Banking and oil and gas stocks led the gains with their indices ... South Korea's Kospi SEU was about flat, while benchmark indexes in Taiwan 0.45%, Singapore STI, 0.41% and Indonesia 0.75% rose ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks to shine despite regional macros, competition from fintechs: Maybank
SINGAPORE (Mar 18): Maybank Kim Eng is keeping “positive” on Singapore’s banking sector while noting significant interest among Malaysian investors in Singapore banks from a flight-to-quality angle, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks’ credit costs to rise 5bp in 2020
The domestic banking sector's credit charges fell to a 12-year low in 2018 although analysts are expecting headline figures to rise over the coming months amidst worsening macro-economic conditions. ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May See Mild Upside
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished higher in back-to-back sessions, although it has gathered not quite 5 points or 0.2 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just ... ( read original story ...)
Why Standard Chartered finds it hard to hire private bankers in Singapore and Hong Kong
It all looked so promising for Standard Chartered’s private bank in Asia back in 2016. Didier Von Daeniken had joined from Barclays as Stan Chart’s Singapore-based global private banking boss ... ( read original story ...)
Finance sector expects weaker job gains in Q2
It was one of the two sectors that have weaker hiring prospects in the upcoming quarter. Employers in Singapore’s finance, insurance, & real estate sector expect that they will hire fewer people in Q2 ... ( read original story ...)
DBS hires Bank of Singapore private banker
Mr Lim said: "With Asia at the cusp of a significant intergenerational wealth transfer, we are committed to being our clients' partner of choice as we help to grow, manage and protect their family's ... ( read original story ...)
Is the Market Overheated Now?
This ratio suggests that the Singapore stock market, in general, is still a fair distance away from the lofty prices of the pre-crisis period in 2007. Looking at the price-to-earnings multiple in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore issuers amongst those that will dominate IPO pipeline by 2030
The city ranks seventh in capital-raising activity. Singapore is ranked seventh amongst the countries that are projected to lead capital raising activites by 2030, according to a report from PwC. In a ... ( read original story ...)
Little Movement Expected For Singapore Stock Market
The Singapore stock market on Tuesday wrote a finish to the two-day losing streak in which it had fallen almost 40 points or 1.3 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,210-point p... ( read original story ...)
Singapore expected to be among top 10 listing destinations in 2030: PwC
Looking at the IPO pipeline, China (55%) is the country predicted to generate the most new issuers by 2030 followed by India (45%), the US (41%), and Brazil (21%). Singapore (12%) comes in at seventh ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Halts All Incoming, Outgoing Boeing 737 Max Flights
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore became the latest nation to ground Boeing Co. 737 Max aircraft, after two crashes involving a new variant of the planemaker’s best-selling model put safety of the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Snap Losing Streak
The Singapore stock market has finished lower in back-to-back trading days, surrendering almost 40 points or 1.3 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,190-point pla... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s stock market is Asia’s only loser of 2019
KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Mar 12): The euphoria following Malaysia’s historic election last May has faded, leaving its stock market as Asia’s only one in the red this year. The benchmark FTSE Bursa Mala... ( read original story ...)
US rate hike pause priced into banking stocks, says CGS-CIMB
SINGAPORE (Mar 11): CGS-CIMB Research says current bank valuations have priced in downside risks of a pause in US Federal Reserve rate hikes on sector earnings. Absence of asset quality pressure shoul... ( read original story ...)
Priority Banking Benefits in Singapore (2019) & How to Join
There are many ways to fake it if you want to look rich in Singapore. You could buy a nice car and then moonlight as a Grab driver to pay off your car loan, or blow a year’s worth of savings on a Euro... ( read original story ...)