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Grade A office space average rent up 2.3% QoQ to $10.46: JLL
Grade A office space average rent up 2.3% QoQ to $10.46: JLL
It is the fastest office rent growth since the second quarter of 2021.
Maritime Week: SG to sign declaration on green shipping
Minister Iswaran said this is part of Singapore’s decarbonisation agenda.
CapitaLand Development clinches 2 residential sites in China for $748m
CLD said it will build 1,581 homes on the two sites.
Market Update: STI up 0.31%
The trading week ended with Dairy Farm on top and SATS on the bottom.
Private residential property index up by 0.4% in Q1 2022
It shows a slower rise compared to 5.0% increase in the previous quarter.
HDB flat prices dip in Q122 'expected': experts
The most prominent reason given was the cooling measures since December 2021.
SGX Group, UK gov’t programme partner to deploy public capital markets
It will mobilise public capital markets to support sustainable goals in Asia.
MAS, BIS develop prototype supervisory analytics platform
Project Ellipse aims to identify potential risks to individual banks and the banking system.
Keppel to divest its logistics businesses for $80m
This transaction includes Keppel Logistics' businesses in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.
Singtel’s Australia Tower Network, AustralianSuper to acquire Axicom for $3.63b
Following the acquisition, Singtel’s shareholding in the merged ATN-Axicom biz will be 18%.
UOB issues $2.1b total worth of notes
The notes are under the US$30b Global Medium Term Note Programme.
First REIT prices $100m of healthcare social bonds at 3.25%
The bonds will be issued on or around 7 April.
Keppel O&M, Sembcorp Marine mull definitive agreement by April 30
The companies said they have made “significant progress” in their negotiations.
MAS, BIS Innovation Hub develop prototype analytics platform for banking supervision
The platform integrates regulatory data and analytics.
Market update: STI down 0.69%
Only five companies were on the green.
Singapore has the highest desktop display ad fraud rates: IAS
Ad fraud rates in desktop display was at 4.1% in Singapore.
Measures to safeguard SG energy security extended until 30 June: EMA
This is on the back of the global energy crunch and Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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