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Chart of the Day: Office premises capital values show signs of softening
Chart of the Day: Office premises capital values show signs of softening
Capital values succumbed to the pressure from the continued easing in office rents in 2Q to record its first correction in 2.5 years, says Colliers International.
DBS surges to record profits in India
DBS Bank India grew its net profits a staggering 164% in what appears to be a payoff for aggressive expansion.
Property auction market to recover in 2H12
Auction activities in 2H 2012 are projected to turn in more than S$30 million worth of sales transactions.
Property shocker: Only 10 out of 198 auctioned properties were sold in 1H12
This marks the second lowest sales value garnered since the global financial crisis in 2008.
Funds raised by Asian IPOs surge 87% to US$14.5b
And Singapore Exchange is among the top 12 exchanges by the number of deals and capital raised with four listings raising US$349m.
Singapore bond issuance reaches a record US$14.4b
DBS topped the Singaporean-issued bonds underwriting this year.
Education in Singapore to get pricier for non-citizens
International students face a monthly increase of $115-250 in school fees while permanent residents will pay $50-80 more in 2013.
Singapore’s real estate market ranks 13th most transparent globally
No Asian city earned a spot in the top 10 - will Singapore be the first one to make it?
Singapore surprisingly lags as most targeted nation for SE Asia M&As
You’ll never guess who beat Singapore with a whopping $12bn M&A volume in 1H12.
Hopes fade as electronics production slumps further
The 7% MoM plunge puts the sustained recovery of the sector in question.
Sembcorp Marine underperforms Keppel: OCBC
The analyst believes though that the trend may reverse in the near-term - but on what grounds?
Chart of the Day: Transport CPI inflation remains high at 7.5%
‘Sky-high’ COE premium is the main culprit, says DBS.
$20M invested in media talent and enterprise productivity
Government thinks this will be enough to raise media worker productivity to $119,700 value added from $98,500 by 2013.
Manufacturing grew a decent 6.6% in May
Transport engineering and biomedical manufacturing sub-sectors led the surge with more than 30% growth each.
Rents saw another decline but barely significant
Rents slipped to 1.2%--a measly improvement compared to the 4.2% fall in the last three months.
Singapore industrial production finally recovers after two disappointing months
IPI rose by 6.6% in May, thanks to the pharmaceuticals and transport engineering segments.
Real estate woes top Singaporeans’ retirement worries
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