Singapore
Chart of the Day: How exposed are Singapore banks to mortgages in Q1?
DBS gained the largest market share but has least mortgage exposure.
Daily Briefing: Shoebox apartments lend support for Singapore banks; ComfortDelGro rebounds from slump after Uber exit
And here's Temasek's latest investment.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.66%
Expect mild gains today.
The Regalia up for en bloc sale at $403m
The site is located in prime District 9.
Heated telco wars drag StarHub Q2 profit 22% to $63m
Mobile revenues fell to $214m.
Success rate of en bloc deals dips below 2016-2017 levels
But spending in the market at $9.84b has breached 2017's total of $8.24b.
Mastercard, EZ-Link and fintech You Technologies launch multi-currency mobile wallet
‘YouTrip’ enables users to pay in over 150 currencies.
Trade jitters could slow bank loan growth to 7% by end-2018
DBS' trading income crashed 23% in Q2.
UOB rolls out all-digital suite of services to speed up home buying
Services on home loans and bankers will be available in 5 property apps.
Private condo resale prices up 1% in July
Resale volume dipped by 2.8% to 1,085 units.
GIC backed US$2b joint venture with Canadian REIT: report
It owns 70% of the firm that will buy Australian healthcare real estate.
MOF seeks stamp duties on electronic records of fixed property transfers
This will help safeguard Singapore's revenue base, it said.
JTC tenders Corporation Drive industrial site
An applicant committed a bid price of $20.7m.
Three shophouse plots in Little India and Prime Chinatown launched for sale
Guide prices range from $6m to $18m.
Singapore firms' leadership boosted by board and audit upgrades
Singtel topped the rankings on governance and transparency for the fourth year.
UOB unveils subsidiary in Vietnam
It's the first Singapore bank to open a foreign-owned Vietnamese unit.
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