It says the subregion is benefiting from stronger investments and exports, with accelerating growth for Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, adding that infrastructure investment continued to play an important role in Indonesia ... ( read original story ...)
Lloyd Yapa’s treatise on export competitiveness: A must reference book for SL economic policymakers
South Asia’s lost competitiveness Yapa has found that South Asia has lost its competitiveness compared to more advanced nations in East Asia, namely, Singapore and Malaysia. This is reflected in the poor performance of its exports. For instance ... ( read original story ...)
Asia PME biodiesel stable; exports face challenging outlook
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Prices of palm methyl ester (PME ... Dealings were muted, with hardly any discussions for export cargoes to the EU. “It has been quiet. Not sure if it’s because it’s almost the year-end,” a market source said. ( read original story ...)
A sour season for kinno exports
Exporters, however, do not see even this reduced target achievable. They say exports have now been limited to only a few markets in the Far East (Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines) and the Gulf (mainly Dubai). Combined exports to these countries can ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific to remain most active region for new IPOs as Singapore retains hub status: EY
SINGAPORE - The Asia-Pacific will remain the world's most active region for new listings in 2018, with Singapore retaining its status as a hub for Asean companies, EY said in a global report on initial public offerings (IPOs). A total of 1,624 IPOs were ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s Top Inflation-Targeting Bank May Be Preparing to Hike
an economist at DBS Group Holdings Ltd. in Singapore who predicts a rate increase this week. “Given the expansionary fiscal policy and strong investment growth, a rate hike is probably warranted to prevent overheating risks.” The central bank adopted ... ( read original story ...)
ITE students trained to teach financial planning
Another 30 are expected to be trained next year. The project is a spin-off from a financial literacy programme that Citibank Singapore and SMU have been running since 2012. The trainers' programme started with SMU and polytechnic students, and was extended ... ( read original story ...)
UOB supports Shanghai Proptech Company to enter Singapore
United Overseas Bank (UOB) today announced its partnership with Shanghai-based start-up, Mamahome, in the property technology (PropTech) firm’s first move outside of China. With UOB’s payments solutions, the fast-growing online apartment rental portal ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Polytechnic business school claims to have biggest cluster of vending machines
SINGAPORE - From Brand's essence of chicken to handphone chargers and powerbanks, a vending machine cluster at Singapore Polytechnic has it all. There are even two sound-proof karaoke booths with a pair of chairs and microphones each, for those looking to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s latest population demographics: what it means for housing
The only recent piece of analysis that leaves much food for thought is Ku Swee Yong’s three-part articles on Big Singapore Market Upgrade – Hype or Reality? where he questions Morgan Stanley’s remarks about “property prices on track to double by ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore slightly lowers supply of land for private housing in first-half 2018
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore slightly lowered the amount of land it plans to sell for private housing in the first half of 2018 as the government seeks to strike a balance between a potential future glut of residential units and current demand from ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese co-working space operator opens second Singapore outlet
The company signed a memorandum of understanding with trade agency IE Singapore and property giant CapitaLand last December to help Singapore firms break into the China market by offering co-working spaces as well as business advisory services. South-east ... ( read original story ...)
An OCBC managing director in Singapore has left to become a consultant
https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/296427/ocbc-digital-banking-hiring/ A Singapore-based OCBC managing director, who left the firm in May, has resurfaced as a consultant at National Australia Bank (NAB) in Melbourne. Sabyasachi Banerjee had been with ... ( read original story ...)
TPG Telecom risks getting bogged down in Singapore, warns rival
TPG Telecom’s mobile play in Singapore could become a costly distraction, says MyRepublic’s Malcolm Rodrigues. “They are not going to make a lot of money out of it,” the boss of the Singapore-based telco told The Australian. TPG beat MyRepublic to ... ( read original story ...)
Robert and Grace Mugabe currently in Singapore, Zimbabwe official says
Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, have travelled to Singapore on their first trip abroad since Mugabe resigned last month under pressure from the military and ruling party, the presidential spokesman said Tuesday. Mugabe ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore launches electric car-sharing programme, offering clean transit option
Singapore launched on Tuesday its first large-scale electric car-sharing programme through which the land-scarce city-state hopes to provide commuters with more transport options and steer them away from the need to buy their own cars. The service, which ... ( read original story ...)