A newly launched Singapore-based platform aims to bring real-estate assets typically within the exclusive purview of big institutional investors to retail investors for as little as £100 (US$122) ... ( read original story ...)
Rich Chinese Snapping up Luxury Homes From Singapore to Sydney
Rich Chinese investors are finding luxury real estate is a good hiding place from the economic fallout of the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Exterminate! UV robot sent to Singapore mall to zap coronavirus
A shopping mall in Singapore is deploying a newly developed smart robot to fight the novel coronavirus, not with chemicals - but with light. While spraying has become the norm in many places around ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore, private equity firms eye minority stake in Edelweiss unit: Report
Edelweiss Global Investment Advisors runs the wealth management, capital markets, asset management and asset reconstruction businesses of Edelweiss Financial Services. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s PropertyGuru Grew Sales 24% While Gauging IPO Window
Southeast Asian online property leader PropertyGuru Pte grew revenue 24% in 2019 thanks to surging regional wealth, a strong performance its chief executive said may be hard to repeat this year. ( read original story ...)
Singapore official set to head UN intellectual property agency says focus is on staying ‘neutral’
Daren Tang said he intends to ‘call out’ unilateralism and be a bridge between countries while helming the World Intellectual Property Organisation. ( read original story ...)
Singapore property group Ho Bee Land sets up S$1.3mil Covid-19 fund to help smaller charities, social enterprises
Property group Ho Bee Land has set up a S$1.3 million Covid-19 support fund to plug funding gaps at smaller charities and social enterprises. It said on Wednesday (May 20) that it has been reaching ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: COVID-19 will reshape the Singapore office property market outlook
Businesses have made that leap to remote working, which has major implications for office space in Singapore and could accelerate trends already ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s PropertyGuru Says 2019’s 24% Growth Tough to Repeat
PropertyGuru’s Australian IPO was to have been one of the most-anticipated events of Singapore’s tech scene last year. The 12-year-old company, started by entrepreneurs Steve Melhuish and Jani ... ( read original story ...)
Man admits he’s a ‘scammer’ in WhatsApp bank fraud call
A fraudster trying to dupe a Singapore woman in a banking scheme via a WhatsApp video call admitted he was a scammer. Vanessa Mittman said her 10-year-old son initially received the May 5 call in ... ( read original story ...)
MOGUL.sg, Singapore’s Smartest Property Portal: A Revolution in Property Search
SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE / ACCESSWIRE / May 18, 2020 / MOGUL.sg is a Singapore based startup from the real estate segment. It is an ad-free, keyword-based property search portal that helps home-seekers in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Home Sales Plunge to Near Six-Year Low Amid Lockdown
Home sales in Singapore fell to the lowest in almost six years in April after a partial lockdown imposed early that month brought the property market to a standstill. The number of apartments sold ... ( read original story ...)
Home buyers turning to virtual viewings of property during circuit breaker period
Mr Fawzi Jaafar will step into the three-room Housing Board resale flat in Ang Mo Kio he bought last month for the first time.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Singapore lead biggest pullback in Asia-Pacific commercial real-estate deals since 2008 financial crisis
A slump in investment in Hong Kong and Singapore commercial property has contributed to the biggest pullback in a decade across Asia-Pacific. It may take another quarter before a hopeful rebound, JLL ... ( read original story ...)
Lendlease names Singapore industry veteran to head Asia investment management business
Property and infrastructure group Lendlease on Thursday (May 14) announced the appointment of Gan Chong Min as its Singapore-based managing director for investment management, Asia.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)
Reserve Bank of New Zealand is unlikely to go down the path of negative rates: Bank of Singapore
Sim Moh Siong from the Bank of Singapore reacts to the RBNZ's policy decision and gives his outlook for the New Zealand dollar. ( read original story ...)