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"SEBI permitting trading times in equity derivatives from 9 am to 11.55 is a welcome step and will help controlling the shifting of price discovery of Indian stock to Singapore or Dubai ... which dominates the derivatives market volumes, said the move ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd (OCBC) reported a 29 percent rise in quarterly profit, underpinned by strong growth in net interest income and wealth management, but missed market estimates, sending its shares ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd (OCBC) posted a 29 percent rise in quarterly profit on Monday, underpinned by strong growth in net interest income and wealth management, but missed market estimates. The results ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE’S Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat pointed out that while country’s growth rate is expected to be lower than in previous decades, that does not mean firms will find opportunities curtailed Unless Singapore firms bring “something special ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore REITs should be a key consideration for anyone planning ... REITs allow individuals to own or finance properties the same way they invest in other industries or stocks of companies. In addition, they provide an opportunity to benefit from ... ( read original story ...)

There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. Today, Singapore’s Straits Times Index nudged ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. Load Error Today, Singapore’s ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s total loans and advances including bills financing of Domestic Banking Units grew 5.36% year-on-year to a predicted 661.6 billion Singapore dollars (about US$500 billion) in March, according to data released by the Monetary Authority of ... ( read original story ...)

In his speech, PM Lee addressed challenges awaiting workers in Singapore. He also highlighted three examples of sectors which are transforming; transport, retail and logistics and banking. Being a financial media site, we were intrigued by what PM Lee ... ( read original story ...)

Thanks to sustained demand for home and corporate loans. Bank lending in Singapore rose 5.4% YoY in March as sustained demand for home and corporate loans kept credit levels stable, according to data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Loans ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore-listed DBS, Southeast Asia's largest bank, reported a 26 percent year-on-year rise in first-quarter net profit to 1.52 billion Singapore dollars ($1.15 billion). Lending profitability is likely to improve further as interest rates in Asia move ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, April 30 (Reuters) - Singapore’s total bank lending rose 1.6 percent in March from a month earlier as lending to financial institutions increased, central bank data showed on Monday. Loans and advances by domestic banking units in the city ... ( read original story ...)

Ahead of Tuesday's Labor Day holiday, the Singapore stock market had bounced higher in consecutive trading days, collecting almost 45 points or 1.3 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just shy of the 3,610-point plateau, and it may ... ( read original story ...)

... is high for Capital Markets stocks but still below the market’s top dividend payers. With these dividend metrics in mind, I definitely rank Singapore Exchange as a strong income stock, and is worth further research for anyone who considers dividends ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday the country's economic growth for the year should exceed 2.5 percent "if all goes well", but brewing global trade tensions were clouding the outlook. The world's major economies ... ( read original story ...)

Globally, a host of stock markets including China, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong Italy ... is helping the domestic stock market inch higher. Sensex on Monday reclaimed the 35,000 mark and the Nifty revisited 10,700 for the first time in three months ... ( read original story ...)