Companies in Singapore have recorded their strongest start in raising funds this year via the equity capital markets (ECM) since 2013. Firms have so far raised USD816.9m through the ECM for the year-to-date, data from Thomson Reuters showed on Friday 16 March. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Morning News For March 19
With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close down his stores and move all his products into vending machines. Singapore was the target of a ... ( read original story ...)
Struggling Singapore retailers turn to vending machines
SINGAPORE: With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close down his stores and move all his products into vending machines. Kalms, which has ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore to grow family office business
Bank of Singapore, the private bank of OCBC Bank, is looking to expand its family office business as the city-state rolls out the red carpet for wealthy investors. "We are seeing increasing demand for families moving into the next generation to set a ... ( read original story ...)
Quick Fix? Struggling Singapore Retailers Turn to Vending Machines
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close down his stores and move all his products into vending machines. Kalms ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Singapore to enhance family business segment
Bank of Singapore, the private bank of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, is looking to expand its family office business as the city-state rolls out the red carpet for wealthy investors. “We are seeing increasing demand for families moving into the ... ( read original story ...)
Review: Singapore Airlines New Business Class A380 Singapore To Sydney
Review: China Eastern First Class 777-300ER Singapore To Shanghai Review: China Eastern First Class Lounge Shanghai Airport Review: China Eastern First Class 777 Shanghai To Los Angeles Having flown Singapore’s previous generation business class seat, I ... ( read original story ...)
Obama to visit Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Japan
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is embarking on a weeklong tour of Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Obama’s office says he’ll be in Singapore on Monday for an Obama Foundation discussion with young adults representing Southeast ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports see surprise fall of 5.9% in February
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s exports declined unexpectedly last month after four months of strong growth. Most economists attributed the drop largely to the Chinese New Year festivities, which began from mid-February. But they remain confident of overall trade ... ( read original story ...)
Daily Briefing: SIA keeps ‘open mind’ on Air India bid; Bank of Singapore eyes family office business expansion
Singapore Airlines said it has an open mind about making an initial bid for a stake in state-run Air India, SIA general manager for India David Lim said in an interview with Reuters. "India said last week it would invite initial bids this month for a stake ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ship brokering mobile application enhances global S&P scene
Local shipbroking company Sovereign Shipping Global (SSG) is leading the way in digital transformation by developing a mobile application for ship sales and purchase (S&P). Mr Wong Hong Lee, Managing Director of Sovereign Shipping Global said, “Small ... ( read original story ...)
Ant Financial Services Group: Technology empowering an increasingly connected SEA for financially inclusive communities
Global speakers IFC, MAS shared their views at Ant Financial Technology Exploration Conference in Singapore SINGAPORE, March 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial" or "Ant") today wrapped up its participation at Money20 ... ( read original story ...)
Toys ‘R’ Us Singapore says it has ‘plans to further expand’
Even though all 900 Toys “R” Us stores in the UK and US will shut down, the retailer’s Singapore unit has plans for expansion, it said on Friday (16 March). In a statement sent in response to Yahoo News Singapore’s queries, Toys “R” Us ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC ramps up investment and hiring to grow market share
HSBC is ramping up its Singapore operations to grab a bigger share of the consumer and wholesale banking business. The British banking giant will be hiring an additional 300 people as it aims to significantly increase market share by gunning for 7 to 10 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore has strong short-term momentum and is future-proof: JLL
Singapore was one of two cities that scored high in terms of short-term socio-economic and commercial real estate momentum, and future-proofing attributes, according to JLL Global Research’s City Momentum Index 2018. The other city was Seattle. Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
UOB Home Loan Review Singapore 2018 – Comparing the Most Affordable Home Loan Rates from UOB
UOB home loan packages come in all shapes and sizes. It’s UOB’s way of ensuring that they have something for just about anything a potential customer would want. They may have the YOLO credit card, but when it comes to home loans, UOB is all about the ... ( read original story ...)