to maintain a stable and sustainable property market,” warned the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Development and the Monetary Authority of Singapore in a joint statement. Singapore priv... ( read original story ...)
Prenuptial Agreements in Singapore
The Singapore Court of Appeal upheld a particular prenuptial agreement in the 2009 landmark decision of TQ v TR. Nevertheless, the Court of Appeal was quick to warn that not all prenuptial agreements ... ( read original story ...)
SGX welcomes Asia’s first infrastructure finance securitisation notes
Bayfront Infrastructure Capital will issue Class A, B, and C notes. Singapore Exchange (SGX) introduced Bayfront Infrastructure Capital's (BIC) infrastructure project finance securitisation notes as t... ( read original story ...)
Debt Recovery in Singapore
If your debtor is a company, do you have a personal guarantee? Who are the directors of the company? What assets does the debtor have in Singapore? All the proceedings are useless if the debtor simply ... ( read original story ...)
Daily Briefing: More than 70% of oBike’s fleet removed in Singapore; Online financing platform Validus Capital pours out $100m for SMEs
Against the backdrop of a $20b SME financing gap in Singapore, Validus Capital aims to finance at least $1 bof the gap in the coming three years and it aims to raise a Series B by end of the year, Rai... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Institute Of Banking And Finance’s Career Centre To Help Financial Industry Professionals With Skills Upgrading And Job Matching
Financial industry professionals can now seek skills upgrading, career advisory and job matching opportunities at the Institute of Banking and Finance’s (IBF) new career centre, IBF Careers Connect. L... ( read original story ...)
Grab Pulls In $2 Billion to Finance Ride-Hailing Battle
Singapore’s Grab raised $1 billion from financial investors on top of the $1 billion it secured from Toyota Motor Corp., as Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing startup expands its geographic reach a... ( read original story ...)
Business Banking In Singapore: Then And Now
This article was written in collaboration with OCBC. All views expressed in this article are the independent opinion of DollarsAndSense.sg Around the world, the Singapore Story is synonymous with mira... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s UOB to launch digital bank in ASEAN countries
SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- United Overseas Bank is launching a digital bank as it targets the mobile savvy in its effort to add more customers across Southeast Asia and expand its presence. Althoug... ( read original story ...)
Banking in brief: a roundup of Southeast Asia’s financial news
The value of bank and real estate stocks in Singapore are taking a hit with the announcement of real estate cooling measures by the central bank. The changes, which kicked in on 6 July, include a tigh... ( read original story ...)
DBS lowers bar for Singapore lenders with second-quarter profit miss
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - DBS Group Holdings Ltd ... kicked off the quarterly results reporting season for lenders in the regional financial hub. United Overseas Bank reports results on Friday, followed b... ( read original story ...)
Singapore shares plunge as DBS Group weigh
KUALA LUMPUR (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore shares fell Thursday as concerns over prospects of banking sector added to the renewed global trade worries that triggered Asia-wide selldown. Malaysia also ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sets up education programme to retrain bankers for a digital world
Financial industry professionals can now seek skills upgrading, career advisory and job matching opportunities at the Institute of Banking and Finance’s ... IBF is working with the Monetary Authority ... ( read original story ...)
The CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank says he’s worried the US-China trade war will dent market psychology
The banking business, including that of DBS, relies to some extent on confidence to do well, Gupta said. He added that "unfortunately, there's not too much you can do about that and so you have to go ... ( read original story ...)
FWD examines Singapore merits for IPO
Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li's FWD Group is considering listing in either Hong Kong or Singapore with a dual-class structure, after the Lion City's stock exchange followed the SAR's bourse in allo... ( read original story ...)
The Monthly Nibble: Stock Market Correction and Blue-Chips
1. Singapore’s Stock Market Correction is Here: What Investors Should Do Now Earlier this month, the Singapore stock market took a beating due to the additional property cooling measures announced by ... ( read original story ...)