News
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.1%
Expect a rebound today.
Daily Briefing: 500 internet users in Singapore in trouble for downloading a movie; SG debut for Bangkok property
And new Buddhist monastery in Woodlands.
Sembcorp Industries scours for growth overseas as local price pressures escalate
India is its next port of call.
SGX’s stellar derivatives market under threat as China A50 Index futures bag lion’s share of deals
It’s responsible for almost half of all derivatives contracts in March.
Shallow water rig builders in deep trouble on back of looming jackup glut
Day rates are also under pressure.
DBS in talks with Manulife over $1b bancassurance deal
DBS will distribute insurance products in Asia.
Discover the best-performing STI stocks in the first quarter
They averaged an 11% price gain.
Singtel's capex pressures to intensify on back of massive Trustwave acquisition
It will be loss-making in its first year.
How will Raffles Med cope as medical tourists vanish?
Local patients are now key.
Wheelock reinvents struggling Scotts Square mall with posh new tenants
It will welcome more F&B and fashion house names.
Ezra’s net profit crashed a whopping 99% to $187,000 in Q2
It also booked a net loss of $10.9m.
Singtel shells out $1.1b to snap up cybersecurity firm Trustwave
It will acquire a 98% stake in the US-based firm.
Singapore economy to post weak growth of 0.5% in 1Q15
Too close to a contraction.
Singapore’s listed banks averaged total returns of 18% over the past year
NIMS may rise in the coming quarters.
Chart of the Day: Here’s why the PMI outcome is even worse than we think
Manufacturers are now destocking.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.4%
Expect a retreat today.
Commentary
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