ASIA MARKETS: Financial Stocks Lead Asian Market Gains

Asia-Pacific stocks started the week higher, led by financial stocks in Hong Kong and Singapore as markets in China and Japan ... said Greg McKenna, chief market strategist at FX provider AxiTrader. On the data front, China's official manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore IPOs hit by trade tensions

Bangladesh firm Summit Power International Ltd. shelved its share sale that was targeting US$260m whilst Malaysian clinic operator Qualitas Medical Ltd. delayed the pricing of its $100m IPO. “There is a correlation between volatility and IPO pricing. ( read original story ...)

Indian green energy firms eye stock market listings: S ources

MUMBAI: Two Indian renewable energy firms are set to unveil stock market listing plans in the coming weeks ... Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Singapore's GIC and Macquarie Capital. The listings will help investors gauge market interest and set a bar ... ( read original story ...)

Firm Lead Called For Singapore Stock Market

The Singapore stock market bounced barely higher again on Thursday - one session after it had halted the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost a dozen points or 0.3 percent. The Straits Times index now rests just above the 3,570-point ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore, Vietnam form fintech innovation partnership

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has agreed to create a new partnership with the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) to facilitate financial innovation and banking supervision. MAS and SBC have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work on ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Adds Another Woman to Its Male-Dominated Cabinet

Rajah, currently senior minister of state for law and finance, will become Minister in the Prime Minister ... and continue as Second Minister for Home Affairs. Before the changes, Singapore -- the only developed economy in Southeast Asia -- was among ... ( read original story ...)