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Ascendas REIT's lucrative business parks under threat from acute space oversupply
Ascendas REIT's lucrative business parks under threat from acute space oversupply
The market will add 1.7m of space in two years.
Local IPO market tumbles as REIT listings vanish
There were no IPOs in Q1.
Non-landed residential home prices down 0.3% in February: NUS
Central condo prices declined 0.7%.
HDB bans subletting of industrial properties starting June
Existing contracts can be renewed until 2017.
Singapore-dollar bond markets plunged 44% to record-low $3.5b in Q1
FCL’s $700m issue is the largest deal year-to-date.
Overall business confidence plunges sharply in Q2
This is one of the lowest readings since 2Q13.
Hotel revenues, occupancy rates at risk from looming room glut
RevPAR will decline by 5%.
Commodities stage a rebound on back of softer greenback, stronger crude
Are palm oil names attractive again?
Authorities arrest consultant in alleged Petrobras bribery case, says SembMarine
Its internal investigations are still ongoing.
Chart of the Day: Property market raises red flag from a sharp rise in vacancies
Borrowing rates have also started to climb.
Daily Briefing: Singapore says goodbye to LKY; Daughter Lee Wei Ling's personal, touching eulogy
And two owners appeal ruling on Gilstead court sale.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.5%
Expect limited gains today.
Stellar Suntec REIT to underperform in 2016 on back of lacklustre office demand
Its lease-expiry profile is least favourable among office REITs.
Billions of bad debts put Gentings' VIP margins at risk
Provisioning will stay high in 2015.
Lee Kuan Yew featured on the cover of Time
He "gave prosperity at the cost of freedom".
CapitaMall Trust braces for cutthroat retail showdown as rivals launch new malls
Six of its malls are under threat.
Industrial REITs overwhelmed as space glut hits record high
41.7 million square feet of space will be added in two years.
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