People close to the IPOs said regulatory scrutiny and a patchy performance by Hong Kong offerings this year were additional concerns. Julian Hosp, president of TenX, a Singapore-based blockchain firm, ... ( read original story ...)
Batam resort draws Singapore buyers
“We felt that the next step was to go into hospitality,” she tells EdgeProp Singapore. Suparman and executive chairman of KOP, Ong Chih Ching, eventually decided on Batam, a location often overlooked ... ( read original story ...)
5 Singapore properties that ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ will love
“The stamp duty imposed on foreign buyers of 15 to 20 percent is certainly being felt at the upper end of the market,” Dave Loo of Christies International Real Estate in Singapore told Property Report ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s mobile data usage shoots up 23 per cent
Friends and colleagues of theatre practitioner Zelda Tatiana Ng know that when they text her on WhatsApp, she will see their messages only when she gets to a Wi-Fi network. The 49-year-old terminated ... ( read original story ...)
Positive Bounce Tipped For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market headed south again on Friday, one session after it had ended the nine-day losing streak in which it had tumbled more than 120 points or 3.7 percent. The Stra... ( read original story ...)
TD Ameritrade Launches AI Powered Chat Bot Experience for Messenger in Singapore
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 26, 2018--TD Ameritrade Singapore Pte. Ltd. is bringing U.S. financial market updates, investor education, research and trading to its retail investors in Singapore thr... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines $1465 SFO to Maldives Premium Economy or upgrade to Business with miles
Singapore Airlines low fares from San Francisco to Male MLE, Maldives for travel from late October into May 2019. The real deal is Premium Economy at $1,465 round trip. These tickets book into Standar... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Mobile Market- Industry to Experience Cut-Throat Competition in Coming Years
Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/24/2018 -- Singapore has evolved as a hub for telecommunication across the global frontiers. Boasting of a high-quality network & a persistently progressive regulatory eco... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Central Bank Partners With Nasdaq, Deloitte on Settling Tokenized Assets
Earlier in May, Bitcoinist reported that the MAS, which is the city-state’s de facto central bank, proposed regulatory changes which would supposedly green-light blockchain related exchanges. MAS, alo... ( read original story ...)
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ depicts only a slice of life in Singapore — and it does a huge injustice to the actual people who live there
Earlier this month, former Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was asked by a 70-year-old resident if the government could cut its lawmakers' sky-high pay to fund pensions for the elderly. Goh's ... ( read original story ...)
The Week Ahead: Singapore Banks Back In Focus
And finally, the market will get a look at the health of bank lending in Singapore for July. In June, bank loans reached a record of S$673.3 billion. Lending to businesses rose from S$403 billion to S... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s stock and crypto trading app Spiking closes pre-Series A round at US$1.63M
Key investors in in the round include Julian Chesser, Managing Director (Financial Markets, Singapore) at IHS Markit ... the reputable investors as they buy and sell shares on the stock market. The ap... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Zhejiang to boost business ties in 5 sectors
Public bodies from Singapore and China's Zhejiang province are joining forces to boost business collaboration in five sectors. Representatives of Enterprise Singapore and the Zhejiang Department of Co... ( read original story ...)
Compliance in Singapore is the second easiest in Asia
The city continues to simplify and streamline its processes, a study says. Singapore is the second least complex jurisdiction in Asia for doing business, business services firm TMF Group revealed. On ... ( read original story ...)
Mumbai’s Leading Realty Firm Omkar Reaches Out to NRI Investors from Singapore
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 24, 2018--Mumbai’s leading realty firm Omkar Realtors and Developers is set to launch one of the country’s biggest mixed-use realty hubs with an estimated SGD 4.4 billi... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Guangdong to collaborate on modern services, high technology: Ong Ye Kung
SINGAPORE - Collaboration between Singapore and the South China province of Guangdong is expected to continue growing, focusing on areas such as smart city development and intellectual property protec... ( read original story ...)