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Property investment sales down 10.6% YoY to $30b in 2019
Property investment sales down 10.6% YoY to $30b in 2019
Fewer collective sales during the year drove the decline in sales value.
SGX daily average value rose 15% to $960m in December
REITs and property trusts took up almost a quarter of the value.
How Senoko Energy brings tech innovation in Singapore's power sector
They recently launched an SGQR code for bills payment.
Payment performance further weakened in Q4 2019
The retail sector saw the highest increase in delayed payments.
Credit costs to weigh on banks in 2020
Combined with shrinking NIMs, this will burden bank earnings.
Top ten manufacturing stocks averaged 48% total returns in 2019
AEM Holdings leads the pack with a 154% full-year total return.
Singapore's most influential lawyers aged 40 and under for 2019
They specialise in various areas such as dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, M&A, amongst others.
iEdge SG Real Estate 20 Index posted total return of 20.2% YTD
The best-performing stock amongst the constituents is Mapletree Logistics Trust.
Telco market's margins to narrow as more MVNOs launch in 2020
TPG is also tipped to launch its commercial mobile service in Q1.
Top five industrials stocks averaged total return 34.1% YTD
CITIC Envirotech leads the pack with a total return of 44.9%.
Singapore banks to record flat EPS growth in 2020
Any revenue expansion will be offset by increases in credit costs.
Economic tailwinds to drive Singapore's growth in 2020
NODX is tipped to recover to 1.6%.
Private homes leasing volumes rose 12.9% in Q3
CCR showed the strongest leasing growth.
German SMEs tap into Singapore market
Over 1,800 German firms in Singapore from the industrial sector are looking to expand into the ASEAN.
Luxury homes flourish amidst renewed vigour from ultra-rich foreign buyers
Transactions are back to pre-2007 crisis levels as billionaires hedge for potential losses amidst uncertainties.
Total returns of top 50 stocks hit 12% QTD
Seven firms are noted to have higher total returns compared to the best-performing trust.
Singapore falls to fifth place in top cities rankings
This was blamed on tighter competition across major Asian cities.
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