Investors who once found a safe haven in Singapore's property market are rethinking their strategies after the surprise cooling measures introduced in July is increasingly weighing on the returns of t... ( read original story ...)
Smarter and niche developments impress at 2018 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore)
An elite roster of winning properties and developers took the stage at the 8th annual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore) gala dinner, presented by Kohler on Friday evening (12 October) at t... ( read original story ...)
Southeast Asia stocks rise, Singapore leads gains
Southeast Asian stock markets closed higher on Thursday, with Singapore leading the gains with a near 1% rise, driven by a post-election rally on Wall Street and China's stronger-than-expected October ... ( read original story ...)
Losing Streak May Continue For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in consecutive trading days, surrendering more than 20 points or 0.7 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnamese Cinema Chain’s IPO Halted by CJ CGV
Related stories STX Entertainment Abandons Hong Kong IPO Plans BHD's 'Tap Box' and 'Cougar Queen' Reflect Contrasts in Vietnam Industry Visual Effects Firm Vividthree Heads for Singapore IPO Subscribe ... ( read original story ...)
China, Singapore agree to upgrade free trade pact
Several other cooperative documents were also signed in Singapore to promote cooperation in fields such as customs clearance, ecology and financial technologies. Experts said the enhanced bilateral co... ( read original story ...)
Singapore FinTech Festival: Technology And Innovation To #RewriteTomorrow
Leaders of innovation and technology from around the world are traveling to Singapore this week for the third annual Singapore FinTech Festival. The world's largest platform for the global fintech com... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and China sign upgraded FTA as Premier Li Keqiang kicks off official visit
accounting for one-quarter of Singapore's total exports to China in 2017. The upgrade also includes enhancements in investment protection, customs procedures and trade facilitation, trade remedial mea... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s Trade War Spurs Chinese Export Rush to Beat Tariffs
... export growth in October reflected accelerated deliveries of export orders ahead of the U.S. tariff hike," said Rajiv Biswas, Asia Pacific chief economist at IHS Markit in Singapore. "Export momen... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Business sans Borders
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) are partnering with six private sector partners to create a Proof of Concept (“POC”) hybrid business data and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Central Bank, Stock Exchange Settle Tokenised Assets on a Blockchain
In a blockchain breakthrough, Singapore’s central bank and the country’s primary stock exchange have successfully developed an automated method for rapid settlements of tokenized assets. ( read original story ...)
DBS Bank gets 60% revenue from digital customers: India MD Alfian Sharifuddin
Singapore-government backed DBS Bank was awarded the best digital bank award by business and finance magazine Euromoney in 2016 and is considered one of the world's best banks. The $10-billion bank ha... ( read original story ...)
Singapore central bank chief warns of risks to data localisation measures
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Concerted moves by countries to force companies to store data locally poses a risk to the growth of the digital economy, Singapore's central bank chief said on Monday. "We need m... ( read original story ...)
UOB and Grab announce strategic regional alliance to accelerate the use of digital services among ASEAN’s consumers
Alliance will fuel Grab's ambition to build ASEAN's first everyday "super app" and complement UOB's efforts to scale up its regional customer franchise SINGAPORE, Nov. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire ... ( read original story ...)
Grab partners UOB to deliver financial services in Asean region
SINGAPORE - UOB and Grab have entered into an alliance that will see UOB delivering financial services to Grab's user base in Asean. UOB said the partnership is part of UOB's efforts to meet the needs ... ( read original story ...)
Go-Jek partners DBS to offer regional payments
Indonesia-based Go-Jek is partnering DBS Bank to offer regional payments ahead of the ride-hailing firm’s arrival in Singapore. Go-Jek, whose investors include Google, Temasek, Tencent and Meituan Dia... ( read original story ...)