It ranked as the second most active buyer and overtook Hong Kong. Capital outflows from Singapore have grown consistently in recent years, from just $11.11b (US$8.4b) in 2014 to $20.62b (US$15.6b) in 2017, JLL revealed. According to its global capital ... ( read original story ...)
JLL Sri Lanka sponsors first PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards to be held in Sri Lanka
Steven Mayes - Managing Director, JLL Sri Lanka awarding winners Nalin Herath – Managing Director, Home Lands Skyline (Pvt) Ltd and Harshani Herathat the 2017 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards in Singapore The PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Sri Lanka ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore takes 9th spot in global intellectual property index
SINGAPORE: Singapore came in at 9th place on global intellectual property (IP) index. Scoring 84%, the city-state is ahead of Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand, and only came second to Japan in Asia-Pacific region. The global IP index Create analyses ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore improves global intellectual property index score, takes 9th spot
SINGAPORE - Singapore has improved its score in the latest United States Chamber of Commerce intellectual property (IP) index, coming in ninth out of 50 economies. It ranked 8th in the previous year's index before five more countries were added. Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore improves global intellectual property index score but slips to 9th spot
SINGAPORE - Singapore has improved its score in the latest United States Chamber of Commerce intellectual property (IP) index, but this did not prevent it from slipping one place to rank ninth out of 50 economies. Singapore's score of 84 per cent (33.45 ... ( read original story ...)
Getting Your First Property In Singapore : We Answer 10 Commonly Asked Questions
Getting your first property in Singapore can be quite an experience and stressful. With getting that property being one of the biggest ticket purchases for many, the learning journey will be especially steep and stressful without external help. Recognising ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporeans’ overseas property investment surges: they are now the largest investors in the US
Their overseas property investment increased by 40% in 2017, with the total value of investment amounting to $37.18b (US$28.4b), according to a Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) report. Another report from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) ranked Singapore as the ... ( read original story ...)
Can Freegans be Arrested for Theft When Dumpster-Diving for Food in Singapore?
Under section 378 of the Singapore Penal Code, theft occurs when one dishonestly takes movable property out of another’s possession without that person’s consent. While it is possible to steal lost property, taking abandoned property will not be theft ... ( read original story ...)
Surprising Things About Singapore Property Auctions
This article first appeared on Frugal In Singapore. When most people hear the word “auction”, they think “distressed sale”. In many other parts of the world, this is mostly true. Although I own a few things from distressed sales and have bid in ... ( read original story ...)
Commerzbank runs into compliance trouble in Singapore
Singaporean authorities are close on Commerzbank’s heels. Source: AP Commerzbank has run into compliance trouble in Singapore, where officials have warned Germany’s second-largest bank that it didn’t check customers carefully enough under “Know ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Deputy PM Says No Strong Case To Ban Cryptocurrency Trading
Singapore's central bank has been closely studying cryptocurrencies and the potential risks posed by them, and currently, there is no strong case to ban their trading, the city-state's Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. "Cryptocurrencies ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore says no strong case to ban cryptocurrency trading
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s central bank has been studying the potential risks posed by cryptocurrencies, but there is as yet no strong case to ban trading of the digital coins in the city-state, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore’s Nicholson Calls Rising Rates Biggest Risk
Feb.04 -- Bank of Singapore Head of Fixed Income Gareth Nicholson discusses the bond markets and his investment thoughts. he speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." ( read original story ...)
Singapore bank expects BSP to raise interest rates
DBS Bank of Singapore said Monday it expects the policy-setting Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to raise the benchmark interest rates in its meeting Thursday to control the accelerating inflation rate. DBS said in a report inflation in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Property Rebound Has Frasers’ CEO Chasing More Land
Singapore’s property rebound has the son of Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi chasing more land in the city-state, adding to signs the market is emerging from a four-year slump. Frasers Property Ltd. in December paid S$955.4 million ($727 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s playground for the rich
Measuring just 5 sq km, Sentosa is a niche market. Offering a resort lifestyle just a bridge away from the city, Sentosa is the only place in Singapore that foreigners can buy landed property. Once a Malay graveyard and a British military base in the ... ( read original story ...)