Singapore

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.08%

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.08%

Fears of a trade war remain, weighing down local sentiment.

Singapore is losing its home advantage in IPOs to Hong Kong

Three Singapore-domiciled firms listed in Hong Kong raising a combined U$115m in Q1.

SPH REIT Q2 NPI down 1.1% to $42.2m

Paragon’s negative rental reversion of 7.1% pulled down revenue.

Uber app shutdown moved to 18 April

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore is still reviewing the Grab and Uber deal.

Goldilocks slams Noble's new board appointments

It questioned the three new UK-based directors, which were had no experience in Singapore companies.

Iceberg Research urges stakeholders to sue Noble

It attacked the restructuring proposal’s legal release clause and said it has “zero chance” of success.

65,000 Singaporeans hit by Facebook data breach

As a response, it has changed data permissions and data sharing practices.

LATTICE80 opens Crypto Hub in Singapore

This followed the discontinuation of its Fintech Hub just this March.

Perennial Real Estate could spend $321m in Goodluck Gardens redevelopment

It will jointly develop the site with Qingjian Group and hold 40% of the project.

CardUp nabs $1.7m in seed funding to revolutionise digital payments space

Users can now pay for recurring cash expenses like taxes and rent via credit card.

StarHub boosts peak 4G speeds to 1Gbps

Customers will need to switch to 1Gbps-capable phone.

VINCI buys Singapore-based Wah Loon Engineering

It expects to raise $201.62m revenue in 2018 from data centre construction.

Critical Infrastructure: Downtime is simply not an option

In October last year, the Singapore government passed the Infrastructure Protection Bill – laws to improve protection for iconic buildings providing essential services, with failure to do so resulting in fines of up to S$200,000 and jail of up to two years. 

Daily Briefing: UN to hear Malaysia-Singapore island dispute; 4 refuelling vessels seized over unpaid debt

And here’s why 99-year leasehold HDB flats aren’t a good investment for old age anymore.

Chart of the Day: 2 in 3 en bloc site buyers are from Singapore

More developers are positive about the property market.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.97%

Markets are still jittery over a looming trade war after the US imposed additional tariffs on China.