Singapore
Chart of the Day: Trading volume for commercial assets down 41% YoY in Q4 22
Strata and shophouses continued to see investment activity.
6 in 10 internet users but something online each week: survey
Over a quarter of Singaporeans purchase online via mobile phone.
No need to worry about affordable homes: PM Lee
More than eight in 10 Singaporeans own HDB flats.
Manulife US Reit’s DPU dips 10.3% YoY to 2.63 US cents in H2 22
It stemmed from distributable income that went down 1.7% to $55.4m (US$41.9m).
Re-imagining Enterprise Experiences - Increased focus on employee experiences
The pandemic has given an exponential push to digitalisation across public and private organisations. It has fundamentally changed how we work, learn, connect, and shop. Whilst the underlying trend of increasing digital services and content consumption was prevalent due to the introduction of smart devices and 4G/5G connections, the pandemic has essentially accelerated the digital timeline, leap-frogging by about five years.
Analytics tool tells developers how much to sell units for
It can also determine the best price to bid for the land.
Sutton Place relaunched for sale at $285m
The public tender for the property will close on 9 March at 3 pm.
Barbara Cambon bows out as Prime US REIT CEO
CFO Harmeet Singh Bedi will take over the post on 8 March.
Keppel Land unit to divest 100% stake in Willowville for $7.37m
The purchaser of the stake will pay in two tranches.
Frasers Property posts $2.7b pre-sold revenue as at December 2022
In Singapore, the company has an unrecognised revenue of $1.0b.
SG fosters deeper collaboration with Abu Dhabi
The two markets discussed collaboration plans in five key areas.
HDB resale volume rebounds by nearly 15% in January
The resale prices also rose by 1.4%.
China’s shift of policy backed risk appetite for RMB: SGX
It increased demand for Asian foreign exchange.
MOF: Gov’t spending to go up 19%-20% of GDP in 2026 to 2030
It may also exceed 20% of the economy by 2030 fiscal year.
Broker retains outlook for S-Reits stocks as overweight
Amongst notable Reits are MPACT and FLT.
Budget 2023: What SG can do to boost supply chain resilience
Global consultancy firm, Kearney, lays out two steps.
Commentary
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
From Singapore to Southeast Asia: Thriving in innovation by knowing when to pause
Section 13O, MAS, and the digital footprint of Singapore Family Offices