Singapore

Singapore's regulatory environment drives financial institutions to do business

Singapore's regulatory environment drives financial institutions to do business

94% of survey respondents believe Singapore's liberal investment regimes and regulatory frameworks encourage investors.

Major investment transactions for industrial properties up to $835.7mln

CBRE expects rents for factories to continue to rise at slower pace in fourth quarter.

Available property investment capital targeting Asia up 29%

DTZ Research predicts 22% increase in available capital for global real estate investment next year to US$281bln

SPH reports record $1.38bln revenue

The group achieved $39.3mln investment income for FY 2010, a turnaround from $6.2mln loss for FY 2009.

Singapore Exchange to list NetEase

SGX's Asian time trade will enhance NetEase's exposure and recognition in Asia Pacific.

Friven & Co. and Wee Care to develop Hi-5 inspired pre-school centre

Wee Care adapts popular edutainment programme to develop unique curriculum to motivate young children to learn.

Darco upbeat on Taiwan electronics manufacturers

Company targets increasing market share by revenue in Taiwan's industrial sector to 45% from 30%.

Wilmar barely affected by Indonesian moratorium

The company believes Indonesia has enough non-forest degraded lands to accommodate growth of plantation businesses.

Singapore Mercantile Exchange lists Trafigura as trade member

Non-ferrous and oil trader capitalises on Asian players who want access to liquid electronic derivatives market.

COSCO Guangdong delivers 57,000 dwt vessel to European buyer

18.00 meters high, 32.26 meters wide, and 189.99 meters long bulk carrier is named ALMYROS.

Mapletree Industrial to raise $1.19 in IPO

Offers 594,913,000 units with total gross proceeds of about S$1.19bln to be raised starting on Wednesday.

HTC launches Windows Phone 7 smartphones in Singapore

HTC 7 Mozart, HTC 7 Trophy and HTC HD7 are powered by Microsoft's response to competition

Sembcorp Marine Strikes S$351 Million FPSO Conversion Deal

The Jurong Shipyard will convert an oil tanker to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for Teekay Petrojarl Production AS.

Hiring in Singapore back to pre-crisis levels

Hays Quarterly Report reveals tight job market and shortage in construction due to the ongoing Circle Line project.

Global Logistic Properties tags IPO price S$1.96 per share

GLP eyes raising $3bln in its IPO that will begin on 18 October.

SPRING sets up enterprise development centres for SMEs

EDCs to conduct workshops to educate SMEs on productivity and to tap available government assistance schemes.

Keppel seals S$341mln deal for UK energy-from-waste project

Runcorn plants to have capacity to treat 750,000 tonnes of waste yearly and generate 70MW electricity.