Markets & Investing

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.

Industrials led Singapore's cross-border IPOs in H1

They had a market share of 39% and total proceeds of US$36m.

Singapore firms raised US$2.6b from equity YTD

Equity raising activity in Q2 recovered and jumped 81.2% from Q1.

Chart of the Day: 9% of global investors think Singapore could produce the next Google

But it still has a long way to go to gain their confidence like in Shanghai and Beijing.

What now for Singapore after the postponed Bursa-SGX link?

Malaysia looks to save costs and has put the link under review.

MAS partners with World Bank's IFC to drive Asian green bond markets

The two will also promote green bond standards and frameworks.

Malaysia puts heat on proposed SGX-Bursa link

Mahathir said the link will be reviewed.