A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), backed by European asset manager Tikehau Capital and a holding firm of LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault, began trading in Singapore on Friday, becoming the ... ( read original story ...)
Pegasus Asia debuts at 0.2% above IPO price for Singapore’s second Spac
Pegasus Asia began its trading debut at $5.01 on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Friday (Jan 21), up one cent or 0.2 per cent above its initial public offering (IPO) price of $5. . ( read original story ...)
OCBC’s excess capital may spark acquisition deals
SINGAPORE: Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp’s (OCBC) high capital levels may give South-East Asia’s second-largest lender as much as S$7bil (US$5.2bil or RM21.7bil) in excess funds that could be used for ... ( read original story ...)
DBS NAV Planner Now Include Shares From Our CDP Account: How One Problem Singapore Investors Faced Is Now Solved
With SGFinDex, our DBS NAV can now be used to sync up with data from our CDP account. This article was written in collaboration with DBS. All views expressed in this article are the independent ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia resumes ticket sales for quarantine-free travel to Singapore
Malaysia has resumed ticket sales for air and land travel under a vaccinated travel lane programme with Singapore that had been suspended until Jan. 20 over Omicron coronavirus variant concerns, the ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia Resumes Sales of Vaccinated Lane Tickets to Singapore
Malaysia has lifted its suspension on the sale of flight and bus tickets to Singapore via its vaccinated travel lane effective Friday, according to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. ( read original story ...)
Customers should not expect banks to reimburse their money lost in a scam, Singapore analysts say
OCBC bank's move to fully reimburse all its customers who were victims of a recent SMS phishing scam should not set a precedent for the banking industry, professionals in business, law and ... ( read original story ...)
The Climate Conversations – S2: Why there’s urgency – and financial returns – in greening Singapore’s real estate | EP 61
Green and sustainable buildings have become an urgent corporate priority. What materials to use, how to get a net zero building off the ground and whether it'll be resilient to the worsening impacts ... ( read original story ...)
Citi to sell Southeast Asia retail biz in $ 3.7 b deal to Singapore’s UOB
Citigroup has agreed to sell its consumer business in four Southeast Asian markets to United Overseas Bank (UOB) for about S$ 5 billion ($ 3.7 billion), bringing the US bank closer to its goal of ... ( read original story ...)
Masdar, partners eye solar exports from Indonesia to Singapore
Masdar will explore the development of 1.2GW of solar and potential storage projects in Indonesia for export to Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Business Etiquette
As the ultra-modern cosmopolitan heart of the ASEAN economy, channelling 60% of the world’s trade, Singapore is iconic for innovative visionaries to thrive. Here’s how investors and entrepreneurs can ... ( read original story ...)
Douglas Todd: As Canada dithers about a flood of house investors, Singapore pushes back
Opinion: Singapore announced a 17-per cent surcharge on citizens who buy a second property, as well as other measures to discourage investors. Canada needs to take heed. While Canadian housing prices ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat to be held in Bintan on Jan 25
SINGAPORE: The next Singapore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat will be held on Jan 25, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Thursday (Jan 20). "In response to media queries, the Press Secretary to ... ( read original story ...)
Kapur, Madappa best Indians after rain-hit first day in Singapore Open
Shiv Kapur and Viraj Madappa were the only Indians to shoot even par 71 even as others were either over or yet to complete the first round of the Singapore Open here on Thursday. Besides Kapur and ... ( read original story ...)
‘A global inflection point’: Government finance chiefs set out how their countries are launching the post-COVID economy
And Yeo, the director of economic programmes at Singapore’s Ministry of Finance, believes that governments’ responses to today’s COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to similarly armour their countries ... ( read original story ...)
KPMG’s Singapore Budget 2022 proposal highlights ESG, global tax and enterprise support measures to build lasting companies on a fragile planet
S$1b Green Energy Investment Fund, Green Financing Bank and laws against greenwashing among proposals for Singapore to be key ESG hub Also proposed are measures to boost Singapore's competitiveness ... ( read original story ...)