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New accounting standards pose risks to Singapore banks' profitability
New accounting standards pose risks to Singapore banks' profitability
Lenders face higher credit reserve requirement under the FRS109.
Perennial Real Estate Holdings to develop 1,700-unit Indonesian site for $153.4m
It bought a 60% stake in the site for $21m.
Government pushes $50-$70 wage hikes for minimum pay workers
Firms that hit productivity quotas were also urged to give bonuses worth $300-$600.
Chart of the Day: Health and beauty stores buck non-grocery decline trend
Their five-year sales from 2012 to 2017 grew 2.5%.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.46%
Don't expect gains today.
Daily Briefing: Singapore to return 1MDB funds; 5 best-performing real estate firms gained 7%
And Singapore's JustCo is looking to buy firms to achieve its goal of 100 centres by 2020.
SATS struggles with lost licence incentives in 2018
Licence fee incentives for Changi Airport have already expired in March 2017.
MSCI Singapore index to drop StarHub
It was replaced by Venture as its returns jumped 6.1%.
Fraud incidents from unlicensed online trading jumped 255% in 2017
Singapore's police and central bank issued a new warning against unregulated online trading.
CPF scheme funds lost 1.65% in Q1
They were hit by geopolitical uncertainty stemming from US-China trade tensions.
Sembcorp buys UK's biggest flexible distributed energy generator for $385m
It powers 32 projects across England and Wales.
New underground substation to free up 3-hectare developer land
Singapore unveiled plans to build a 230kV substation at Pasir Panjang.
Malaysia and Singapore to meet up for 1MDB probes
New PM Mahathir vowed to uncover the company's white-collar crimes.
Three residential sites up for grabs: URA and HDB
The sites can yield about 1,880 residential units in total.
Singapore beats Hong Kong in open banking readiness
Strong regulatory support from MAS buoyed the lion city to score the APAC crown.
Bank lending up 0.8% in April
Consumer and corporate loans edged up slightly.
Government unveils revamped insurance scheme for seniors with disability
CareShieldLife will be rolled out by 2020.
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