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Listed housing devs with ‘substantial connection to Singapore' to be exempted from QC

Changes will be implemented with immediate effect and reflected in legislation later this year.

Sungei Kadut to pioneer Singapore's manufacturing industry: Chan Chun Sing

The MTI minister plans to make the area more open to new industries and R&D centres.

Elite Commercial REIT joins the SGX Mainboard

It was listed under the stock code MXNU.

Singapore, US to support financial data cross-border transfer

It will be allowed as long as financial regulators have access to data.

Frasers' subsidiary creates $186.1b multicurrency debt issuance programme

Net proceeds from the issued securities will be used to finance future acquisitions of the company.

SingPost profits slumped 39.3% to $30.49m in Q3

A decline in domestic letter mail volumes dragged down its revenue.

Chart of the Day: Foreigner-bought posh home sales held steady in 2018-19

The hiking of total buyer stamp duty did not seem to have fazed foreign buyers.

Daily Briefing: SSTL launches accelerator for space tech startups; Deep tech company Dathena eyes US expansion

And venture builder Antler has raked in $103.9m investments since September 2019.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.98%

ComfortDelGro led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 4.67% expansion.

ComfortDelGro to endure effects of coronavirus outbreak

A potential taxi rental rebate might only shave off about 0.9-3.9% of its 2020 profits.

Enhanced CPF housing grants boosted HDB resale market in H2 2019

More older flats were sold over the past few months and the prices of older flats have also increased.

Banks modest for Q4 2019 due to slow loan growth, weak NIMs

But high FY2019 momentum should present higher dividends. The banking sector sees a moderate Q4 2019 with slow loan growth and weak net interest margins (NIMs) as dwindling interest rates reflect on asset yields, said a Maybank Kim Eng report.

Frasers Property to redeem $700m perpetual securities

The redemption price was set at $250,000 for every $250,000 in nominal amount.

SGX's Asian FX futures volume rose 44% in 2019

Asian FX futures recorded a total of $1.8t for the year.

SIA and SATS to suffer from flight cancellations and capacity cuts

Changi airport traffic could plunge, which affects most of the firms’ operations.