Standard Chartered, the Asia-focused London-based bank, is cutting jobs in Dubai, Singapore and other key markets, as it continues efforts to cut costs and boost profits. Over 100 jobs are likely to b... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Bank Will Fire 200 Indian Employees; Digital Banking Is The Main Reason?
a small number of Retail Banking roles have fallen away,” Similar job cuts have reported from Standard Chartered Bank offices in Singapore and Dubai as well. In Dubai, some reports claim that ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s 3 Blue-Chip REITs Have Outpaced 2018’s Market Decline
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), Singapore's key stock market barometer, has had a rough 2018, falling 9.1% from the start of this year until the end of November. But some blue-chips performed bet... ( read original story ...)
Genting Singapore Ltd Is Down 30% From Its High In 2018: Is It Cheap Now?
Finally, the casino operator’s dividend yield of 3.6% is marginally lower to the market’s yield of 3.7%. The lower a stock’s yield is, the less attractive its stock is. In sum, we can argue that Genti... ( read original story ...)
Stock Carnage Deepens, With Asia Equities Set for 20-Month Low
in Singapore: “The less-dovish-than-expected perception towards ... more to smaller companies to combat a slowdown in the economy. That didn’t help the stock market, though, with the Shanghai Composit... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Top 10 Blue-Chips That Pay You A Dividend
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), Singapore’s key stock market barometer, has had a rough 2018, falling 9.1% from the start of this year until the end of November. Apart from being well-known among ... ( read original story ...)
Mnuchin called top US bank executives on market stability
“The stock market goes up, the stock market goes down,” Mulvaney ... and Tim Sloan of Wells Fargo. SINGAPORE (Dec 24): OCBC Investment Research is projecting for the Straits Times Index (STI) to trade ... ( read original story ...)
battered stock market
SINGAPORE — European and Asian markets were mostly lower in light trading on Monday as a partial U.S. government shutdown stemmed holiday cheer. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 dropped 0.9 percent to 4 ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Angst Snowballs as Japan’s Nikkei 225 Enters Bear Market
(Bloomberg) -- The Nikkei 225 Stock Average plunged below the 20,000 level and entered bear market territory ... Keiko Ujikane in Tokyo at kujikane@bloomberg.net;Tom Redmond in Singapore at tredmond3@ ... ( read original story ...)
Oil at lowest in year following global stock market tumble
Oil fell more than 2 percent on Monday to the lowest in over a year as global stock markets tumbled under pressure from ... Should that fail to balance the market, OPEC and its allies will hold an ext... ( read original story ...)
Golf: Top golfers send festive greetings to Singapore ahead of the HSBC Women’s World Championship
SINGAPORE - Merry Christmas, Singapore! And hope to see you at the HSBC Women's World Championship in February 2019. With the holiday season in full swing, some of the world's top female golfers who w... ( read original story ...)
Finance firms’ loans hit records on relaxed SME lending rules
Singapore's finance companies are on a roll, with loans boosted by liberalised rules on lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Hong Leong Finance (HLF) and Sing Investments & Finance (S... ( read original story ...)
HSBC: Financial Management Greatly Stresses Singapore Millennials
YOLO. You only live once. This is the great line of the millennials and the overused hashtag in Twitter. Oxford Dictionary defines YOLO as expressing the view that one should make the most of the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Take Further Damage On Monday
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, dropping more than a dozen points or 0.4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3, ... ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018: A Marathon to Remember
The 17th edition of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 was a successful running event of which Singapore can be proud of. The new two-day event was not only exciting, but it also gave the ... ( read original story ...)
STI more likely to trade between 2,800-3,200: OCBC
SINGAPORE (Dec 24): OCBC Investment Research is projecting for the Straits Times Index (STI) to trade as high as 4,125 in 2019 in a bull case scenario. As at Dec 5 this year, the index traded at 3,156 ... ( read original story ...)