Singapore has a small and cutthroat job market for graduate investment banking jobs, so you have to keep up with your peers (i.e. other Singaporean business and finance students at both local and foreign universities) if you want to stay competitive. ( read original story ...)
Major Banks Pilot Successful Thailand-Singapore Blockchain Remittance
In an announcement on Tuesday, Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya – commonly referred to as Krungsri – revealed a successful pilot test involving an international remittance from a domestic bank account to a Standard Chartered account in Singapore using its ... ( read original story ...)
Soft Start Seen For Singapore Stock Market
The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finished through the last four trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had fallen nearly 40 points or 1.1 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath ... ( read original story ...)
Israeli Bourse Aims at Tech Startups With Singapore Connection
(Bloomberg) -- Israel’s flagship bourse is partnering with Singapore Exchange Ltd. in a bid to keep the momentum going from last year’s IPO surge. Load Error The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, which saw a rebound in initial public offerings and trading ... ( read original story ...)
Fingerprint-based payments provider Touche inks deal with OCBC
SINGAPORE: Merchants with OCBC Bank could soon have the option of offering a fingerprint-based payments and loyalty programme system to its customers. On Wednesday (May 23), Singapore-based start-up Touche announced it has signed an agreement with the bank ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to Host 2018 World Edition of Break The Ceiling Touch The Sky(R) – The Success and Leadership Summit For Women and Global Leonie Awards
MUMBAI, May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- House of Rose Professional Pte. Ltd. today announced that Singapore would host the 2018 World Edition of Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky® - the success and leadership summit for women on Sept. 10, 2018 and would also ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GIC, Tasman scoop up National Lifestyle Villages
Singapore's sovereign-wealth fund GIC and a local joint venture partner have agreed to acquire private equity-backed business National Lifestyle Villages, according to sources. A deal is understood to have been struck between GIC and its partner Tasman ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s construction costs are the 4th highest in Asia
The public sector is expected to boost demand and drive costs between -1% to +2%. Singapore is now the fourth most expensive city in Asia to build in, design and consultancy firm Arcadis revealed. It follows Hong Kong, Macau and Tokyo in Asia, and ranks ... ( read original story ...)
Stop Hong Kong’s shipping industry exodus to Singapore by spending reserves on loans and cutting profits tax, advisers say
“In the past 20 years the majority of owners have left for Singapore. Following them are shipping finance institutes, trading desks and brokers,” Chao said. “Altogether, these people have shifted the industry’s centre of gravity from Hong Kong to ... ( read original story ...)
Meralco, First Pacific weighing options for Singapore power plant
METRO PACIFIC Investments Corp. Chief Finance Officer David J. Nicol said the group is assessing options for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant owned by its unit Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and parent First Pacific Ltd. in Singapore, where a ... ( read original story ...)
How DBS aimed to change consumers’ behaviour towards going cashless
But in Singapore, many still prefer making purchases and payments in cash. This is a habit POSB aimed to change. However, habitual change doesn’t happen overnight. For customers to switch from using cash to going cashless, they must first understand the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: DBS Group Holdings Ltd (DBSM:SI) Stock Consolidating
Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. The projected upper bound is: 30.38. The projected lower bound is: 28.04. The projected closing price is: 29.21. A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened). During the past 10 bars, there ... ( read original story ...)
Maids can opt for POSB accounts when seeking work permits
Starting Sept 1, maids applying for Singapore work permits can opt to set up their POSB bank accounts as well. No minimum sum is required. The bank card that they will receive after they arrive can also be used as an ez-link card. It is also a membership ... ( read original story ...)
3 REITs in Singapore with the Highest Distribution Yields
According to a recent report by the Singapore Exchange, the 34 REITs and six stapled trusts in Singapore averaged a 6.6% distribution yield. For context, the FTSE ST REIT Index (SGX: FSTAS8670) has a 6.0% yield. With that, here are the top three highest ... ( read original story ...)
How do Singapore banking stocks compare with overseas banks? Which banking stocks should investors be banking on now?
Singapore’s 3 listed banks, namely DBS, UOB and OCBC bank dominate the local banking scene and are major components of the STI index, with about 40% of total weight going to these blue chip banking heavyweights. Performance for first 5 months in 2018 for ... ( read original story ...)
Haidilao hotpot chain files for IPO, plans rapid expansion
The Sichuan-style hotpot chain did not disclose the size of the IPO or the amount of shares to be offered ... It has also already entered overseas markets including Singapore, Los Angeles, Seoul and Tokyo, according to its website. The company, whose ... ( read original story ...)