Markets & Investing
SGX's proposed review changes may hold IPO managers to higher standards
SGX's proposed review changes may hold IPO managers to higher standards
Issue managers must be independent from the firm listing on the mainboard.
India's fintech investment fall 30.1% YTD at US$1.59b
Telco One97 Communications bagged the largest deal at US$365m.
Daily Briefing: Orchard Road to be smoke-free zone from January 2019; Go-Jek rolls out its beta app for car-hailing
And cybersecurity startup CloudSEK bags $1.97m in pre-seed funding.
Singapore IPO proceeds plummet 85% to $715m
Firms in the healthcare and F&B sectors continued to perform well.
SEA hits $12b in IPOs before last stretch of 2018
Vietnam’s IPO capital market was the top performer with $6.2b.
Vietnam overtakes Singapore in IPO fund market
Singapore's IPO market only raised $715m against Vietnam’s $6.2b.
Singapore inks bilateral investment treaty with Kazakhstan
Investors can soon freely move capital in and out of their countries.
HDB issues $500m, five-year fixed rate notes
The notes will be in denominations of $250,000.
SGX sets out guidelines for initial coin offerings
Shareholders should be made aware of the risks and use of fund proceeds.
Singapore's top billionaire stocks hit returns of 29% YTD
Sri Tang, Best World and Top Glove were the outperformers.
Daily Briefing: Nearly 10,000 broadband users hit by outage; Keppel Land unveils AI-powered home
And EDBI has pitched in for the latest funding round of a US startup.
SGX ties up with Bank of China and CFETS to globally promote bond indices
SGX will be the first exchange to distribute bond indices outside China.
SGX to launch new securities settlement and depository system
It will cut its securities settlement cycle from three to two days.
Daily Briefing: EDBI joins $55.14m funding round for US tech firm; MOH lays out benchmarks fees for surgical procedures in private hospitals
And Kent Ridge Hill Residences sell 46% of units in weekend launch.
MAS to set up $6.90b fund for PE and infrastructure investments
It is geared towards PE and infrastructure fund managers that are deepening or establishing their Singapore presence.
Lumber firm Jawala suspends trading of shares
The SGX-listed Malaysian firm is seeking clarification on the suspension of its subsidiary’s main bank accounts.
SGX RegCo proposes delisting rule changes to boost minority shareholders
Parties linked to the delisting offer may soon be banned from voting.
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