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MAS, Bank Indonesia extend US$10b bilateral financial agreement

The deal allows the two banks to access foreign liquidity from each other.

SIA profits soared 67.9% to $94m in Q2

A rise in profits from associates and joint ventures fuelled its growth.

Five REITs raised $940m in new units in October

$560m were raised in placements and $380m in rights issues.

SIA Engineering profits up 11.6% to $87.6 in H1

Higher airframe and line maintenance revenue drove growth.

Chart of the Day: Private condo prices up 3.1% in January-September

This is already higher than the projected increase by end-2019.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.38%

YZJ Shipbuilding led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 7.29% leap.

Daily Briefing: Fintech Nium snubs digital banking licence; Travel wallet YouTrip expands to Thailand

And a former StanChart engineer returns to firm as data analytics head in Singapore.

Net formation of businesses down in January-September 2019

There were fewer firms formed in the logistics, business services and construction sectors.

Neonatal care firm Child Health Imprints secures $3.26m funding

They plan to expand their manufacturing base in South Korea.

PMI edges up 0.1 point to 49.6 in October

The reading was attributed to a boost in factory outputs.

Sector weakness looms over aviation firms

Profits of SATS, SIA Engineering, and ST Engineering are expected to register declines.

Telcos' net institutional inflows surged to $55.9m over 5G roll-out

The sector reversed September’s outflow of $41.4m.

Changi Airport Runway 2 to close temporarily

The airport will operate with Runways 1 and 3 starting October 2020.

Spaze Ventures launches ESG-backed edtech accelerator

It will provide early-stage edtech startups with up to $500,000.

SGQR to be rolled out across 1,000 vending machines by 2020

FOMO Pay tied up with fintech D’Cube concepts for the initiative.

CapitaLand profits down 7.8% to $333.93m in Q3

The absence of gains from divesting Westgate to CMT dragged down profits.