Singapore
How landlords are responding to weakening demand for office
How landlords are responding to weakening demand for office
In 3Q23, CBD investment-grade office rents fell for the first time in 10 quarters.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.25%; HongkongLand is leading
HongkongLand closed trading 1.74%.
Prices of new private residential to say muted in 4Q23
Real estate experts forecast a 3% full-year private home price growth.
Only 6 in 10 workers feel equipped for career advancement
Singapore has the lowest confidence level in APAC.
Fintech investors nowadays prioritise profitability over valuation
An expert said fintechs must have more than one revenue stream to attract investors amidst economic slump.
United Women Singapore, Alibaba Cloud launch tech training programme
The programme will benefit nearly 1,000 women in Singapore.
SIA offers over 170,000 discounted round-trip tickets
The discounts are applicable for travel between January and September 2024.
Private homes prices up 0.5% despite lower sales in Q3
HDB upgraders prefer buying fewer but pricier homes: report
Grab Rentals’ acquisition of Trans-cab still under review - CCCS
The acquisition has not been cleared of competition concerns.
Plus flats in Bayshore to receive strong demand: expert
Huttons said the application rate may exceed three applicants for each 4-room flat.
Sheffield Green plans to raise $6.0m in Catalist listing
The company is offering 24.0 million shares.
Fewer Singaporeans expect inflation to decline: DBS, SMU survey
As of September, only 49.5% of Singaporeans expect inflation to decline, a drop from 51% in June.
2 freehold Gentle Road properties are up for sale
The properties have a starting price of $30m.
Keppel DC REIT's distributable income drops 6.5% YoY to $23.9m in 3Q23
Given the decline, the REIT proposed a 3.6% YoY lower DPU.
New private home sales fall to a record low of 217 in September
September marked the lowest monthly sales since December 2022.
M&G Investments expands access of 10 funds to retail investors in Singapore
The funds were previously available only to private banking and M&G’s institutional clientele.
Singapore Airlines Group’s passenger volume soars 36.0% YoY in September
SIA and Scoot carried around 2.9 million passengers during the month.
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