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MAS to step up scrutiny of Singapore’s exchanges
MAS to step up scrutiny of Singapore’s exchanges
The multiplicity of exchanges is birthing blind spots, MAS says.
Changi Airport hails launch of first direct flight between Singapore and San Francisco
It will be operated by United Airlines.
SCI faces shareholder backlash if SembMarine privatisation pushes through: OCBC
It simply doesn’t make sense, analysts say.
OSIM’s Q4 profits crash 66.6% to $9.3m
Blame it on TWG Tea case legal fees.
Here's the bright spot in Singapore's flagging jobs growth
Selected services industries are picking up the slack.
SingPost blames special audit saga for sharp share price slip
Its share price dropped 6.5% yesterday.
Chart of the Day: Here’s the dismal state of industrial rentals in Singapore
And it’s not getting any better soon, analysts say.With the bleak manufacturing landscape in the city-state, headlined by declining outputs of transport engineering and general manufacturing clusters, industrial rents in Singapore are dropping.According to a report by JLL, the multiple-user factory segment fell by 3.3% in 4Q15, recording its steepest decline in five years.“At the same time, the traditionally stronger Single-User Factory segment registered its second quarter of decline at 0.8 per cent since the availability of the series in 2011, emphasising the impact of the weak global demand on the local industrial market,” JLL said.Meanwhile, the light at the end of the tunnel is nowhere to be seen for industrial rents in Singapore, as the global demand remains weak with little improvement expected for larger economies including China and Europe.“We expect rents among the different industrial types to continue softening by up to 5.0 per cent y-o-y in 2016,” JLL added.“Through the continued efforts by the government to pursue better use of space, some developments vacated by traditional industrialists have undergone adaptive re-use to accommodate higher value added industries, supporting downstream clusters such as construction, carpentry, design, project management etc,” Chua Yang Liang, JLL’s head of research at South East Asia and Singapore said.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.52%
Expect muted gains today.
Daily Briefing: Employment at slowest pace in 12 years; Condo prices fall slower
And Noble’s CEO says banks are behind it.
Ezion likely facing $700m in write-downs over next two years
They’ll be necessary to bring values to reality.
Singapore sees third highest tourist spending in Asia Pacific
It dominated Hong Kong, Tokyo.
Suntec braces for a tough year as retail, office rents dip
Lease renewals are under threat in FY16.
Here's why DBS is not stressing over its steadily shrinking trade book
Trade finance is still a key growth pillar.
Layoffs spike in 4Q15 to 4,200 amidst business restructuring
It’s been on an uptrend for five years.
Industrial property prices drop for the first time in four years as headwinds mount
But prices are still elevated, analysts say.
Completed condo prices slipped 0.4% in December
Prices of prime units fell the most.
Hefty profit bump awaits SingPost after $78.4m stake divestment
It will redeploy cash into e-commerce operations.
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