The two archrivals of Asian finance have competed so intensely for so long that it’s impossible to believe that Hong Kong’s fading autonomy and the resumption of anti-government protests isn’t filling ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firm set to raise up to $70 mln for Southeast Asian debt venture fund
Genesis Alternative Ventures, a private lender backed by Singapore-based family office Sassoon Investment Corp, is set to raise $50-$70 million by early 2021 for its first debt fund to finance ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: OCBC reopens 3 more branches and 1 premier banking centre
SINGAPORE: OCBC Bank announced on Thursday (Jun 11) that it has reopened three more branches and one dedicated OCBC Premier Banking Centre, as ... ( read original story ...)
Oil Traders Lose Asian Forum as Singapore Event Goes Virtual
(Bloomberg) -- Fortunes have been made -- and lost -- in the oil market this year on an unprecedented scale, but it looks like the world’s traders will have to forgo their last chance to get together ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore facing its most severe recession ever
Singapore is facing its most severe recession ever, due to the shock to supply and demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, said Ravi Menon, managing ... ( read original story ...)
Construction worker fined for breaching COVID-19 quarantine order to go to a bank
A construction worker was fined S$2,000 in court on Thursday (Jun 11) for breaching his quarantine order to visit a bank. ( read original story ...)
How the SGX investor portal can be a 1-stop destination to support your investment journey
Global Financial Crisis, investors have not seen stock markets that have crashed so quickly as what had happened in February and March 2020, when the Covid-19 outbreak became a full-blown global ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC to resume face-to-face wealth advisory services by appointment at some branches
OCBC Bank will resume face-to-face wealth advisory services by appointment only for bancassurance, funds, structured investments and bonds at 27 branches and nine OCBC Premier Banking Centres.. Read ... ( read original story ...)
UOB Kay Hian donates $600,000 to ST School Pocket Money Fund
Stock brokerage company UOB Kay Hian has donated a total of $600,000 to The Straits ... Mr Warren Fernandez, chairman of the STSPMF and editor-in-chief of Singapore Press Holdings' English/Malay/Tamil ... ( read original story ...)
Tiny Singapore replaces U.S. as India’s top market for engineering exports
Singapore replaced the United States as India's biggest overseas market for engineering parts in April, with exports rising 95% to $553 million from a year earlier, a trade body said on Wednesday, as ... ( read original story ...)
Software Firm Duck Creek Raises $230 Million Ahead of IPO
Duck Creek Technologies, a software provider for insurers, has raised $230 million from new and existing investors ahead of a planned initial public offering. ( read original story ...)
Singapore record FX deposit surge hints at inflow, risk aversion
Foreign currency deposits at banks in Singapore rose by a record S$6 billion in April to their highest tracked level of S$27 billion, likely reflecting foreign inflows, risk averse depositors and ... ( read original story ...)
Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance
Singapore Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong speaks to Singaporeans on living with COVID-19. Singaporean curator and scholar Peter Lee explores the history ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stock watch: DBS says more customers asking about its fixed-rate home loans
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (June 10):. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Bharti Airtel increases stake in Bangladesh-based telco Robi Axiata
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel Ltd on Tuesday said its wholly-owned subsidiary Bharti International (Singapore) Pte Ltd has bought an additional 6.3% stake in Bangladesh’s second largest telecom operator ... ( read original story ...)
OCBC moves wealth advisory service online
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - OCBC on Tuesday (June 9) said it has managed to shift a "complex face-to-face process" involving more than 50 pages of documents and a comprehensive financial needs ... ( read original story ...)