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Singapore inks PASFTA with Latin America

This is to establish new trade linkages with the region.

Novo Tellus Alpha Acquisition opens at $5 in SGX debut

It’s the third SPAC to be listed on the mainboard.

Singapore EDB lures $11.8b in fixed asset investments in 2021

The investments are expected to create over 17,000 jobs.

Mapletree Commercial Trust NPI up 5.6% YoY to hit $291.31m in FY21/22

Thanks to the higher compensation received from lease pre-terminations.

A framework for sustainability for data centres

Schneider Electric - The issue of sustainability has become increasingly urgent as accelerating climate change threatens human societies and the planet with a potentially irreversible threat. Abnormally hot and cold temperatures have resulted in millions of deaths globally, and the latest Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) now warns (pdf) that we might exceed two degrees Celsius increase in temperature by 2100.

Enhancing UPS management with battery status monitoring

What is true in business management is also true in IT systems: If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. For infrastructure managers, the ability to achieve uptime and performance can be severely diminished without complete visibility into the state of their infrastructure. What’s more, poor visibility translates into more site visits to troubleshoot or restore systems, dramatically increasing operating cost.

AA REIT’s net profit jumps 14.5% to $27.07m in Q3 FY22

This brought the REIT’s distributions to unitholders to $16.7m.

2021 GDP growth forecast raised to 7.3%

This is on the back of a 15.5% YoY expansion of industrial production Q4 2021.

MAS to further steepen S$NEER gradient in April: analysts

This is despite MAS’ surprise-off cycle tightening in January.

Market update: STI up 0.79%

Wilmar International had the most growth.

UOB projects Budget 2021 deficit at $5.8b

The value is 1.1% of Singapore's GDP.

Singapore manufacturing output up 15.6% YoY in December 2021

Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output grew by 5%. 

Suntec REIT DPU up 17.1% YoY to 8.67 cents for FY21

The result was due to a higher distribution income of $129m.

Mapletree Industrial Trust DPU grows 6.4% in Q3 FY21/22

The growth was supported by the portfolio acquisition of data centres in North America.

KPMG answers 5 FAQs on SG Carbon Tax

Some of the questions were about the tax rate and scope.