Stocks
SGX's Asian FX futures volume rose 44% in 2019
SGX's Asian FX futures volume rose 44% in 2019
Asian FX futures recorded a total of $1.8t for the year.
282 shareholders to get cold shoulder from LifeBrandz' share consolidation
The travel agency firm plans to consolidate 50 existing ordinary shares into one.
Buyback consideration hit $29.9m in January
OCBC bought back 750,000 shares for $8.25m.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.19%
DBS saw the sharpest decline amongst top active stocks with a 1.85% fall.
SGX adds coal firm Resources Global Development to Catalist
The company opened today at $0.210.
PACC Offshore to delist from SGX
Bid vehicle Quetzal capital and its concert parties now hold 96.48% of POSH’s shares.
Risk management solution buys to boost SGX's profits
Scientific Beta grew its assets under replication by 10 times in four years.
SGX buys 93% stake in index provider Scientific Beta for $280m
This will expand its Data, Connectivity and Indices business.
SGX's profit up 14% to $213.3m in H1 FY2020
Equities contributed to over 70% of the exchange’s revenue.
Yanlord's cash offer for UEL shares comes to an end
It will have control of 96% of UEL’s ordinary shares.
CITIC Envirotech to delist from SGX on 23 January
This follows after it stated that they will not extend its exit offer.
Daily Briefing: GIC to invest in Central Retail's IPO; Nomura to hire private bankers in Singapore amidst wealth management push
And Singapore Tourism Board taps on halal travel boom.
Top ten agriculture and F&B stocks averaged total return of 13% in 2019
ThaiBev led the ten with a 49% total return.
SGX RegCo proposes to require listed firms to have a Singapore-registered auditor
The regulator aims to strengthen auditor accountability and investor confidence.
Daily Briefing: Local listings snub Singapore for Hong Kong; Impact investor IIX closes $12m Women's Livelihood Bond 2
And Bank of Singapore hires Nomura’s wealth management head.
Citic Envirotech share trading halts after losing free float status
The company is no longer extending its exit offer beyond 17 January.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.14%
DBS led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 0.58% expansion.
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