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Top five industrial stocks' average returns hit 7.2% YTD
These five have the highest ROE, averaging 15.7%.
Singapore banks ace environment sustainability survey
Only four ASEAN banks met targets.
Daily Briefing: Singapore banks on private sector to plug SEA infra gap; Coworking space for healthtech startups launched
And Freepoint Commodities will begin supplying very low-sulfur fuel oil to Singapore in Q4.
Chart of the Day: Foreigners snapped up 18% of total apartment purchases in Q2
There was a surge of demand from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.24%
Singtel led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 0.94% climb.
Tripartite Workgroup eyes first changes to retirement age by 2022
This is to give way to improvements in workers’ life expectancy.
4 in 5 firms to cut legal costs in 2 years: survey
20% of local companies outlined cutbacks of up to a tenth of current legal fees.
Fintech employers eye upsizing staff in next 12 months: survey
Over 1 in 5 employers expects their workforce to double after 36 months.
Listed utility firms' returns hit 13.2% in July
The three top-performing stocks had total returns of 19.9%.
Singapore VC fund manager tops global consistency rankings
All three of East Ventures’ funds were in the top quartile of returns with over 20% internal rate of return.
Shell launches electric vehicle charging service
It will be available at ten of its stations by October.
ST Engineering's half-year order book hit record-high of $15.6b
Around $3.8b of it is expected to be delivered in the second half of the year.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.43%
Genting Singapore led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 2.29% climb.
Chart of the Day: Industrial property prices down 0.2% in H1
Multiple-user factories in areas with heavy industries led the decline.
Daily Briefing: Gold investors flee to Singapore amidst Hong Kong unrest; Property portal 99.co raises $20.8m in Series B round
And waste management firm Blue Planet bought Globecycle Holdings for an undisclosed sum.
30,000 households to benefit from lower preschool fees
The government is also increasing college bursaries by up to 95%.
Commentary
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