. They can maintain market share there. At the end of the day, Aramco needs to sell its oil. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan draws foreign biotech IPOs
Aslan had weighed a US IPO, among various options ... The company will continue to be headquartered in Singapore but has invested in expanding in Taiwan. Aslan’s experimental drug Varlitinib, a potential treatment for bile duct cancer, is in late ... ( read original story ...)
GRG Banking Equipment : VTMs Successfully Entered Singapore Market
On 16 August 2016, Singapore's first Video Teller Machine (VTM) pilot tested at a branch of POSB. It provides convenient and easy self-service financial user-experience for functions, such as Card Issuance, e-Banking Secure Token Device, Update Particulars ... ( read original story ...)