Singapore shares fell after four sessions of gains on Thursday, with financials such as Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and DBS Group accounting for most of the losses. Asian shares edged higher after the U.S. Federal Reserve's comments tempered prospects for ... ( read original story ...)
Flying Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 Suites as My Own Private Jet, Sydney – Paris
American Express, Citibank, Chase, Capital One and other banks are advertising ... My wife and I booked first class awards in Singapore’s Suites from Sydney to Paris, with a stopover for a couple of days in Singapore. These were one-way awards, and ... ( read original story ...)
Singtel, DBS join multinationals in pledging transparency on climate change risks
Singtel, DBS and City Developments are among 237 international firms ... have committed to support the initiative. The other Singapore firms joining in include the Singapore Exchange and Olam International, along with Singapore's central bank, the Monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific to remain most active region for new IPOs as Singapore retains hub status: EY
SINGAPORE - The Asia-Pacific will remain the world's most active region for new listings in 2018, with Singapore retaining its status as a hub for Asean companies, EY said in a global report on initial public offerings (IPOs). A total of 1,624 IPOs were ... ( read original story ...)
ITE students trained to teach financial planning
Another 30 are expected to be trained next year. The project is a spin-off from a financial literacy programme that Citibank Singapore and SMU have been running since 2012. The trainers' programme started with SMU and polytechnic students, and was extended ... ( read original story ...)
UOB supports Shanghai Proptech Company to enter Singapore
United Overseas Bank (UOB) today announced its partnership with Shanghai-based start-up, Mamahome, in the property technology (PropTech) firm’s first move outside of China. With UOB’s payments solutions, the fast-growing online apartment rental portal ... ( read original story ...)
An OCBC managing director in Singapore has left to become a consultant
https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/296427/ocbc-digital-banking-hiring/ A Singapore-based OCBC managing director, who left the firm in May, has resurfaced as a consultant at National Australia Bank (NAB) in Melbourne. Sabyasachi Banerjee had been with ... ( read original story ...)
Qualitas plans January-February SGX IPO of S$200m
SINGAPORE (Dec 11): Malaysia's Qualitas Medical Group aims to launch a Singapore Exchange IPO of up to S$200 million (US$148 million) sometime between January and February, according to two persons with knowledge of the plans. “We are tentatively looking ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: IPOS releases revised examination guidelines
On October 30 2017, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) published its revised Examination Guidelines, following legislative changes made to the Singapore Patents Act. The key amendments to the Guidelines include the expansion of the grace ... ( read original story ...)
Qualitas plans January-February SGX IPO
SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s Qualitas Medical Group aims to launch a Singapore Exchange IPO of up to S$200m (RM603.8m) sometime between January and February, according to two persons with knowledge of the plans. We are tentatively looking to lodge the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore loses its lustre as preferred IPO market
But it still beat Hong Kong in the funds that it raised. Fourteen companies based in the Southeast Asian city have chosen to list on their home stock market this year, compared with 13 on the bourse operated by Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd ... ( read original story ...)
Centurion prices Hong Kong IPO shares at HK$3.18; deal 4.1 times subscribed
SINGAPORE - Dormitory developer Centurion Corp has priced its secondary-listing offer in Hong Kong at HK$3.18 per share, near the mid-point of price talk between HK$3 and HK$3.30. The 36-million-share offering was 4.1 times subscribed, based on ... ( read original story ...)
SingHaiyi and Haiyi take 175m shares in Cromwell following Singapore IPO
Two cornerstone investors in last month’s listing of Cromwell European REIT (CEREIT) have taken a AUD170m (€109m) share placement in parent company Cromwell Property Group. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange today, Brisbane-based ... ( read original story ...)
ICICI Securities hires banks for Rs 30 billion IPO
SINGAPORE: ICICI Securities has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Citic CLSA, Edelweiss and IIFL Holdings for a Rs20bn -Rs30bn (US$310m-$465m) IPO slated for early next year, a person with knowledge of the transaction said. The company plans ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s corporate deals, IPOs grow 15% to cross US$100 bil in 2017
SINGAPORE (Dec 12): Singapore has seen the value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture capital investments, and initial public offerings (IPO) hit US$101.9 billion (S$137.7 billion) for 2017, growing over 15% compared to 2016. ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches electric car-sharing service
Singapore (AFP) - Singapore on Tuesday launched an electric car-sharing service, the latest transport innovation aimed at encouraging people away from owning vehicles and keeping gridlock at bay in the space-starved city-state. BlueSG, a subsidiary of ... ( read original story ...)