Top finance officials representing most of the world's economy have backed a sweeping revision of international taxation that includes a 15% global ... ( read original story ...)
Police, banks intervene in more than 150 investment and fake gambling scam cases
SINGAPORE: The police Anti-Scam Centre and six banks intervened in more than 150 cases of investment scams and fake gambling platform scams during ... ( read original story ...)
More than 360 scams exposed by police; 81 people probed
said the Singapore Police Force in a statement on Saturday (July 10). The ASC worked with six banks - DBS, UOB, OCBC, HSBC, Citibank and Standard Chartered - to target investment scams and fake ... ( read original story ...)
What is a debit card and how does it work?
With similar payment capabilities as credit cards, yet none of the high interest charges, debit cards are an increasingly popular choice among debt-wary Singaporeans.According to a recent Straits ... ( read original story ...)
Bukalapak’s $1.1 bln IPO, Indonesia’s biggest in a decade, covered on launch day – sources
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA, July 9 (Reuters) - Indonesia's biggest IPO in more than a decade, the billion dollar offering from e-commerce firm Bukalapak, received enough investor orders to cover the sale on ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian bank robber jailed in Singapore for five years avoids caning
David James Roach will not receive strokes of a cane. Singapore has very low levels of crime and applies tough punishments for many crimes, including and caning for lesser crimes ... ( read original story ...)
Ola raises $500 mn from Temasek and Warburg Pincus ahead of its IPO
Bhavish Aggarwal is also participating in this round, ahead of the company’s planned IPO. Temasek, Warburg Pincus and Aggarwal have approached market watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI), ... ( read original story ...)
DBS to convert Singapore office to net zero
Building on its commitment to achieve net zero operational carbon emissions by 2022, DBS today announced plans to transform an existing four-storey office building located at 135 Bukit Timah Road into ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Cash-Rich Singapore Airlines Positioned for Regional Dominance as Rivals Pull Back
Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA), flush with $16 billion raised since the start of the pandemic thanks to help from a state investor, is in a position of dominance among its Southeast Asian rivals as they ... ( read original story ...)
Bukalapak’s $1.1 billion IPO, Indonesia’s biggest in a decade, covered on launch day – sources
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s biggest IPO in more than a decade, the billion dollar offering from e-commerce firm Bukalapak, received enough investor orders to cover the sale on its launch ... ( read original story ...)
IPO-Bound Ola Raises $500Mn From Temasek, Warburg Pincus
Singapore government's investment fund Temasek ... founder Bhavish Aggarwal for a $500 Mn investment ahead of Ola’s IPO. This is amongst the largest investments in the Indian consumer internet ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore trader Ng Yu Zhi raised alarm bells months before arrest for investment fraud
Ng Yu Zhi continued accepting money from wealthy Singaporeans until his arrest in February, enticing them with purported investment gains that averaged 15 per cent a quarter. ( read original story ...)
SGX Nifty down 10 points; here’s what changed for market while you were sleeping
Asian share markets opened mostly lower on Friday, tracking an overnight fall in US stocks amid fears that rising Covid cases globally may hurt global growth. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Today: SGX Nifty edges 10 pts lower; Asian markets drop tracking overnight fall in US stocks
Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 13 points, or 0.08 per cent, lower at 15,696.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a muted start on Friday. Nifty50 on Thursday faced selling ... ( read original story ...)
Grab CEO’s Wife Buys $30 Million Singapore Property Ahead of IPO
(Bloomberg) --The wife of Grab Holdings Chief Executive Officer Anthony Tan paid S$40 million ($29.6 million) for a mansion in Singapore, adding to the strong demand for posh homes as a safe haven ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Bukalapak kicks off US$1.1 billion IPO, biggest in more than a decade
SINGAPORE: Indonesia's Bukalapak launched an up to US$1.13 billion initial public offering ahead of next month's listing, marking the country's ... ( read original story ...)