Markets & Investing
Courts Asia offers to buy back $75m worth of 5.75% notes due 2019
Courts Asia offers to buy back $75m worth of 5.75% notes due 2019
The firm's existing cash surplus will fund their offering.
Hong Leong Asia to lose $43.5m over Chinese unit's restructure
Hong Leong Asia expects a loss of $43.5m due to the restructuring exercise of its consumer products unit Xinfei.
SGX adds 3 Mainboard issue managers and 2 Catalist sponsors
One of the issue managers targets real estate firms in Tier 1 and 2 cities in China.
Singapore's leading startup players to gather at SBR Hottest Startups Panel Briefing 2018
It will be held in Suntec Singapore on 29 August 2018.
SGX opens listing to firms with dual class shares
It set rules on voting rights for shareholders regardless of class.
GIC eyes stake in rival of its Australian retirement village firm
Gateway Lifestyle Group is Australia’s largest operator of land lease communities.
8Telecom eyes $2.3m from 22.48m subscription shares
Proceeds will fund future acquisitions and the company's operating costs.
STI falls 10% from peak over trade tension woes
Analysts also see more headwinds for Singapore due to interest rates.
Quality of Singapore's corporate management lagged Vietnam and Thailand
It performed poorly in capital management and earnings/interest expense.
Singapore a ‘place to be' for equities investors: Credit Suisse
It could deliver as much as 15% earnings growth in 2018, but growth for REITs is limited.
Zendesk bags Customer Support Solution Case Study of the Year at the SBR Business Case Studies Awards 2018
Zendesk's omnichannel solution empowers Circles.Life to be the company their customers want them to be.
Singapore M&A activity hit 4-year high at US$33.8b
Two large M&A deals breached the US$3b mark in H1.
Google to invest US$550m in Chinese e-commerce firm
JD.com will put up product sale through Google shopping.
Foreign direct investment from Singapore fell 11.79% to US$24.7b
This was due to a significant fall in foreign direct investments in the financial sector.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.05%
Investors are urged to take caution.
Chart of the Day: Singapore-listed equity raising in H1 jumped 208.6% to $4.33b
It was bolstered by follow-on offerings with proceeds worth $3.79b.
SGX to list Nifty contracts after August amidst arbitration
The hearings after arbitration are expected to start early-2019.
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