Markets & Investing
SGX seeks views on changes to opening and closing routines
Proposes to publish real-time IEP throughout the pre-open and pre-close phases and randomise end of the pre-close phase for a varying duration...
SGX seeks views on changes to opening and closing routines
Proposes to publish real-time IEP throughout the pre-open and pre-close phases and randomise end of the pre-close phase for a varying duration...
Singapore's $217bn dollar win
Foreign investment in Singapore surged 41% from 2005 to 2009 to total $533 billion by 2009.
Guess who are Singapore’s top foreign investors now?
The UK has slipped from first to fourth place since 2005, and you will never guess who is now the most invested in Singapore.
Singapore's manufacturing output falls 16.3% in April
A drop in pharmaceutical production has caused the country's manufacturing output to fall 16.3% in April 2011 on a month -to-month basis.
Singaporean insurers worry about new regulations
New rules on solvency and market rank first in insurers' major concern, according to a survey by Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation and PwC...
SGX to clear Asian FX forwards from September
SGX has cleared nearly US$80 billion notional of Interest Rate Swaps since 2010, and is now entering the FX business.
SGX cuts trading costs
Singapore Exchange has reduced the minimum bid size for securities and expects to see a tightening of bid-ask spreads by as much as 80%.
Mapletree Commercial reigns in Southern Singapore
Mapletree Commercial Trust was tagged by CIMB as 'King of the South' with its $282million debt headroom that is sure to fuel future acquisitions and...
8 in 10 businesses in China to use RMB in cross-border trade
But a good 37% of Chinese traders still doubt the acceptability of RMB outside China, reports HSBC.
Whats up with SGX's 27% share price slump in April?
Looks like the merger with ASX wasn't any good, as SGX's stock price falls to a $7.50 level compared to its 52-week high of S10.26 in October 2010...
Asia tops North America in private equity investments
A quarter of all private equity deals were done in Asia, says Preqin.
Investors pleasantly surprised by special dividends
Singapore’s major companies including SIA and Singtel have paid special and unexpected dividends to shareholders following good Q12011 earnings.
CitySpring’s earnings up by 33% YoY to $70.6m
Though profit remains strong, the Group still has a $270 million loan with DBS Bank, says a report.
SGX to add metal product offerings
The bourse is said to be hoping to take advantage of the global regulatory move to push as many over-the-counter derivatives through central clearing...
Investors’ questions to Profitable Plots directors go unanswered
SIAS has taken up the fight on behalf of investors, but so far the directors of this failed investment scheme are refusing to talk to them.
Noble to maintain its impressive growth momentum: Kim Eng Research
They’re looking at 25% compound annual growth rate for the next three years.
We expect the downward pressure to continue: Kim Eng Research
They say the Singapore market is likely to take the lead from regional ones.
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