Blockchain experts discuss how institutions will play a major role in the mass adoption of blockchain-based financial infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)
Interactive Brokers Forms New Singapore Entity
Interactive Brokers Group, a global inline brokerage, has opened with a new Singapore office by setting up a local entity - Interactive Brokers Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Data Center Market: Investment Analysis and Growth Opportunities (2020-2025) – ResearchAndMarkets.com
Investment Analysis and Growth Opportunities 2020-2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s staycations can’t fill $20 billion tourism gap
Singapore's tourism sector faces a tougher challenge, as the hotels were just given a green light last week to request approval to welcome domestic tourists. Many locals like teacher Najeer Yusof ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Doesn’t See Second Coronavirus Wave at This Point
Singapore says it doesn’t see a second wave of coronavirus infections at this point, even as the number of community and imported cases ticked up after the city-state lifted restrictions put in place ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based Hontop Energy accused of suspicious trades
Collapsed oil trader Hontop Energy has been accused by its biggest lender of “suspicious transactions” in the latest scandal to rock Singapore’s commodity sector. Malaysian bank CIMB made the ... ( read original story ...)
‘No reason’ to hold Singapore’s general elections amid pandemic, says opposition party
"There's no way that an election held under these conditions can be free and fair," says Reform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam, who emphasizes the need for Singapore's voters to embrace political ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 to ‘Weigh Heavily’ on Singapore’s Economy, PM Lee Says
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he’s determined to hand over Singapore “intact” and in “good working order” to the next generation of leaders, predicting the coronavirus crisis will “weigh heavily ... ( read original story ...)
China Beverage Firm Wahaha Said to Mull IPO Above $1 Billion
Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co., one of China’s biggest drink makers, is weighing an initial public offering that could raise more than $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Philippine broadband firm Converge ICT files for up to $725 mln IPO
Philippine fiber broadband services provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc, on Friday filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to 35.92 billion pesos ($725 million) on the local bourse, braving ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore May retail sales crash 52.1% in record drop
Singapore total retail sales fell a record 52.1% on a year-on-year basis in May, when the city-state was under a lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections, according to data released by ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Banks to tighten lending practices for Singapore commodity sector – sources
Commodity trade financiers in Singapore are teaming up to strengthen lending practices and improve transparency in the sector following a spate of defaults at trading firms, four sources with ... ( read original story ...)
Delistings threaten to spoil Singapore exchange’s challenge to HK
But years of delistings outnumbering new joiners have taken their toll, together with a series of corporate failures and the loss of critical trading business to rivals. Some bearish analysts see it ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Business Agency: Companies Eager to Attend CIIE
This year's China International Import Expo (CIIE) will take on even greater significance for world trade as many of the foreign companies adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will be keen on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore IPO market seen as more lively in second half of 2020
A new crop of listings may emerge as recovery takes hold in the second half after a volatile six months for capital markets.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
JustLogin supports Singapore businesses in business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic
JustLogin, the award winning Human Resource (HR) cloud platform has been offering businesses up to 5 months free usage for their cloud-based HR apps, which includes their Payroll, Attendance, and ... ( read original story ...)