Full-year DPU still slipped 6.2 per cent to 5.712 Singapore cents on the back of lower distributable income and an enlarged units base. OCBC Bank: OCBC has, through its subsidiary Lion Global Investors, raised its stake in China-based Maxwealth Fund ... ( read original story ...)
Recovery Predicted For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market on Wednesday snapped the two-day winning streak in which it had gained almost 30 points or 0.8 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,540-point plateau although it's expected to rebound on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore falls to 8th in Asia expat rental ranking; Hong Kong is most expensive
Hong Kong retained its title as Asia’s most expensive rental city for expatriates, while Singapore fell further down the ranking due to a slower economy and fewer relocations, according to consultancy firm ECA International. Hong Kong sat atop the list ... ( read original story ...)
UOB customers warned not to fall for fake text messages with link to phishing website
Scummy scammers have found another cunning way to get unguarded folks to part with sensitive personal information — this time by using a fake United Overseas Bank (UOB) website that looks very much like the real deal. Yesterday, the Singapore Police ... ( read original story ...)
COMMENT: Curb Your Enthusiasm for Singapore’s Housing Revival
What’s not to like about Singapore’s property market? Sales in 2017 touched a four-year high. Developers paid homeowners S$8.5 billion ($6.4 billion) — the most since 2007 — to vacate their homes so new apartment complexes could be built. ( read original story ...)
What Can You Do if You Were Sold a Defective Product in Singapore?
Lodge a Complaint with the Consumers Association of Singapore You may lodge a complaint against the seller with the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE), a non-governmental organisation which advocates fair and ethical trade practices. If you do so ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Rugby 7s targets 60,000 fans
The crowd numbers took a hit last year, falling some 35 per cent to 34,000, but Rugby Singapore (RS) is not too concerned. In fact, the organiser of the HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens has set a crowd target of 60,000 for this year's event at the National ... ( read original story ...)
Wide Open Singapore Airlines Business Class Awards to Europe
American Express, Citibank, Chase, Capital One and other banks are advertising ... and cash back (and currencies that can be converted into the same). Last year Singapore Airlines started flying their new Airbus A350s Houston – Manchester in the U.K ... ( read original story ...)
New OCBC loan gives SMEs flexibility
The OCBC Business Revolving Short Term Loan ... According to the 2017 SME Financing Survey conducted by Spring Singapore in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet, three in five small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face delays in receiving payments ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Malaysia sign bilateral agreement on JB-Singapore Rapid Transit System
In Malaysia, the InfraCo will be Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, while LTA will be Singapore’s InfraCo. Both governments will also jointly appoint an operating company (OpCo) to own, design, build, finance, operate, maintain and renew the RTS Link’s ... ( read original story ...)
Beware of SMS linking UOB customers to phishing website: Police
SINGAPORE: Several victims have been tricked into providing ... In these cases, the victims received an SMS purportedly sent by UOB informing them of a new account notification. They were asked to click on the link uob-mob.com provided in the text message. ( read original story ...)
At least $20,000 lost to fake UOB website: Police
Multiple victims have reported being cheated into providing personal information and credit card details to a fake United Overseas Bank (UOB) website, said the police in a press release on Tuesday (16 January). Yahoo News Singapore understands that at ... ( read original story ...)
UOB holds fast to Wilmar’s ‘buy’ with S$4.10 target price
SINGAPORE (Jan 16): UOB Kay Hian is maintaining its "buy" call on Wilmar with target price of S$4.10 or blended 14 times FY18 earnings, which is higher than its five-year mean. UOB is pegging the oilseeds and grains division at 20 times FY18 earnings to ... ( read original story ...)
Beware: Scammers Posing as UOB to Scam You into Making Fraudulent Payments
The victims responded to an SMS sent by scammers which was made to appear like it was sent by UOB. The SMS sent to the victims informed them of a new account notification and included a link uob-mob.com, and invited the victims to click on it. Victims were ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Singapore ink agreement on cross-border rail transit — and other key highlights
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Malaysia and Singapore have firmed several key bilateral agreements after leaders from the two neighbouring countries met at the 8th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat in Singapore today. According to a joint statement ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s crime rate is so low that many shops don’t even lock up
(Jan 16): Singapore was recently ranked second on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index for 2017, coming in just behind Tokyo. In 2016, the island nation's police reported 135 total days without any crimes including snatch-theft, house break ... ( read original story ...)