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Singaporeans expect higher prices amidst trade tensions
Singaporeans expect higher prices amidst trade tensions
They think inflation will rise to 3.43% in a year.
More than half of retail investors distrust the financial industry
Only one in ten believe that financial advisers always put their clients first.
Chart of the Day: Shipyard orders could reach $6b total in 2018
Analysts gauge orders worth $3b each for Keppel and Sembmarine within the year.
Daily Briefing: GIC eyes sale of private equity portfolio for US$2b; Singapore's online sales measure is a win for Asia
And here's why Grab and Uber need to review their deal to avoid derailment.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.94%
Investors are cautious over concerns towards geopolitical tensions.
Value of Singapore's pharma market hit $1.22b in 2017: BMI Research
Biopharmaceutical giants continued to choose Singapore as the site for their manufacturing headquarters.
What's next after the MAS tightening?
Analysts are divided on whether the tightening will continue in October or not.
Competition watchdog bans Grab from using Uber's data to win market
It also wanted Grab and Uber to retain their pre-transaction pricing and product options for riders and drivers.
Total orders for Singapore shipyards in Q1 reverse 3-year slump
Keppel and Sembmarine's order books could already be at $4b and $3.5, respectively.
Singapore GDP up 4.3% in Q1 2018
This was bolstered by the manufacturing sector, which grew 10.1%.
Chart of the Day: See how the S$NEER moved up before policy tightening
A decline in early 2018 saw the US dollar's weakness against the Singapore dollar.
Daily Briefing: 75% of Noble creditors commit to restructuring deal; Why MAS has no key rate
And here is a Singaporean venture capitalist's investment in an Irish "agtech" firm.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.32%
Expect some good news today.
MAS refuses to compel banks to divulge open banking data
The central bank is taking a more organic approach, enabling banks to share data on their own.
Lian Beng unit SLB Development eyes Catalist listing
It plans to offer 238 million shares for 23 cents each.
DBS launches online remittance service for non-customers
Users can send money to Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, the UK, and the US.
CapitaLand could have offered JP Morgan discounted rents for CapitaSpring
Analysts think the rents could have hit $12-$14 psf/month for nearly 25% of the property's leasable area.
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