Deutsche Bank, a leading German financial services provider, is replacing its London-based global FX pricing engine for emerging markets. ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Econ Healthcare raises S$13.5m with Singapore IPO
Econ Healthcare has returned to the public equity markets with an IPO on the SGX that raised S$13.5m (US$10.12m). It offered 50 million shares on the Catalist Board at a price of S$0.28 per share. The ... ( read original story ...)
7 Ways to Legally Reduce Income Tax in Singapore (2021)
Singapore has a variety of different tax relief initiatives ... For example, if you are transitioning from an administrative role into finance, and you have taken a course that will help you in your ... ( read original story ...)
S’pore trails in Asia-Pacific’s first-quarter IPO bonanza
SGX has one new listing - Aztech Global - as region's exchanges see 200 IPOs raising $46b. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
ThaiBev puts beverage unit IPO in Singapore on ice
Thailand liquor giant Thai Beverage will postpone a proposed initial public offering of its brewery unit, BeerCo, on the Singapore Exchange, the company said Friday, citing a resurgence of coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Will the Darktrace IPO race out of the blocks?
UK cyber security company Darktrace has announced its intention to list in London in the coming weeks. Read our preview. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s largest bank aims for zero thermal coal exposure by 2039
Piyush Gupta, chief executive of Singapore's DBS Group Holdings, says the bank will immediately stop taking on new clients that derive more than 25% of their revenue from thermal coal. ( read original story ...)
CEO of major Asian bank shares the difficulty in detecting ‘greenwashing’ among clients
Piyush Gupta of Singapore's DBS Group Holdings says the bank in many instances relies on clients to disclose their activity, and employ third-party auditors to check on customers. Got a confidential ... ( read original story ...)
Light at the end of the tunnel? Singapore to maintain 5.8% GDP growth forecast
The threat of of COVID-19 variants attacking key trading partners may still weaken recovery, advises Fitch. Singapore continues to recover from its 5.2% contraction in 2020, as Fitch Solutions ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Deliveroo’s IPO is a lesson to not underestimate investors
The Deliveroo IPO debacle should not be seen as a barometer of future stock market listings for a few reasons, says The Smart Investor's David Kuo. ( read original story ...)
Traditional IPOs outperform Spacs as blank-cheque frenzy cools
Special-purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) may have become the hottest must-have for business tycoons, celebrities and even athletes, but old-school initial public offerings (IPOs) have quietly ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore nickel trader’s lavish lifestyle allegedly fueled by $740m fraud
In a case that has riveted Singapore’s moneyed-classes, Ng was charged last month with four counts of fraud for allegedly raising at least S$1 billion ($740 million) from invest ... ( read original story ...)
Asean IPOs fall in Q1 amid record-breaking global IPO market
ASEAN saw a total of 23 initial public offerings (IPOs) raising US$2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2021, down from the 32 listings raising US$3 billion over the same period last year, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore trader’s lavish llfestyle allegedly fuelled by S$1 billion fraud
The lavish llfestyle of Ng Yu Zhi, a 33-year-old Singapore trader, was allegedly fuelled by fraud of at least S$1 billion. ( read original story ...)
Analysts say change in succession won’t have “huge impact on Singapore’s future development”
Whoever is chosen to be the next Prime Minister, this won't make much difference in Singapore's development plans because Prime Minister Lee Hsie ... ( read original story ...)
Mild Upside Tipped For Singapore Stock Market
The Singapore stock market turned lower again on Wednesday, one session after it had ended the five-day losing streak in which it had stumbled more than 35 points or 1.2 percent. The Straits Times ... ( read original story ...)