The Bombay High Court extended an injunction against Singapore Exchange Ltd. as it deferred hearing a dispute over plans for new offshore Indian derivatives contracts. National Stock Exchange ... available prices as well as market supply and demand ... ( read original story ...)
Sabah-based Jawala to raise RM13m in Singapore IPO
KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): Sabah-based forest resource company Jawala Inc is seeking to raise S$4.5 million (RM13.3 million) via an initial public offering (IPO) on Singapore Exchange's Catalist Board to develop its plantation site and for working capital. ( read original story ...)
OCBC Bank to push biometric POS to merchant customers
Singapore's OCBC Bank is to offer merchants a fingerprint-based point of sale device capable of handling multiple payment form factors and loyalty schemes. Developed by local technology company Touché, the platform is able to accept traditional card ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC Continues Hiring Spree for Asia Equities
Others joining the London-based bank in Hong Kong include Edman Wong from Citigroup and CLSA Ltd.’s Vivek Gandhi, who will be based in Singapore, the people added. The hires are part of a restructuring of HSBC’s global equities operation since Hossein ... ( read original story ...)
Child Education in Singapore: How Much It Really Costs and How to Save On It
Because primary and secondary school is heavily subsidized for locals in Singapore, it is easy for parents to under-budget for education. However, this would be a mistake as school fee comprises only a small portion of the total cost of education. ( read original story ...)
In “cutthroat” Singapore, summer internships are no longer enough to get you a banking job
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 ...)