Singapore

Singapore’s primary market remained dormant this quarter, despite its reputation as a financial hub.

Mapletree Log Tr is the top stock with a 3.42% increase.

CPI-All Items inflation came in at 0.9% y-o-y in March, unchanged from the month before.

Security and research roles saw the sharpest rise of 24%.

There is no certainty that any change will materialise.

This is higher than its initial January bid of $1.76 (NZ$2.25).

The two countries will deepen cooperation in trade, investment, and connectivity.

On a month-on-month basis, green job postings rose by 12%.

BRC Asia buys 12.88 million ordinary shares in Southern Steel Mesh.

Average monthly rents of overall CBD Grade A offices in Savills' basket rose by 0.4% QoQ.

Recent developments around global trade have been dynamic, to say the least. Business leaders must navigate geopolitical shifts, regulatory changes, rapidly changing tariffs, and evolving economic policies, all whilst mitigating short-term exposures and costs, and determining and implementing a response that promotes long-run strategic resilience in the face of these developments. 

With this milestone, Altrium's total assets under management have topped $3b (US$2.3b).

Thanks to better property performance in the CBD.

The agreement is for the development of a land parcel at Tengah Garden Avenue.

The partnership follows rising demand for Halal-certified services and products.

US firms importing from Singapore face nearly $1.6b in added costs from 10% base tariffs.