Singapore has been targeting the ILS market and catastrophe bond issuance for a number ... its notes must be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange at least as a dual listing, and a percentage of the costs involved in issuing the ILS must be paid to ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC names Pradeep Rao head of corporates in South-east Asia for global banking
SINGAPORE - Banking giant HSBC said on Tuesday that Pradeep Rao has been appointed as its head of corporates for South-east Asia for global banking. In this role, Mr Rao will be driving and deepening strategic dialogue with the bank's key clients across ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore paves the way for legal finance in Asia
It has been a year since Singapore took the landmark step of allowing legal finance for arbitration, bringing the country into line with the US, UK, Australia and numerous other leading centres of dispute resolution. Singapore took the prize for being the ... ( read original story ...)
4 Reasons Singapore is Great for Startups
With its strong economy, well-educated populace and favorable tax treatment, Singapore should be high on their lists. Singapore’s economy is highly developed. For example, it is one of the richest nations in Asia (GDP per capita S$52,932) and individuals ... ( read original story ...)
Is SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LTD ORDINARY SH (OTCMKTS:SGPRF) a Buy? The Stock Reported more Sellers
The stock of SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LTD ORDINARY SH (OTCMKTS ... operates as a media firm in Singapore and internationally. The company has market cap of $. It operates through Media and Property divisions. It currently has negative earnings. ( read original story ...)
First Resources Ltd’s Stock Is Near A 52-Week Low Now: Is It A Bargain?
I will be using the SPDR STI ETF (SGX: ES3) as a proxy for the market; the SPDR STI ETF is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the fundamentals of Singapore’s stock market benchmark, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). First Resources currently has ... ( read original story ...)
SIIC stock to start Hong Kong trading on March 23 after getting in-principle nod for dual listing
... Singapore-listed SIIC Environment has received in-principle approval from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong for a dual primary listing in the Chinese territory. Trading in Hong Kong is now expected to begin when the Hong Kong market opens on March 23. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange brings dual-class IPO battle to Hong Kong, offers better listing terms
Singapore Exchange (SGX) expects to let the first company with a dual-class share structure list in the second half of this year as it looks to complement the Chinese onshore and Asian capital markets in allowing tech firms to raise funds, bourse officials ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore highlights risks in HK in bid to attract Chinese IPOs
Singapore Exchange officials have a clear pitch to Chinese companies looking to go public: “We are not China.” The line — implying that Singapore is protected from the political reach of China but Hong Kong is not — is part of the accelerating ... ( read original story ...)
JD.com-backed Sasseur REIT to list on SGX; IPO to raise $396 mil
SINGAPORE (Mar 9): Sasseur REIT ... The REIT plans to raise $396 million in its initial public offering (IPO) that comprises 495 million units, representing. 42% of the issuer’s post-listing stock of 1.18 billion units, at 80 cents per unit, giving ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore hires Anthony Simcic as managing director of international team
SINGAPORE - Bank of Singapore, the private banking subsidiary of OCBC Bank, on Friday (March 9) announced the hiring of Anthony Simcic as managing director of its international team. Mr Simcic - who has more than 18 years of banking experience - will join ... ( read original story ...)
Growth of Singapore’s women start up founders slowed down to 22%
Women in Singapore continue to be weighed down by their protracted challenges in achieving work-life balance. The rate of Singapore’s women entrepreneurs doing startup activity went down to 22%, indicating a widening gender divide in the country ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Market May Find Renewed Selling Pressure
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the five-day losing streak in which it had tumbled more than 120 points or 3.5 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,480-point ... ( read original story ...)
Reebok LES MILLS LIVE in Singapore for the First Time
SINGAPORE, March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time ever, the internationally famed exercise-to-music fitness programs, Reebok LES MILLS LIVE, will offer fitness fanatics in Singapore the chance to work out together with the LES MILLS family ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Malaysia shares rise after US hints at tariff exemptions
Separately, Singapore's Business Times newspaper reported that the market operator had "quietly pulled its gold ... the past few days for a total of S$1.8 million ($1.4 million), a stock exchange filing showed. In Malaysia, Press Metal Aluminium rose ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Creative seeks inspiration from Angry Birds maker
SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets ... taking a leaf from app developers such as Angry Birds' maker Rovio that give products for free to gain market share. The sharp departure from its usual practice of selling high-end audio products at a premium comes as ... ( read original story ...)