Singapore, Malaysia stocks gain tracking weak dollar, US stocks

RHB Research Analyst Leng Seng Choon said while further upside for banking stocks may be limited after their 2017 rally, the impact of the interest rate up-cycle on earnings remains a positive. Singapore Exchange rose 0.4%. According to a report by PwC ... ( read original story ...)

Win Streak Expected To Continue For Singapore Shares

(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has climbed higher in five straight sessions, surging more than 85 points or 2.4 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,465-point plateau and it's called higher again on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s manufacturing, electronics PMIs fall in December

Singapore’s domestic manufacturing and electronics PMIs dropped in December as expected. Manufacturing PMI fell 0.1 point to 52.8, while electronics PMI fell 0.3 point to 53.2. The indices have eased modestly from November’s prints of 52.9 and 53.5 ... ( read original story ...)

8 promising Fintech Startups in Singapore to Watch in 2018

Singapore Life is a fully licensed direct life insurer and is the brainchild of South African-born Walter de Oude, the firm’s CEO and the former CEO of HSBC Insurance Singapore. In April 2017, Singapore Life raised US$50 million in its Series A ... ( read original story ...)

IBM Completes Proof-of-Concept Blockchain-Based Shared KYC

IBM announced the successful completion of the Phase I proof-of-concept (POC) of its Shared Corporate Know Your Customer (KYC) project with Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Mitsubishi UFJ ... with the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s vision to drive innovation ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore bonds hit five-year high at $40.28b

UOB’s dual-currency covered bond (in US$ and EUR) worth US$1.02b remains the biggest Singapore bond issuance so far this year. Meanwhile, DBS Group Holdings is currently the most active issuer in terms of bond proceeds this year, capturing 16.3% market ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Air set to soar again in 2018

SINGAPORE (Jan 3): After an uninspiring 2017 ... “However, capacity growth is expected to abate in 2018, and with that, yields should improve,” says UOB Kay Hian analyst K Ajith in a report on Wednesday... (Click here to read the full story.) ( read original story ...)