Singapore
Chart of the Day: Q3 industrial investment sales climbed 52.3% to $1.2b
Mapletree Logistics Trust bought five warehouses in West Region for $730m.
Grab unveils cross-border remittance service for e-wallet
Users can remit and receive money directly from their GrabPay wallet.
Golden Agri's 6% output growth trailing behind peers and industry: analyst
The firm’s ‘floating rate’ borrowings also pose a threat to its earnings.
Singapore inks intellectual property deal with Russia
This will allow Russian enterprises to explore IP growth markets in Asia.
United Engineers profit slipped 16% to $7.68m in Q3
A sharp decline in property development revenues hit quarterly earnings.
New private home sales plunge 47.7% in October as developers market less projects
This translates to 932 sold units.
Waterloo Apartments en bloc sold for $131.1m
It changed its zoning from residential to hotel to maximise its location potential at Civic District.
Deutsche Bank unveils Asia Pacific Innovation Lab in Singapore
The move is a part of its strategy to further digitise client solutions.
How Singapore enterprises can rise to the digitalisation challenge
These days, it is hard to avoid the topic of digitalisation when you read any expert commentary, business book, or newspaper headline. The benefits from technologies such as Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics, Robotic Process Automation, and AI-enabled chatbots are clear: Firms can save costs from automating manual processes, gain deeper, real-time insight into their customers, and rapidly scale their reach to new markets. Yet, many enterprises are still concerned about how they can participate fully in a digital economy.
APAC's hotel transaction volume hit US$5.2b YTD in 9MFY18
China, Japan and South Korea accounted for 70% of transaction volumes.
SIA's profits may continue descent as passenger yields lose altitude
It was also hit by a 24% YoY hike in jet fuel costs.
Retail rents in hyper-expensive Singapore are still cheaper than Hong Kong
Leasing costs are at US$308 psf per year.
Chinese business to extend CapitaLand's winning streak in Q4
It expects to recognise around $1.27b of revenue from China by Q4.
ST Engineering positions for growth as aerospace unit takes flight
Aerospace sales are poised to grow by 26.2% in 2019.
Wilmar set to weather through trade jitters
It is poised to be the largest downstream player in palm oil processing.
MAS mulls new fintech sandbox with faster approvals
Approval decisions for applications will be granted within 21 days.
Commentary
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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’
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