Jang Ha Na was victorious in 2016. In a press statement yesterday, the 27-year-old Ryu, who also won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship last season, said: "I'm very excited to make my return to Singapore for the HSBC Women's World Championship. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Top 10 Blue-Chip Stocks with the Highest Dividend Yields
According to a recent report by Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68), this is the strongest annual price performance for the Singapore stock market since 2012, when the STI rose 19.7%. With dividends added to the fray, the year-to-date total returns would ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Wedding Banquet Price List (2018 Edition)
We can see this from previous years' wedding banquet price list. From November 2016 to 2017, consumer prices in Singapore increased by only 0.6%. MAS’s Core Inflation Measure for the same period was 1.5% (core inflation excludes price changes in certain ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered makes another senior hire from DBS in Singapore
Standard Chartered is stepping up its hiring from DBS in Singapore as another senior banking professional comes on board. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/284288/dbs-technology-jobs-soh-siew-choo/ Standard Chartered has taken on a veteran ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Deputy PM Responds to AML/Anti-Terror Financing Questions Regarding Cryptocurrency
Last week, a Singapore Member of Parliament, Foo Mee Har, posed some questions to the Singapore Prime Minister regarding enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing and Bitcoin utilization where “conventional oversight ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore seeking to extradite Canadian suspect detained in Britain
SINGAPORE - Singapore said on Monday it was seeking to ... The suspect, David James Roach, allegedly stole $30,000 from a Standard Chartered bank branch in July 2016, before fleeing to Thailand where he was arrested. After serving a prison sentence for ... ( read original story ...)
Israel to ease dual-listing with Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto
Singapore and Toronto are attractive markets to raise capital. The plan still requires the approval of the finance minister and parliament's finance committee. (Reporting by Steven Scheer; Editing by Tova Cohen) ( read original story ...)
The Week In Numbers: Singapore Construction Demand Expected To Increase
The value of construction projects in Singapore is expected to grow to between S$25 billion ... Finally, the impact of Brexit has been felt in London’s finance industry. According to Bloomberg, job vacancies in the industry fell 52% in December. ( read original story ...)
These Are the Taxes Singapore Could Hike in Next Month’s Budget
Online shoppers in Singapore generally aren’t taxed for their purchases if they don’t exceed S$400 ($300), Indranee Rajah, senior minister of state for law and finance, said in a November interview. Given how quickly online vendors are changing the way ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based XinFin Unveils Blockchain-powered TradeFinex Platform With India’s Largest Trade Organization Assocham
About XinFin FinTech Pte. Ltd XinFin is a Singapore-based blockchain technology company focused on international trade and finance across the globe. XinFin's XDC protocol is a hybrid blockchain that allows peer-to-peer contracts over regulated payment ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Singapore ties tested by high-speed rail contract
KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The leaders of Malaysia and Singapore ... A joint tender for the company that would build, operate and finance the trains and the rail assets closes on June 29, and a decision is expected by the end of the year. ( read original story ...)
The Weekly Nibble: Singapore-Listed Stocks That Might Beat the Market in 2018
2017 Round-up Below is a round-up of the performance of the Singapore market last year – from the best ... a) 7 Things Investors Should Know About How Different Sectors Performed In The Stock Market Over The Past Year – click here In this article ... ( read original story ...)
2 Useful Valuation Ratios For Stock Market Investors
The market capitalisation to net income (or price per share to ... And generally speaking, a high PS ratio would correspond to an expensive stock. It’s also the same in reverse; a low PS ratio would correspond to a cheap stock. The Foolish bottom line ... ( read original story ...)
StanChart robbery suspect detained by UK after Thailand rejects extradition request
Singapore - David James Roach, the suspect in the 2016 Standard Chartered Bank robbery case, has been detained by the British authorities and Singapore is working to extradite him. Roach, a 28-year-old Canadian national, was detained in London last ... ( read original story ...)
PAP’s transfer of state assets at lelong prices enabled Temasek to achieve high historical returns
According to an earlier POSB annual report (see table below), total deposit had already hit $20 billion in 1993 and the number of savings accounts was higher than Singapore’s total population of 3.3 million. Even aliens were opening savings accounts at ... ( read original story ...)
4 Stocks This Week
We look at four stocks that have recently aligned their business to leverage on OBOR projects. OCBC is Singapore second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly rated bank. It is also recognized as ... ( read original story ...)