Singapore
Daily Briefing: Online fashion marketplace Zilingo raised $54m in series C round; SGX stock nearly plunged to 52-week low
And Broadcom announced that it has completed the move to US from Singapore.
SGX RegCo launches list for firms with good corporate governance
Companies will have prioritised clearance for corporate action submissions to the regulator.
TÜV SÜD to send 600 employees to new $100m regional HQ
The integrated office and lab facility will be located at the International Business Park.
Share buyback value hit 30-month high in March
The value of shares bought back by their companies hit $221.8m.
Are supermarkets kicking convenience stores out of Singapore?
Small stores cannot keep up with the market giants’ product variety and prices.
CAD probes YuuZoo after SGX RegCo's report
The department required the company to give access to franchise-related documents from 2013 to 2016.
Midas Holdings chair resigns after SGX RegCo callout
This follows the regulator’s recommendation to axe his appointment over illegal bonds.
SGX Bond Trading takes on SGX Bond Pro general counterparty role
It replaced UBS, which was the general counterparty in its 2015 launch.
Keppel junks deal to manage TQS shipyard
It cited the downturn in the offshore and marine business.
Frasers Property injects $136.1m in mixed use development in Bangkok
It will hold 19.9% in a joint venture that will invest in the project’s development.
The implications of big data in manufacturing: How to super charge real-time connected supply chains
Logistics is the latest industry to face a bold makeover in the Singapore government's $4.5 billion Industry Transformation Programme. The initiative aims to achieve a value-add of S$8.3billion (US$6 billion) and 2000 jobs for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMET) by 2020 through leveraging on new technology such as big data and analytics.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.54%
Investors are urged to take caution today.
Daily Briefing: Singapore venture capitalist's returns from Spotify hit 300%; Temasek joins US$114m fund in meatless burger firm
And here’s why some sports fans are calling to preserve Farrer Park.
Chart of the Day: Sheng Siong and FairPrice are eating up the supermarket pie
Within five years, Sheng Siong took up 18.9% whilst FairPrice ate up 56% of the market.
Singapore's improvements in livability are the ninth best in Asia
From 1998 to 2018, it improved its livability score by 4.7%.
Lawsuit delays slashed Keppel's $290m gain from marina firm sale
Keppel was now only able to complete the deal after a minority shareholder blocked the sale.
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’