Singapore
Daily Briefing: Grab launches pilot motorbike hailing in Malaysia; Bus services firm SWAT closes $14m Series A round
Daily Briefing: Grab launches pilot motorbike hailing in Malaysia; Bus services firm SWAT closes $14m Series A round
And a development with two shophouses is for sale at $15m.
Osome secures $3m in a financing round led by Target Global
The funding will be used for further expansion into UK and Hong Kong.
Weak occupancy to weigh on Frasers Hospitality Trust's Australian assets
A surge in supply caused a decline in occupancy and room rates in the market.
Top 50 listed-stocks' average total return outpaces STI at 21% YTD
Combined net institutional inflows reached $1.3b.
Surbana Jurong bags 15,000-unit housing project in India
It will provide master planning, concept design and project management.
OCBC unfazed by potential Chinese entry to Singapore's digital banking market
New entrants will face high regulatory costs.
Olam to sell real estate assets of California plant for $150m
Olam and Mesirow have entered into a tiered revenue sharing agreement for 25 years.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.15%
UOB saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 0.68% fall.
Chart of the Day: Posh condo units bought by foreigners rose 3ppt to 12%
Condos bought by foreigners surged 46.7% to 361 units.
Daily Briefing: Payments platform 2C2P raises $71m funding; Regtech Tookitaki bags $16m in Series A round
And travel-tech Travel Prologue partners Vietnam’s VLeisure to bring B2B services.
Inflation rate for October slows down to 0.4%
Cheaper electricity costs dragged on headline inflation.
AA REIT's JV clinches another 12-year lease with its master tenant Optus
It will begin July 2021 after upgrade works on Optus Centre Australia.
UOL group buys nine-storey commercial building for $79.3m
The company plans to fuse it with its own commercial towers.
ThaiBev's profits jumped 33% to $1.18b in FY 2019
Profits of its spirits business rose 10.4% to $883.28m.
Over 2 in 5 MSMEs reject fintechs over data privacy concerns
But over half have already adopted fintech services into their operations.
Wastewater treatment startup Hydroleap snaps up $2.6m in funding
The company brings its electricity-powered treatment to new verticals.
Home price hikes could persist until Q3 2020
Although prices normally rise for 8.7 quarters, global headwinds could suggest shorter growth.
Commentary
Why Singapore SMEs cannot wait for quantum cyber risk to arrive before securing data
Is Singapore's emphasis on long-term security and stability hindering purpose-driven employees?
When Singapore's agentic AI ‘chefs’ arrive, will the kitchen be ready for them?
What Singapore’s app store rules reveal about the future of online trust
Faster hiring alone will not fix construction’s productivity problem
Beyond policy: How Singapore's service sector can win at the frontline
Solving the production problem behind Singapore’s ‘pilot purgatory’
Transformation without disruption: Your Existing ERP is an accelerant to business innovation
From Singapore to Southeast Asia: Thriving in innovation by knowing when to pause
Section 13O, MAS, and the digital footprint of Singapore Family Offices