Trax, a Singapore-based startup serving the retail industry, raised $125 million in a funding round led by Boyu Capital as it advances plans for an initial public offering. The IPO could take place in the next 18 to 24 months and the company is already in ... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Stock Market Today: PropNex Limited Makes Its Trading Debut
Welcome to a brand-new week, everyone. Here are three things about the local stock market that you might be interested in today. 1. The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) ended the day down 0.9% to 3,238.9. Of the 30 index stocks, 26 were in the red; two were ... ( read original story ...)
Citibank Singapore to reskill 2,000 employees by 2020
The bank has launched a new Professional Conversion Programme focused on digital skills. Citibank Singapore has launched several training initiatives that will help to reskill over 2,000 employees in the next three years, The latest programme, which is ... ( read original story ...)
Citi launches Professional Conversion Programme to upskill staff
It is one of several training initiatives to reskill 2000 staff over the next three years. For example, in March this year, Citibank Singapore – Citi’s consumer banking division – became the first bank in Singapore to launch IBF-accredited training ... ( read original story ...)
Tan Rui Rong’s ‘Evocation of Space’ opens at UOB Art Gallery
United Overseas Bank (UOB) Art Gallery presents Tan Rui Rong’s ‘Evocation of Space’. Running from 28 June to 30 July, this new artist showcase explores Tan’s perceptions of Singapore’s textured diversity, where the East converges with the West ... ( read original story ...)
Last Week in Numbers: A Focus on Singapore
Singapore factory output growth accelerated in May, growing 11.1% year-on-year. This is faster than analysts’ estimates of a 10% growth and beat April’s 9.1% rise. Electronics, which makes up about a third of Singapore’s manufacturing output ... ( read original story ...)
Oil to Trade at $65 to $75 Range, Standard Chartered’s Gill Says
Jun.18 -- Manpreet Gill, the Singapore-based head of fixed income, currency and commodities strategy at Standard Chartered Plc, talks about oil production and prices. He speaks with Julie Hyman on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." ( read original story ...)
Hearing of winding-up application against Big Box owner adjourned
SINGAPORE - Struggling mainboard-listed consumer electronics retailer TT International on Friday said the hearing of the winding up application by SCB Building Construction against the company's 51-per-cent-owned subsidiary, Big Box Pte Ltd (BBPL), has ... ( read original story ...)
The Singapore Market This Week: Golden Agri-Resources Ltd Leads the Pack Lower
Do you know the 1 thing you should never do in the stock market? The Motley Fool Singapore's new e-book lays out a plan to handle market crashes, details the greatest advantage you have as an investor, and looks at decades worth of market data to bring you ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s Top 5 Stock Markets To Boost Your Portfolio’s Growth & Diversification
The biggest stock market in Asia World-class technological innovation ... in particular, the growing Chinese market Singapore is one of the few city-states in the world. Though it lacks natural resources, its strategic location and well-established ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse May Extend Tuesday’s Gains
The Singapore stock market on Tuesday snapped the three-day slide in which it had fallen almost 55 points or 1.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,280-point plateau and it may add to its winnings on Wednesday. The global forecast ... ( read original story ...)
UOB pledges $500k to ST pocket money fund
Yesterday, Mr Eric Tham, managing director and head of group commercial banking at UOB, presented a cheque to Mr Warren Fernandez, chairman of the fund and editor-in-chief of Singapore Press Holdings' English/Malay/Tamil Media Group. The amount was part of ... ( read original story ...)
3 Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy During a Stock Market Crash
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1 Formidable Singapore-Listed Stock That You Can Pass On To The Next Generation
The Foolish takeaway When investing in the stock market, we should look at the long-term and not ... investor should know--and we've laid them all out in The Motley Fool Singapore's new e-book. Packed with information and insights, we believe this book ... ( read original story ...)
Homegrown F&B operator Koufu Group eyes IPO
Food & beverage store operator and manager Koufu Group is eyeing an initial public offering (IPO) in the Singapore Exchange (SGX). It lodged a preliminary prospectus in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). According to the prospectus, it plans to ... ( read original story ...)
Proposed changes to GST Act: Finance ministry invites public to give feedback
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is seeking feedback from the public on proposed changes to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act, including the introduction of a levy on imported services and enhanced powers for officers investigating serious tax ... ( read original story ...)