MacGregor shifts head office to Singapore

Michel van Roozendaal, MacGregor’s president, relocates to Singapore over the weekend. In addition finance and sourcing operations will be led from Singapore. “As a global market leader in cargo and load handling serving our customers globally ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s bank lending up in August

Banks in Singapore extended loans amounting to SGD634.4bn (USD467.26bn) in August, up 0.3% from the previous month, according to data released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Loans to financial institutions buoyed the total bank lending last month ... ( read original story ...)

Renaissance Capital’s Q2 2017 Global IPO Market Review

Global IPO proceeds totaled $33.4 billion in the 3Q17, up 12% from the year-ago period, led by Asia Pacific with 44% share of all proceeds raised. Asia Pacific proceeds benefited from billion-dollar deals like NetLink Trust in Singapore ($1.7 billion ... ( read original story ...)

3 Things to Know About the Singapore Stock Market This Week

Welcome to the weekend, Fools! Here are three things about the local stock market that you might be interested in. Meanwhile, 14 companies were in the positive territory, and three finished the week flat. The biggest winner of the lot was land transport ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore government assures SingPass-MyInfo will stay secure

Singapore unveils drastic move that puts government in pre ... infocommunications, energy, banking and finance, security and emergency services, land transport, aviation, and the government. A partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, Tan said the proposed ... ( read original story ...)

Duterte claims Trillanes closed Singapore bank account online

The laundered funds were being used to finance protests and witnesses against the government ... The president also claimed that an amount of 200,000 Singapore dollars was transferred by Trillanes to a certain Fabian Go after the closure of his alleged ... ( read original story ...)

Global IPO issuance highest in a decade

SINGAPORE — The volume of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first nine months of the year has already exceeded last year’s total, according to data in the latest EY Global IPO Trends: Q3 2017 report by Ernst & Young. In terms of capital raised ... ( read original story ...)

Funds raised in IPOs so far easily beat last year’s total

NetLink's IPO, which raised US$1.7 billion (S$2.3 billion), was not just the largest in Singapore for six years but also the biggest in the Asia-Pacific in the third quarter, said professional services firm EY in a report yesterday. The Singtel spin-off ... ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific has dominated IPOs globally this quarter

The largest IPO in Asia-Pacific by proceeds between July 1 and Sept. 15 was the $1.7 billion NetLink NBN Trust listing on the Singapore Exchange, which was also the second-largest debut globally in the period, EY said. Despite the SGX's crown for the ... ( read original story ...)

Jash Engineering to raise ₹58 cr via SME IPO

Jash Engineering, a leading manufacturer of water and sewage treatment equipment, plans to raise ₹58 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) on the NSE Emerge ... Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. The company boasts clients such as NTPC, BHEL ... ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific leads as global IPO market jumps

Singapore, Australia and Japan, should keep listings strong. However, tensions in the Korean Peninsula could create bumps in the IPO road ahead,” said Choi. Hong Kong partner returns to RPC London Having successfully extended RPC’s presence in the ... ( read original story ...)