Wealthy people in Asia are readying cash to take advantage of opportunities in financial markets and private equity once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, the head of private banking at Southeast Asia’s ... ( read original story ...)
Luxury brand SPAC Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp. files for a $225 million IPO
Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp., a blank check company formed by executives at LVMH and L Catterton targeting a lifestyle business, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $225 million in an ... ( read original story ...)
Parliament: Ministers challenge PSP NCMP Leong Mun Wai over comments on DBS CEO
Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran and Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung sparred with Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai in Parliament on Friday (Sept 4) over remarks in his maiden ... ( read original story ...)
Consumer-focused SPAC Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp. files for a $225 million IPO
Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp., a blank check company formed by current and former executives at L Catterton targeting a lifestyle business, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $225 ... ( read original story ...)
Capitol S’pore’s online mooncake fair has over 20 brands to shop from & free islandwide delivery till Oct.1
Mooncake Fair is back and is now held online till Oct. 1, 2020. There are over 20 mooncake brands to shop from, ranging from luxury hotel brands to home-grown establishments, and the mooncake ... ( read original story ...)
EMERGING MARKETS-Asian stocks drubbed after Wall St rout, U.S. jobs data awaited
Foreign flows into Asian stocks * Indonesia stocks hit three-week low * Indian rupee set for first weekly decline in three * Philippine stocks outshine By Shashwat Awasthi Sept 4 ... ( read original story ...)
PM Lee: Foreign Investment Will Create New Jobs For S’poreans But They Must Feel Welcome Here
He said that investment projects will create job opportunities for Singaporeans but first, in order for them to come here, we need to make them feel welcome. This is because Singapore does not yet ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered launches delightful animation about egg fried rice
It just so happens that the animation director behind Isle of Dogs (as well as Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride), Mark Waring, was roped in to lead Standard Chartered’s new film, which aims to “reinforce the ... ( read original story ...)
Sorcha John and Min Ng join leadership ranks at TSLA
John leaves Iris, while Ng steps up from her previous role as head of talent. MD Richard Bleasdale is leaving TSLA after about 16 months. ( read original story ...)
UOB, DBS debut more Sora-pegged loan products
Singapore banks are debuting more loan products pegged to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (Sora), helping in the transition to Sora as the new benchmark interest rate.. Read more at straitstimes. ( read original story ...)
MAS enhancing banking system’s liquidity during COVID-19 pandemic
SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced new measures on Thursday (Sep 3) to enhance the banking system's access to ... ( read original story ...)
Investors Pile Into OCBC’s Biggest Dollar Bond in Six Years
Investors piled into the biggest dollar bond offering from Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. in six years, in a sign of confidence in the lender’s capital strength amid the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
DBS gets nod to set up JV securities company in China
DBS Group has received the green light from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to establish a joint-venture (JV) securities company known as DBS Securities (China), in which DBS will have a ... ( read original story ...)
DBS parties it up in Fortnite in lieu of clubs being open
Singapore-based bank DBS has created a nightclub at the former location of the Zouk club in the esports game Fortnite. ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank enhancing banking system’s liquidity during pandemic
These include the establishment of a new term facility to provide banks and finance companies an additional channel to borrow SGD funds at longer tenors and with more forms of collateral, the Monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Mooncake Festival 2020 – Best credit card promotions for mooncake discounts in Singapore
Here are the mooncake discounts for Citibank, UOB, DBS and OCBC. All promotions end on Oct 1, 2020 unless otherwise stated. Paradise Group 15 per cent off (till Sept 30) Peach Garden Restaurant 20 per ... ( read original story ...)