Maxpower hired a unit of Jefferies Group LLC in Singapore for the proposed private share placement, according to the document. Representatives for Standard Chartered and Jefferies declined to comment. Maxpower didn't respond to a request for comment. ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered launches 360 binaural audio experience of Anfield to promote World Sight Day
Standard Chartered, the main club sponsor for Liverpool FC ... covering industry news around the Asia Pacific region with a focus on Singapore and Southeast Asia. Based in Singapore, he has worked across photography, video and online, covering a range ... ( read original story ...)
Accenture to Create DLT Prototype for Singapore’s Central Bank
OCBC Bank, Singapore Exchange, Standard Chartered Bank, and United Overseas Bank. In a statement today Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer, MAS explained the goal of the project to be: A key outcome of the consortium’s effort is the ability to ... ( read original story ...)
GIC Makes Share Grab at Glenveagh IPO
Singapore’s GIC Private Limited was revealed to have a 10.2% ownership position in Glenveagh Properties PLC at the Irish homebuilder’s initial public offering (IPO) at October 10th, which saw a 14% increase in Glenveagh’s value from an initial market ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC appoints new CEO to replace retiring Stuart Gulliver
Chairman Mark Tucker says Flint has "great understanding and regard for HSBC's heritage, and the passion to build the bank for the next generation." Flint says he's "humbled by the responsibility." He has represented the group in Hong Kong, Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC picks John Flint for CEO hotseat
Analysts said given the complexity of HSBC, having two outsiders running the bank would have been a challenge. Flint joined the bank in October 1989 and has worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Bahrain, the US and the UK. His first ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore monetary policy on Oct 13: Here’s what to expect
Singapore's growth outlook is brightening amid a resurgence ... Speculation is building among analysts, including from United Overseas Bank, HSBC Holdings and Macquarie Bank, that the MAS may remove that language in its October statement to prepare the ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft collaborates on blockchain with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and The Association of Banks in Singapore
Participating financial institutions include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse, DBS Bank Ltd, HSBC Limited, J.P. Morgan, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, OCBC Bank, Singapore Exchange, Standard Chartered Bank, and United Overseas Bank. ( read original story ...)
Axwell and Ingrosso, Marshmello among ZoukOut 2017 acts announced
Two-day passes, bundle tickets and discounted tickets for DBS or POSB Cardmembers are also available. All of the acts announced so far are no strangers to Singapore, having played at previous editions of ZoukOut, other music festivals such as Laneway ... ( read original story ...)
Where Did DBS Group Holdings Ltd Generate Its Income From In 2016?
Secondly, we can see that about 66% of 2016’s income was derived from Singapore while the remaining 34% was from overseas – with Hong Kong accounting for the bulk of overseas income. From the above, we can see that DBS Group generates its income from ... ( read original story ...)
Case Study: Conversational AI Powers DBS digibank’s Virtual Banking Assistant
Singapore’s largest bank, DBS, rolled out India’s first mobile-only bank with just one-fifth of the resources of a traditional bank, leveraging Kasisto’s conversational AI platform, KAI Banking. DBS launched the assistant across channels – from ... ( read original story ...)
Cash management: DBS reaps what it sows
Take PriorityPay. It provides clients in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, India and Indonesia with faster and cheaper fund transfers across the DBS network. The bank extended the cut-off time for telegraphic transfers to speed up processing – both ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stocks drift lower as lenders drag
Singapore stocks edged lower on Wednesday, dragged lower by financial shares such as DBS Group even as Asian equities trading near decade highs on easing Catalan worries. Asian shares rose while the euro hovered near a 10-day peak after Catalonia's leader ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Shares May Find Traction On Thursday
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in consecutive trading days, falling almost a dozen points or 0.3 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,280-point plateau although it may stop the bleeding on ... ( read original story ...)
80% of Singapore’s finance professionals not ready for future – study
A study conducted by CPA Australia showed that eight out of 10 Singapore-based finance professionals do not have enough skills to make them relevant in the next decade. The study, which was conducted in partnership with EY, also found that six out of 10 ... ( read original story ...)
Ayondo Targets IPO At Singapore Exchange
Financial technology group ayondo remains on track to be the first FinTech company to be listed in Singapore. It will seek a listing through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) instead of the Reverse Takeover (RTO) as announced in mid-2016. The RTO was ... ( read original story ...)