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Office property market is not overheating after all
Office property market is not overheating after all
Thanks to competition for tenants, rental growth of Grade A office space has been in check.
Benchmarking elevates private homes resale prices
What grew the fastest was the resale price of leasehold condominiums in suburban areas, with 3.9% quarter-on-quarter increase.
Asia Pac mergers and acquisitions up 21% to $282.9bn
And China leads with $84.3bn in 1H 2011.
Asia Pac loan volume reached $180bn in 1H 2011
And you’ll never guess which country led with a 22% share.
Asia Pac debt markets boom 19% to a record $348.9bn
China led the region with $112.4bn and accounted for 32% of Asia Pacific (ex Japan) DCM volume in 1H 2011.
Turning the tide: NOL carries more cargo
And NOL has higher volumes on intra-Asia and Asia-Europe routes to thank.
Land deal with Malaysia to work under one condition: analyst
Absorption of the upcoming supply is forecast to be manageable, although analyst says there should be this one little assumption.
$400 million to be spent on urban sustainability R&D
This amidst what are said to be increasingly scarcer resources and tighter land constraints.
SGX ensures transparency in Singapore government bonds trading
Banks to provide market making and brokers to increase liquidity and facilitate buying and selling of SGS bonds.
Green Beans: SGX wants companies to account for sustainability
All listed companies in Singapore must now produce a guide on their green and good works, as well as their hard numbers.
1500 banking bean counters wanted for Ernst & Young’s new Financial Services Organisation
It’s billed as the first such centre in the region and will be spearheaded by Keith Pogson.
Singapore ranks third for in-bound mergers and acquisitions
Singapore did M&A volume of $2.1bn in 2011, but guess who got the top spot?
Asian debt toll: Local currency debt surged by a record 7%, or $183.2bn in 2011
This is driven by record issuance in RMB and South Korean won with $94.5bn and $51.2bn respectively.
Asia Pac ETF assets up by 10.9% to US$59.0 Bn in May
In 2011 YTD, the number of ETFs increased by 29.5% with 59 new ETFs launched.
NOL’s belt tightening results in lower fuel surcharge
Its container shipping line APL is ‘slow-steaming’ or reducing vessel speed to cut fuel consumption and control costs.
"The price is right": Not for Good Class Bungalows
Offer and asking prices are said to be not seeing eye to eye.
Job opening: ride managers
Theme park operators have six months from 1 July 2011 to appoint one as part of new regulations.
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