News
Top 5 billionaire stocks hit average return of 49% in April
Top 5 billionaire stocks hit average return of 49% in April
Manufacturing firm Hi-P saw a skyrocketing return of 89.9% in April YTD.
S-REIT mergers to intensify after OUE deal
Potential merger candidates include trusts worth $1b and below.
Singapore launches maritime innovation lab for smart ships
The lab will feature a $9.9m Next Generation Vessel Traffic Management System Lab.
Is bigger always better? OUE's mega-merger fails to soothe investor jitters
Investors usually opt for a REIT purely focused on a particular sub-asset class.
How can companies defend themselves against transnational threats?
CEO Samu Konttinen of Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure discusses nations’ ‘new arm race’ against transnational cybersecurity issues.
Daily Briefing: CapitaLand's Ascott adds 14 new global properties; Air taxis to be trialed in southern Singapore
And data centre startup AirTrunk bags $450m to build first Singapore facility.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.31%
Expect muted gains today.
Chart of the Day: What are the top targeted M&A deals in Q1?
CapitaLand's US$7.9b acquisition of Ascendas is the largest M&A so far in SEA.
Condo resale prices up 3.5% in March
Prices of OCR condos rose 5.1%.
UOB prices US$600m notes at 3.75%
These will be rolled out by 15 April.
PMET digital job openings nearly double in 2018 as financials intensify tech hiring
There are 6,700 available positions in 2018 compared to 4,520 in 2017.
SGX on track to meet $0.31 FY19 DPS as derivatives maintain strength
This translates to a 4% dividend yield higher than the Singapore sovereign 10-year yield.
Frasers Tower sale could boost Frasers Property's EPS by $0.17-$0.20
The potential disposal could push ROE towards 10%.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.22%
Expect muted gains today.
Daily Briefing: DBS complied with rules on 2016 Hyflux bond sale: MAS; Singapore and Malaysia to replace withdrawn ILS with GPS procedures for Seletar Airport
And here's how FastGo has compromised the identities of its early sign-ups.
Chart of the Day: Top 5 S-REITs hit 20% average returns YTD
Sasseur REIT's YTD returns outgrew its peers at 25%.
Singapore and Malaysia suspend overlapping port limits
Both countries are looking to start negotiations for maritime boundary delimitation.
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