Singapore Press Holdings has a higher dividend yield than the market (5.6% vs 2.9%). Since the lower a stock's yield is, the higher is its valuation, Singapore Press Holdings is trading at a discount to the market based on the dividend yield. But ... ( read original story ...)
Continued Support Called For Singapore Bourse
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, gathering more than 20 points or 0.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just shy of the 3,400-point plateau and it's tipped to extend its gains ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore bans film focused on indicted Palestinian teen activist
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has banned a film festival from screening a documentary later this week that features a teenage Palestinian female activist whose arrest last month has made her a symbol of resistance to Israeli military occupation in the ... ( read original story ...)
Reits, business trusts to continue to drive IPOs on SGX: PwC report
SINGAPORE - Listings of real estate investment trusts (Reits) and business trusts (BTs) will continue to dominate the initial public offers (IPO) on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), according to a PwC report. The report titled, "Equity Capital Markets Watch ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore prohibits trade in goods with North Korea
SINGAPORE: Effective from 8 November 2017, there is a prohibition on the import, export, transshipment and in-transit movement of all commercially traded goods through Singapore, including sanctioned goods, under UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSC ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Central Bank May Tighten Policy
Singapore’s economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as factories lost steam, but a services sector recovery has bolstered expectations the central bank could tighten monetary policy as early as April, sending the local currency higher. The economy ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Q4 growth bolsters bets on central bank tightening
Singapore: Singapore’s economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as factories lost steam, but a services sector recovery has bolstered expectations the central bank could tighten monetary policy as early as April, sending the local currency higher. ( read original story ...)
Fugitive Vietnamese tycoon remains in Singapore, lawyer says
Phan Van Anh Vu, 42, a property developer and former secret service officer who media say is wanted in Vietnam for revealing state secrets, was detained in Singapore on Thursday as he tried to leave for Malaysia. Remy Choo, one of at least three lawyers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Economy Grows Faster Than Estimated
Singapore’s economy finished 2017 on a solid footing ... Tamara Henderson, Bloomberg Economics OCBC economists see growth at the upper end of a 2-to-4 percent range in 2018, given that gains have begun broadening out. The labor market, which showed ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnamese property magnate who is wanted in Vietnam detained in Singapore
SINGAPORE - A Vietnamese property magnate, who is wanted in Vietnam for allegedly disclosing state secrets, has been detained in Singapore, said a lawyer appointed to represent him here. Mr Phan Van Anh Vu, 42, is said to have entered Singapore on Dec 21 ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnamese fugitive detained in Singapore seeks passage to Germany
SINGAPORE/BERLIN (Reuters ... Vu's lawyer in Germany said that he was a senior officer in Vietnam's secret police as well as a property developer. His case adds a new international dimension to a Vietnamese corruption crackdown that has brought the ... ( read original story ...)
Six spectacular things set to transform Singapore banking jobs in 2018
Recruiters in Singapore provide their predictions for the year ahead. The post-bonus hiring season in investment banking could be comparatively healthy in 2018 as director and MD-level recruitment finally recovers. “Over the past three years, investment ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Momentum Continues Into 2018
Singapore’s GDP growth came in at 3.1% y/y in Q4 (advance ... The manufacturing sector was helped by electronics once again, while the performance of other sub-sectors was more mixed. Services growth rose by 3% y/y, a relatively positive out-turn ... ( read original story ...)
Big property deals surge to 10-year high in 2017
Sales of big-ticket property transactions of S$10 million and above in 2017 surged to their highest level in a decade. This, however, was short of the record achieved in 2007. According to Savills Singapore's preliminary tally as at Dec 27, investment ... ( read original story ...)
5 property trends we’ll probably see in 2018
Whenever these hikes occur, the local Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR ... for the psychological reassurance). Property home sales were up 29 per cent year-on-year, as of September 2017. The volume of property transactions has continued on a ... ( read original story ...)
Property: Will the depreciation of HDB flats affect your retirement assets?
For the first time, Singapore Land Authority officers had to explain the lease expiry process, which means that owners have to vacate their property - in this case, by Dec 31, 2020 - with no compensation. While some owners had asked about the possibility ... ( read original story ...)