The Week in Numbers: Singapore’s Economy Grows 4.4%

The Singapore economy expanded 4.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018. This was 0.1 percentage point higher than analyst estimate of 4.3% and faster than the 3.6% growth in the previous quarter. The growth was largely due to a 9.8% surge in the ... ( read original story ...)

Continued Consolidation Called For Singapore Shares

The Singapore stock market turned lower again on Friday, one session after it had ended the three-day slide in which it had fallen nearly 40 points or 1.1 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,530-point plateau and it may extend its ... ( read original story ...)

Best Bank Accounts For Expats in Singapore 2018

As a new expat in Singapore, you’ve got probably got a long to-do list which might or might not include figuring out how to gain access to Marina Bay Sands’ infinity pool, checking out the zoo, figuring out where to live and opening a bank account. ( read original story ...)

As Singapore and India Fight Over Futures, Investor Worries Grow

A fight between Singapore Exchange Ltd. and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. over derivatives contracts is threatening to end a popular way of hedging Indian shares. The battle, which went to court in Mumbai this week, has left traders scrambling to ... ( read original story ...)

1 Obscure Singapore Stock That I Like

The business As a quick background, Advancer Global, which listed in the Singapore stock market in July 2016, is a workforce solutions and services provider in Singapore. It has three business divisions: employment services; facilities management services ... ( read original story ...)

Sabah-based Jawala to raise RM13m in Singapore IPO

KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): Sabah-based forest resource company Jawala Inc is seeking to raise S$4.5 million (RM13.3 million) via an initial public offering (IPO) on Singapore Exchange's Catalist Board to develop its plantation site and for working capital. ( read original story ...)

Soft Start Seen For Singapore Stock Market

The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finished through the last four trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had fallen nearly 40 points or 1.1 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath ... ( read original story ...)

Israeli Bourse Aims at Tech Startups With Singapore Connection

(Bloomberg) -- Israel’s flagship bourse is partnering with Singapore Exchange Ltd. in a bid to keep the momentum going from last year’s IPO surge. Load Error The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, which saw a rebound in initial public offerings and trading ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s GIC, Tasman scoop up National Lifestyle Villages

Singapore's sovereign-wealth fund GIC and a local joint venture partner have agreed to acquire private equity-backed business National Lifestyle Villages, according to sources. A deal is understood to have been struck between GIC and its partner Tasman ... ( read original story ...)