News
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.8%
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.8%
DBS led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 1.2% climb.
Chart of the Day: Business parks' vacancy rate eases to 14% in Q2
This was due to stable demand and lack of new supply.
Daily Briefing: Two strata-retail units for sale at $13.5m; New VC launched to invest in agri-food startups
And Clearbridge Health acquires nine dental clinics for $3.3m.
Sun Venture secures $455m loan to buy 71 Robinson Road
It will also be used for investments to improve its environmental footprint.
Choa Chu Kang Waterworks equips world's largest ceramic membrane
The membrane can treat up to 40 million gallons of raw water per day.
62% of customer experience interactions failed to be productive: report
A “wow” remains elusive from hard-to-please Singaporeans.
Five highest-yielding stocks hit average dividend yield of 7.1%
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust has the highest dividend yield at 9.6%.
UOB to issue 1.625% covered bonds for $694.76m
The covered bonds will be issued as the seventh series of the US$8b Global Covered Bond Programme.
Singapore's Asian outbound capital fell 37% to $7.92b in H1
The decline could be seasonal as investors are typically more active in H2.
Hong Kong's property investment in Singapore hits $1.9b in H1
Key transactions include Gaw Capital’s purchase of Robinson 77 for $710m.
Childhood vaccination to be subsidised in CHAS general practitioner clinics
Subsidies will be available in both polyclinics and CHAS clinics by end-2020.
Chinese mogul Zhang Yong displaces Ng brothers as Singapore's richest
The Haidilao International founder debuted in the list with a net worth of US$13.8b.
Singapore medical device output grew 4.2% in June
The industry outperformed the output of the manufacturing sector, which fell 6.9%.
Half of SMBs and enterprises use near end-of-life OS
Just as many SMBs and enterprise workstations use Windows 7 as those that use Windows 10.
Chart of the Day: 30-year factory and warehouse leaseholds fell 1.1% in Q2
This follows a three-year continuous decline.
Daily Briefing: Crypto firm Sygnum eyes banking license; Chinese firm to buy AVIC Maritime for $31.58m
And cross-border payments platform TranSwap has obtained a license from Bank of Indonesia.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.83%
CapitaLand led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 2.07% climb.
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