Markets & Investing

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.

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.

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.

SGX and Temasek's Heliconia invest in capital markets platform iSTOX

The platform connects investors with opportunities through Security Token Offerings (STOs).

Temasek buys minority stake in Irish drug tech startup Aerogen

Aerogen specialises in making and selling aerosol drug delivery systems.