Singapore
New Zealand beats Singapore in ease of doing business rankings
New Zealand beats Singapore in ease of doing business rankings
Singapore can improve by making property registration and electricity application easier.
Mapletree Logistics Trust to lease newly-bought Vietnamese warehouse to Unilever
It bought a warehouse in Binh Duong province for $43m.
Sembcorp Industries Q3 profits slipped 11.6% to $82.33m
It blamed its marine segment upon the sale of a semi-submersible and continued low business volume.
SGX unveils 10 new leveraged exposure products
It will let SIP-qualified investors take long or short positions with leverage on the daily performance of the underlying stocks.
StarHub to pull the plug on cable services in 2019
It is ushering its customers to an all-fibre network for more efficient services.
OCBC profits jumped 12% to $1.25b in Q3
Net interest income grew 9% to $1.51b.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.39%
Expect muted gains today.
Century Warehouse in Pasir Panjang up for sale at $57m
It has 35 strata units and a total strata area of 56,539 sq ft.
Chart of the Day: Prime retail rents in Singapore may see muted growth until 2022
They could be hit by high occupancy costs and diminished tourist spending.
Daily Briefing: Singapore stocks rallied to one-week high amidst OCBC's profit climb reveal; SIA to fly directly to Seattle by September 2019
And minister says Grab won't be banned in Malaysia.
Singapore gives China a run for its money as it makes headway with its fintech dreams
Six homegrown fintech firms made it to the world’s top 100 with Grab nabbing a place in the top ten.
Singapore bags more than half of PE and VC investments in Southeast Asia
Singapore’s foodtech market will also continue to grow as international players enter the scene.
Bank loan growth slows to 4.5% in September as sentiment sours
This marks the slowest on-year pace since February.
Maybank to deepen Singapore presence with new locally incorporated subsidiary
It will house its private wealth, retail SME, retail banking, and commercial banking units.
Check out Reed Smith's sleek hub at Ocean Financial Centre
With expansive meeting rooms and breakout spaces, the office can host up to 100 guests.
ComfortDelGro could gain $10.9m in rail revenue amidst fare hikes
The fare hikes will be rolled out by 29 December.
Service and manufacturing outlooks worsen for Q4 amidst global trade tensions
Real estate services and the machinery & systems manufacturing segment will bear the brunt, according to government agencies.
Commentary
‘Tokenmaxxing’ – The wrong AI race to run in Singapore
To outsmart modern fraud, we must first know the enemy
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