News
Office prices down 4% in Q1: URA
The amount of occupied office space fell 7,000 sqm.
Private home prices slipped 1% in Q1: URA
Both landed and non-landed properties saw declines.
Grab introduces non-emergency transport service
More than 250 driver-partners rostered for the 24-hour service.
SGX's profits up 38% to $137.48m in Q3
Revenues from equities, FICC and data, connectivity and indices operations rose.
HDB resale prices remained flat in Q1
There have been a few major price fluctuations, even as volumes continue to fall.
Consumer spending growth may lag at 1.8% in 2020
Spending behaviour continues to show drastic changes.
Close to 7 in 10 expect business environment to deteriorate in H2
Around 76% expect revenue to contract in 2020. About 69% of Singapore’s occupier clients expect the business environment to deteriorate in H2 2020, according to CBRE. This comes on the back of the lingering economic impact from theCOVID-19 pandemic. In addition, 76% surveyed expect revenue to contract in 2020, with most of them expecting a contraction between 10% to 30%. Seventy-seven percent have not been offered any relief measures by landlords, whilst 35% have commenced talks with landlords about it. Furthermore, 69% of Singapore respondents’ leasing decisions were also impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, putting expansion plans and site visits on hold. As a result of the ongoing circuit breaker period, 96% of respondents now plan to increase their investment in tech to support remote working and business continuity planning (BCP) after the pandemic.
Chart of the Day: Industrial tenancies down 37.6% in Q1
Rental transactions fell as manufacturing firms halted physical footprint expansions.
Daily Briefing: Sembcorp subsidiary terminates deal with Hin Leong; New circuit breaker deemed “unclear” by some F&B businesses
And FairPrice introduces 'store on wheels' to residents.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.3%
Biolidics saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 34.87% contraction.
Industrial space prices down 0.7% in Q1: JTC
The COVID situation could affect the completion of 1.9 million annual supply of industrial space.
Consumer prices dipped 0.2% in March
The costs of private transport and services continue to drop.
Almost half of employers to amp up tech investments after pandemic
40% say they are fully equipped to support remote work schemes.
Financial transactions grew by 40% in Q1: OCBC
Customer usage of digital banking services increased.
CapitaLand Retail China Trust's tenant sales down 42.5% YoY in Q1
Only 34% of its stores were open on 15 February.
Sensorflow bags $11.83m in series A+ funding
Funds will be used in developing solutions for HVAC systems.
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