APAC Realty, which operates under the ERA brand, plans to raise net proceeds of S$27.1 million by selling 48.9 million shares at 66 Singapore cents apiece in an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO will comprise 4.8 million new shares and 44.1 million ... ( read original story ...)
InsurTech Regulations in Singapore
Singapore Government is creating a framework to encourage ... It’s overdue. Here at Fintech Finance, we work with renowned executives in the industry to provide key decision-makers globally within leading financial services organizations with reliable ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign home buying up 20% this year
View of luxury apartments in Singapore. UOB Kay Hian believes that home purchases by foreigners, which increased by up to 20 percent in the first nine months of 2017, still has room to grow. This comes as the figure accounted for only 22 percent of this ... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Stock Market Today: CapitaLand Commercial Trust to Gobble Up Marina Bay’s Asia Square Tower 2
Hello, Fools! Here are three things about the local stock market that might interest you today. 1. The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), finished Thursday at 3,213.82 points, slipping 4.25 points or 0.13%. The biggest loser in the index was Jardine Matheson ... ( read original story ...)
Reconstructed OCBC building in Xiamen a symbol of enduring ties: Heng Swee Keat
XIAMEN - The opening of a reconstructed OCBC building in Xiamen on Thursday (Sept 21) morning was held up as a symbol of the longstanding and enduring ties between Singapore and China by Singapore’s Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat. Noting that ... ( read original story ...)
Dru Chen Stars in HSBC in Personalized Data-Driven Campaign
JWT Singapore and HSBC have teamed up to launch a data-driven interactive campaign called “Choose What You Love” to help consumers select a credit card suited to their lifestyle and personality. “There are dozens of credit cards in the Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Interview: Singapore needs more talent to skip public sector, start a business
... Singapore needs to change its tradition of channeling the "best and the brightest" into the public sector if it is to improve its startup ecosystem and embrace more innovation, said Piyush Gupta, CEO of retail and financial services group DBS Group ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press Holdings’ Market Value Falls Behind New York Times
Singapore’s leading newspaper publisher had a market capitalization that was larger than that of The New York Times Co. — until this month. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. saw its market value fall below that of its better known U.S. peer for the first ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Lee Cements China Ties With Pre-Party Congress Visit
Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. “It shows the high-level connection between the two nations is stable and they highly regard each other in the relationship.” Singapore expects to be at the f ... ( read original story ...)
The Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Partners with LATTICE80 in Singapore
The Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (CFTE), a UK based education platform for the finance industry, is has partnered with LATTICE80, an international Fintech hub based in Singapore. The partnership between the two entities is designed ... ( read original story ...)
Yanlord, Perennial’s offer for Singapore’s United Engineers fails
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A plan to acquire Singapore's United Engineers Ltd by Yanlord Land Group and Perennial Real Estate Holdings that valued the century-old property group and a stake in a subsidiary at $1.4 billion has failed on low shareholder ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific Alternative Finance Rises to a Quarter Trillion Dollars in 2016 led by China
Japan totaled $398 million, South Korea at $376 million, Singapore at $164 million, and India at $124 million. The authors state that online alternative finance platforms that have emerged across the region since 2013 “have changed the way people ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to set up Skill Center in Northeast: Dr Jitendra Singh
New Delhi, Sept 19 (IBNS): The Government of Singapore will set up a Skill Center at Guwahati which will cater to the entire North-Eastern region. This was stated here by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore will work with universities to get more research to market
The Singapore government is determined to cultivate more entrepreneurial minds through its institutes of higher learning. During Switch 2017, Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat announced two new initiatives for building the city-state’s ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered’s Asian hiring spree that wasn’t
http://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/295385/5-private-banks-asia-hiring/ Standard Chartered has so far not been able to hire as many ex-Barclays private bankers in Asia as it would have liked, say headhunters. Bank of Singapore acquired the Asian wealth ... ( read original story ...)
POSB Smart Buddy Cashless Payment Programme | GadFit
The presentation opened with an elaboration on the reach and receptiveness of the POSB Smart Buddy programme; 19 primary schools so far and reception has been very positive. For the record, there are close to 200 primary schools in Singapore so POSB is ... ( read original story ...)