News
Daily Briefing: Online shopping scams spike 13.4%; Home prices still lacklustre despite recovering demand
And Singapore rolls out $450 lift enhancement scheme.
SIA's lacklustre August traffic, yields signal waning demand
Pax traffic's 6.8% tumble is a four year low.
SIA's net profit feared to nosedive to $485m in 2017
How badly will SIA Engineering and SATS be hurt?
Lull's over for Sheng Siong as it faces potential threats from e-commerce players
Online grocery suppliers are not affected by space and location constraints.
3 in 5 Singaporeans insist that prejudice against women still exists
More than half claim there are few women in management positions.
Swiber default pushes MAS to second-guess accredited investor regime
Investors will be offered to “opt in” to accredited status.
Should SingPost fret over Alibaba's acquisition of Lazada?
With Lazada’s expected sales volume surge, it shouldn’t.
Singapore M&A deal value plunges 17.1% to US$37.5b in the first nine months of 2016
This is the lowest since 2013.
Singapore lags China, US in online retail sales
The city state’s e-commerce penetration is at 3.4%.
Singapore economy hotels hardest hit by market uncertainties
Economy hotels posted 3.2% decline in RevPar in 1H.
Downward pressure on home prices intensifies as more projects face ABSD deadlines
5 projects nearing Jan2017 deadline remain unsold.
Singapore Parliament to review proposed changes to accredited-investor regime
It aims to protect the semi-rich investors.
Chart of the day: Resale property transactions at its best since 2013
It spiked 30% YoY in August.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.87%
Expect a correction in the local bourse today.
Daily Briefing: Singapore grants troubled Hanjin port access; Large hedge funds set up units in the city state
Bond regulators are urged to revisit definition of “accredited" investor.
GuocoLand's trading volume skyrockets to 6.95m
It jumped 10 times its three month average.
Commentary
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