India and Singapore on Thursday discussed upgrading their partnership to a strategic level as well as on a road map for enhancing bilateral economic and commercial ties, according to an Indian Finance Ministry statement. These and other issues were ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore well-positioned to move forward with green finance: report
SINGAPORE, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's record in environmental protection and connections to the region makes it well-positioned to move forward with green finance, according to a report released here on Wednesday. The Singapore Institute of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Leong Finance Chooses Kamakura’s Risk Management Solution
Asset and Liability Management, Fund Transfer Pricing, and Liquidity Management SINGAPORE, Nov 14, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - Hong Leong Finance Ltd has implemented an integrated risk management solution from Kamakura Co for its balance sheet management ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, Hong Kong monetary authorizes exchange MoU on digitalizing trade
The goal of the project is to build an information highway using distributed ledger technology between the National Trade Platform in Singapore and the Hong Kong Trade Finance Platform, which will make cross-border trade and financing cheaper, safer ... ( read original story ...)
India, Singapore discuss ways to strengthen trade ties
Singapore: Finance Arun Jaitley today called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and discussed ways to strengthen economic ties between the two countries, an official release said. Both the leaders recalled the shared history of the countries, rooted in ... ( read original story ...)
Amid rising protectionism, BMO places bet on trade finance
In Singapore, BMO bulked up its staff with credit specialists and compliance officers and added the ability to locally process the stacks of documents that still make trade work. New capabilities are now coming online, giving BMO the ability to finance ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market May Take Further Damage On Wednesday
(RTTNews.com) - The losing streak has hit three sessions now for the Singapore stock market, which has fallen almost 25 points or 0.7 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,400-point plateau and it's looking at ... ( read original story ...)
Finance minister Jaitley on two-day Singapore visit to discuss investments
Finance minister Arun Jaitley is visiting Singapore to showcase a slew of investor-friendly reforms undertaken by the government and discuss ideas to ramp up investments in India. Jaitley is leaving on Tuesday evening on a two-day official visit to Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stocks May Stop The Bleeding On Tuesday
The Singapore stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, although it has given up less than 5 points or 0.2 percent in that span. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,420-point plateau although it may end its slide on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Singapore is the second most attractive country for IPOs
IPO activity could rise by as much as 30% in a year. Singapore ranked after Hong Kong in a global ranking of attractiveness for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO), legal firm Baker McKenzie revealed. According to a report ... ( read original story ...)
Keppel-KBS US REIT IPO 6.7 times oversubscribed
The Singapore IPO raised $273m. The Singapore initial public offering (IPO) of Keppel-KBS US REIT has received 9,064 applications for 227,764,700 units. The public offer was 6.7 times oversubscribed, raising $273m (US$200.4m). According to a press release ... ( read original story ...)
Bank ABC Opens a Branch in Singapore
Bahrain-based Bank ABC (Arab Banking Corporation), the leading international banking Group in the MENA region, has announced the opening of a branch in Singapore. This comes as part of the Bank’s plan to expand its international network, which already ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Seafood Hawkers to Go Head-to-Head in Stock Market
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore seafood hawkers have been competing for decades in the city-state’s notoriously cutthroat culinary scene. Now they’re vying for the favor of stock market investors. No Signboard Holdings Ltd., known for its signature white ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Pointing The Way To Open Banking Platforms
People are – quite rightly – excited about the future of the financial services industry. The opportunity to surpass the traditional financial services experience with new digital innovations and strategic business models that are breaking barriers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Fintech Festival 2017: All You Need To Know
Singapore Fintech Festival returns this year to bring together fintech players, policy makers, financial industry leaders, venture capitalists, investors, tech entrepreneurs and academics for a week-long event dedicated to fintech and digital finance. ( read original story ...)
StanChart Unit Offers to Buy Stake in Singapore Crane Firm
Tat Hong, which began in Singapore in 1957 before expanding across Asia ... The Standard Chartered division that houses SCPE, known as Principal Finance, was largely responsible for a $68 million “restructuring” expense in the third quarter of 2017 ... ( read original story ...)