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Top ten manufacturing stocks averaged 48% total returns in 2019

AEM Holdings leads the pack with a 154% full-year total return.

Top ten manufacturing stocks averaged 48% total returns in 2019

AEM Holdings leads the pack with a 154% full-year total return.

Singapore's most influential lawyers aged 40 and under for 2019

They specialise in various areas such as dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, M&A, amongst others.

iEdge SG Real Estate 20 Index posted total return of 20.2% YTD

The best-performing stock amongst the constituents is Mapletree Logistics Trust.

Telco market's margins to narrow as more MVNOs launch in 2020

TPG is also tipped to launch its commercial mobile service in Q1.

Top five industrials stocks averaged total return 34.1% YTD

CITIC Envirotech leads the pack with a total return of 44.9%.

Singapore banks to record flat EPS growth in 2020

Any revenue expansion will be offset by increases in credit costs.

German SMEs tap into Singapore market

Over 1,800 German firms in Singapore from the industrial sector are looking to expand into the ASEAN.

Luxury homes flourish amidst renewed vigour from ultra-rich foreign buyers

Transactions are back to pre-2007 crisis levels as billionaires hedge for potential losses amidst uncertainties.

Total returns of top 50 stocks hit 12% QTD

Seven firms are noted to have higher total returns compared to the best-performing trust.

Singapore falls to fifth place in top cities rankings

This was blamed on tighter competition across major Asian cities.

Businesses turn bullish for Q1 2020

Local firms have positive outlook for five in six indicators.

PMI rose 0.2 points to 49.8 in November

Factory output and inventory sped up in expansion.

Buyback value soars threefold to $52m in November

Keppel REIT led the pack at $28.63m or 51.29 million shares.

Strata-titled retail unit sales crashed 55.3% to $64.3m in Q3

There were 46 caveats lodged in the same quarter, which is 36.1% lower than in Q2.

Real wages tipped to grow 3.6% in 2020

Across Asia, real-wage salaries are expected to show the highest growth at 3.1%.