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About 22 companies have left the Singapore Exchange this year, outpacing the number of IPO deals it hosted. That includes home-grown logistics company CWT, privatized by acquisitive Chinese conglomerate HNA Group. Massage chair maker OSIM International ... ( read original story ...)

Many human resource (HR) firms project salary increments to the tune of close to 4% in Singapore in 2018. Both Mercer and ECA International, two of the most renowned human resource consulting firms in the world, predicts wages in Singapore to increase by 3 ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market headed south again on Tuesday, one session after it had ended the five-day losing streak in which it had surrendered almost 90 points or 2.6 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,380-point plateau and it ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's authorities are concerned the island-state's property market could be setting itself up for a fall. A series of aggressive land deals by developers, against the backdrop of rising apartment sales and the first quarterly ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore was ranked the sixth largest market in APAC with a total of US$163.75 million raised in 2016. Southeast Asia’s total alternative finance market reached a record of US$215.94 million in 2016, a 362% growth compared with 2015’s market size of ... ( read original story ...)

Financial institutions here are doing their bit. Besides the guidelines on responsible financing introduced by the Association of Banks in Singapore in 2015, Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong also announced last month that the government will push ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s central bank on Tuesday said it had permanently barred Yeo Jiawei, a former wealth manager of Swiss bank BSI involved in breaches related to Malaysia’s 1MDB fund, from managing financial services firms and advisory activities. In July, a ... ( read original story ...)

In addition to collaborating closely with the private sector, the authority has initiated a number of projects of its own to be at the forefront of fintech and digital finance. Year 2017 was all about fostering collaboration, building Singapore’s fintech ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore on Tuesday banned a jailed banker from working in its financial services industry for life over his links to the worldwide money-laundering scandal involving neighbouring Malaysia's state fund 1MDB. In a statement on Tuesday, the MAS said that it ... ( read original story ...)

NetLink NBN Trust's $2.3b "megadeal" boosted the lineup. Four initial public offerings (IPO) in Singapore raised up to $3.92b (US$2.9b) in Q3, which is 566% higher than last year's amount. According to Ernst and Young (EY), NetLink NBN Trust's $2.3b (US$1 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - The private-banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp is adding more staff in Dubai, as the Singapore lender seeks a greater role managing the money of the Middle East's wealthy and of Indians living overseas. Bank of Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

The private-banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation is adding more staff in Dubai, as the Singapore lender seeks a greater role managing the money of the Middle East’s wealthy and of Indians living overseas. Bank of Singapore plans to hire ... ( read original story ...)

Singaporeans love to invest in real estate. It is, therefore, no surprise that real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been a popular investment vehicle in Singapore since its debut in 2002. Without further ado, here are five interesting facts about ... ( read original story ...)

At 6.30 am, Nifty futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange were trading 31 points. Benchmark equity indices are seeing strong resistance at higher levels. Analysts believe there could be more consolidation on the indices and investors should rather focus on ... ( read original story ...)