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Singapore dollar slips on surprise monetary policy shift
Singapore dollar slips on surprise monetary policy shift
The USD/SGD jumped to a high of 1.3570 this morning.
Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust’s net property income up 10.2% to $59.3m in Q3
Thanks to higher tenant sales.
Starhill Global REIT’s net property income up 2% to $39.6m in Q4
On back of robust performance of its Singapore properties.
CDL Hospitality Trusts’ net property income up 6% to $38.6m in Q4
On back of bigger contributions from its Maldives resorts.
MAS eases monetary policy stance to curb SGD volatility
The NEER’s slope will be flattened.
Daily Briefing: Singapore beefs up national cyber security with new agency; HDB awards land parcel in Yishun
And sales of repossessed units could rise by 33%.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.4%
Expect a pullback today.
Chart of the Day: Take a look at how local productivity has crashed since restructuring began
These figures are far from the government target.
Floundering Tigerair declawed by fierce regional budget carriers
It will cease to be an aviation player in the next couple of years.
To buy or not to buy: Will shareholders bite Keppel Land’s $3b privatisation bid?
The deal might succeed, but near-term fundamentals are unattractive.
Which developers will benefit most from KepLand’s $3b buyout deal?
KepLand investors will redeploy capital into these stocks.
Extremely understaffed services industry in need of almost 54,000 workers
4 out of 5 job vacancies were from this industry.
Massive flat glut looms with over 24,000 empty private condos islandwide
Overall vacancy rate spiked to 7.8% in Q4.
Upward GDP revision on the cards on back of stronger IP index
GDP growth might register at 3%.
Ten-fold rise in default auctions in 2014 confirms anemic property market
Amid government measures to curb lending.
OUE’s FY14 revenue of $71.5m falls short of analyst expectations
Due to a weaker than anticipated contribution from Lippo Plaza.
Tigerair’s Singapore-focused strategy brings up passenger yield by 4.9%
Its alliance with Scoot and SIA will bring even more traffic.
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