News
Chart of the Day: See the rebound in Singapore's business loans this year
Chart of the Day: See the rebound in Singapore's business loans this year
As companies push for greater productivity.
Daily Briefing: More interim flats for couples; Bank lending in Singapore remained flat in September;
And reservists who skip Individual Physical Proficiency Test thrice forced to attend fitness boot camp.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.2%
Expect more good news today.
M1 launches new data centre and enhanced cloud services for SMEs
Technology upgrades aimed at powering SME growth.
Singapore casinos' medium-term growth, profits threatened by regional competition
Potential changes to gaming policies also worrisome.
UOB pins growth hopes on wealth management and fee income
But Asian slowdown will be a drag.
Why Singapore developers are in worse funding shape than REITs
Former has more short term refinancing needs.
City Developments diversification strategy won't plug Singapore market decline
At least in the short term horizon.
Singapore accountants to toughen up against money laundering
Enhanced controls and procedures to be imposed.
OCBC Group's 3Q net profit after tax up 62% to $1.23b
What spurred on the earnings spike?
Singapore snags top spot in easiest business hubs ranking
Hong Kong comes 2 notches below.
OSIM’s 3Q earnings down 27.8% as chairs remain unsold
And TWG Tea incurs expansion costs.
ISEC Healthcare’s share price up 25% upon IPO’s opening bell
It stayed within the day’s top ten volume makers.
Not-so-great: OCBC’s Great Eastern profits plunge 31.2% in 2014
Blame the financial markets.
Chart of the Day: See the upswing in CBD Grade A office rents in the run up to 2016’s supply deluge
Average transacted rents in 3Q increased by $0.41 psf.
Daily Briefing: Project delays caused by tighter rules on foreign labour; KL-Singapore high-speed rail may hit air sector
And Alibaba’s Jack Ma tops China Rich List.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.5%
It’s okay to expect a turnaround this morning.
Commentary
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