Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp signage is displayed outside of the company’s branch in the central business district of Singapore. OCBC’s asset management arm launched the first exchange-traded fund focused on listed REITs in Singapore as it seeks to tap ... ( read original story ...)
Aquatics: World champions Peng Jianfeng and Wang Han to feature at Fina Diving Grand Prix in Singapore
will be in action at the Fina Diving Grand Prix in Singapore from Nov 3-5. The event, to be held at the OCBC Aquatic Centre, was announced by the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) on Monday (Oct 2). Divers from Great Britain, Australia, Russia and North ... ( read original story ...)
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.22%
Utilities fell -0.11% and Consumer Staples dropped -0.11%, leading the losses. The index was up 1.93% for the month. "Continued gains on Wall Street Friday could provide some cheer to the local bourse today," OCBC said. More From Singapore Business Review ( read original story ...)
CPF members shortchanged by PAP, Temasek given all the pow chiak domestic businesses (Part 2)
Examples of ‘pow chiak’ businesses include supermarket monopoly NTUC unFairprice, POSB (before lelong sale to DBS without even consulting reserves jaga President Ong Teng Cheong), PSA, CapitaLand, SingTel, Changi Airport Group, Singapore Power ... ( read original story ...)
Loanshark runner drove off with one cop hanging on to car door; jailed 10 months and fined $90,000
SINGAPORE - A 36-year-old man was helping a loan shark collect ... When the informant could not pay his debt, Larry told him to hand over his POSB ATM card, which he agreed to. But he tipped the police off about this and agreed to cooperate to help ... ( read original story ...)
Belying Duterte claim, DBS Bank says accounts can’t be closed online
MANILA, Philippines — A spokesman for DBS Bank in Singapore on Monday said that the closure of accounts could not be done online, effectively belying the claim of President Rodrigo Duterte that Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV shut his alleged account through ... ( read original story ...)
Cromwell eyes Singapore IPO after Europe float stalls
Cromwell Property Group is understood to have resurrected plans for its initial public offering in Singapore after the deal to float the group’s real estate platform in Europe was reportedly called off. Chief executive Paul Weightman told DataRoom at the ... ( read original story ...)
Upcoming IPO: Switch IPO expected to raise $469m this week
The Switch IPO is scheduled for Thursday. The US IPO calendar meanwhile also includes Singapore entertainment platform Sea which recently unveiled plans to float in New York, and will reportedly be looking to raise $1 billion. ( read original story ...)
September 2017 fundings, acquisitions and IPOs
And Restoration Robotics’ IPO will start being listed on NASDAQ early in October ... Drive CEO Sameep Tandon said: “We look at Singapore as a technological juggernaut. When innovations happen in the region, basically they start in Singapore and ... ( read original story ...)
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American Express, Capital One, Chase, Citibank and US Bank are Million Mile Secrets advertising ... Or transfer points directly to airline and hotel partners like Hilton or Singapore Airlines to book award travel. Using Citi ThankYou points for travel ... ( read original story ...)
5 Freebies You Need to Know About in Singapore
Singapore isn’t exactly the land of the free. The closest you’ll get to being “free” here is if you get retrenched and finally get to watch the sunset from home rather than your office cubicle. But seriously speaking, there are some freebies to be ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s approach to addressing socio-economic inequality has ‘served it well’: Indranee
SINGAPORE: The approach taken by Singapore to addressing socio-economic inequality has served it well so far, said Senior Minister of State for Finance Indranee Rajah on Monday (Oct 2), noting that even as income gaps widen elsewhere, inequality here has ... ( read original story ...)
Trillanes closed Singapore bank account online? Unverified, says Palace
Duterte revealed in an interview on Friday with state-run PTV4 that Trillanes closed his Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) account days before he signed a waiver and flew to the city to disprove that he has a bank account there. The DBS Bank ... ( read original story ...)
DBS signs distribution deal with Chubb
Singapore’s DBS Bank and global insurer Chubb have agreed to partner for a 15-year regional distribution deal that will cover five markets. Under the agreement, DBS will distribute, on an exclusive or preferred basis, Chubb’s insurance products for ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Q3 private home prices rise for first time in 4 years
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's private home prices rose in the third quarter for the first time in four years, ending a stretch of 15 consecutive quarters of declines, the government's preliminary estimates showed on Monday. The private residential ... ( read original story ...)
GEN Singapore yen bonds for ‘Japan capital’
Singapore casino operator Genting Singapore Plc announced ... It said the company had filed a securities registration statement with the director-general of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau in Japan for the purpose of issuing the bonds. ( read original story ...)