News
Foreign direct investment from Singapore fell 11.79% to US$24.7b
Foreign direct investment from Singapore fell 11.79% to US$24.7b
This was due to a significant fall in foreign direct investments in the financial sector.
Grab's $500m syndicated facility deal 2.5 times oversubscribed
The deal will fund Grab Car’s vehicle fleet.
Keppel expects $43m gain from $205m sale of Shenyang township project
It said it is recycling assets for higher returns.
Ascendas Hospitality Trust buys 3 Osaka hotels for $126.1m
All 3-star hotels offer 518 rooms in total.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.05%
Investors are urged to take caution.
Daily Briefing: Singapore asset managers drop some Malaysian bonds over 1MDB scandal; NSE tries to lure investors after SGX fallout
And Google’s new hire highlights its hiring raid on Singapore banks.
Chart of the Day: Singapore-listed equity raising in H1 jumped 208.6% to $4.33b
It was bolstered by follow-on offerings with proceeds worth $3.79b.
Singapore's Ho Bee Land buys London Grade A office tower for $1.16b
The property, Ropemaker Place, is 21 stories high and 602,000 sqft large.
SGX to list Nifty contracts after August amidst arbitration
The hearings after arbitration are expected to start early-2019.
SGD bond markets down 41.9% to $7.5b YTD
LTA’s $1.2b bond offering is 2018’s largest so far.
Industrials led Singapore's cross-border IPOs in H1
They had a market share of 39% and total proceeds of US$36m.
Bond offerings rose 0.7% to US$14.4b YTD
Proceeds declined by 18.6% to US$6.5b as the end of Q2 approaches.
Volatile pharma and food could dent NODX growth in May
Moody’s forecasts it could fall to 5.5%.
Singapore Press Holdings' print revenue could fall by 10% in Q3
Its page count was still down by 12.5%.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.05%
DBS led the loses with 1.95%.
Chart of the Day: Startups embracing co-working spaces could save as much as $4,000
An average hot desk costs $489 monthly.
Daily Briefing: Singapore trails behind Hong Kong in offshore wealth management; Sea prices $500m convertible note
And following Amber45's strong sales, UOL is launching another condo that could go for $1,400 psf.
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