Win Streak Expected To Continue For Singapore Shares

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has climbed higher in five straight sessions, surging more than 85 points or 2.4 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,465-point plateau and it's called higher again on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

8 promising Fintech Startups in Singapore to Watch in 2018

Singapore Life is a fully licensed direct life insurer and is the brainchild of South African-born Walter de Oude, the firm’s CEO and the former CEO of HSBC Insurance Singapore. In April 2017, Singapore Life raised US$50 million in its Series A ... ( read original story ...)

IBM Completes Proof-of-Concept Blockchain-Based Shared KYC

IBM announced the successful completion of the Phase I proof-of-concept (POC) of its Shared Corporate Know Your Customer (KYC) project with Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Mitsubishi UFJ ... with the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s vision to drive innovation ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore bonds hit five-year high at $40.28b

UOB’s dual-currency covered bond (in US$ and EUR) worth US$1.02b remains the biggest Singapore bond issuance so far this year. Meanwhile, DBS Group Holdings is currently the most active issuer in terms of bond proceeds this year, capturing 16.3% market ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Air set to soar again in 2018

SINGAPORE (Jan 3): After an uninspiring 2017 ... “However, capacity growth is expected to abate in 2018, and with that, yields should improve,” says UOB Kay Hian analyst K Ajith in a report on Wednesday... (Click here to read the full story.) ( read original story ...)

STI gets year-end boost from DBS, UOB

Cosco Shipping International (Singapore), involved in a buyout of logistics firm Cogent Holdings, also rebounded after a month-long decline. It closed at 38.5 cents, up 2.5 cents or 6.9 per cent. Meanwhile, active oil-linked stocks included explorer Rex ... ( read original story ...)

Overweight On Banking Sector; Which Bank Stock Is Better?

In this article, we will be examining the general outlook of the banking sector, as well as analysing the relative strengths of the three major banks in Singapore ... Analysts from UOB-Kay Hian examined the productivity and cost efficiency of the three ... ( read original story ...)

Gold Demand in the Singapore Bullion Market

United Overseas Bank (UOB), the Singaporean large-scale bank can also be added to this list. Another group of players in Singapore’s wholesale gold market are referred to as the “trading houses”, and include names such as INTL Stone, Sumitomo Global ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Stocks May Test Resistance At 3,400 Points

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the five-day losing streak in which it had surrendered almost 90 points or 2.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,390 ... ( read original story ...)