Indonesia investigates StanChart over $1.4 billion transfer

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is investigating reports that $1.4 billion held by Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) in Guernsey, mainly on behalf of Indonesian clients, was transferred to Singapore just before the island moved to new tax transparency rules ... ( read original story ...)

Amazon Faces Challenge From Malls, Alibaba in Singapore

As Amazon.com Inc. pushes into Southeast Asia with a new venture into Singapore, the online retailer is facing some tough hurdles. Shopping in air-conditioned malls is practically a national sport, and e-commerce rivals moved in long ago. Delivery delays ... ( read original story ...)

OCBC, StarHub ink first bank-telco deal in Singapore

Finance Goliath OCBC Bank and telco giant StarHub announced that they will be investing S$6 million over the next year to establish partnerships in several industries and to boost better services and offerings for their customers. Marking the formation of ... ( read original story ...)

StarHub, OCBC Bank invest $4.4M to link industries

Singapore’s second largest mobile operator StarHub and OCBC Bank formed a strategic alliance to drive the country’s collaborative economy, with plans to invest SGD6 million ($4.4 million) over 12 months to build networks of partnerships across multiple ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore stocks pause after logging best week in nine months

Singapore stocks edged lower on Monday as investors took a ... It ended 0.9 percent higher on Friday, taking the year-to-date performance to about 14 percent. United Overseas Bank gained 1.5 percent, Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp gained 0.1 percent and ... ( read original story ...)

Suspicion mounts over $1.4 billion transfer

Bloomberg first reported that regulators in Europe and Asia were investigating Standard Chartered over the role staff may have played in transferring $1.4 billion of private bank client assets from Guernsey to Singapore before new tax transparency rules ... ( read original story ...)

DBS sees more policy fine-tuning from govt in weeks ahead

The index of industrial production for August -- due this week -- is poised to extend gains from July's 1.2 percent, said DBS in its daily economic report on Monday. Singapore: The Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) expects policy fine-tuning from the ... ( read original story ...)

Keppel acquires 50% stake in manager of upcoming US IPO

Keppel Corporation Limited acquired 50% of Keppel-KBS US REIT Management Pte Ltd (Keppel-KBS US REIT Manager), the manager of the pending initial public offering (IPO) of Keppel-KBS US REIT in the Singapore Exchange (SGX). According to a press release ... ( read original story ...)

Garena Gaming Platform Owner Aims to Raise $696 Million in IPO

The Singapore-based company, formerly called Garena, is marketing 49.7 million American depositary shares for $12 to $14 apiece, according to a regulatory filing Friday. Sea was founded by Chinese-born entrepreneur Forrest Li, now a Singapore citizen ... ( read original story ...)

3 Companies That Bought Back Their Shares Last Week

Singapore Post Limited (SGX ... Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited(SGX: O39) Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, or OCBC for short, is the longest established local bank and is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia ... ( read original story ...)