Singapore
Over 4 in 5 employers willing to hire overseas returnees: report
Recruiters place high value on cross-cultural awareness.
Over 4 in 5 employers willing to hire overseas returnees: report
Recruiters place high value on cross-cultural awareness.
Condo rents up 0.8% in July
CCR led the price hike on monthly and yearly basis, boosted by supply and demand factors.
Fintech funding nearly quadrupled to US$453m in first six months of 2019
The number of deals surged 55% to 48.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.68%
YZJ Shipbuilding led the declines amongst top active stock with a 17.31% crash.
Chart of the Day: New industrial supply to hit 18.8 million sqft in 2020
Almost half of it will be from multiple-user factories.
Daily Briefing: 50 firms raise retirement or re-employment ages; Moov seeks license to expand 1,000-bike fleet
And NUS researchers invent “smart” clothing that boosts bluetooth and wifi connectivity.
Sembcorp profits up 20% to $98m in Q2
However, revenue fell 33% due to lower turnovers from its energy and marine units.
Singapore ranks second in Asia where companies see the largest BRI opportunity: survey
Organisations also hailed Singapore as amongst the top governments to partner with.
OUE executive chairman buys Nassim Road GCB for $95m
The consideration is 10.1% higher than the property’s average market value of $86.25m.
CapitaLand to invest $5m to upskill workforce
Courses will be offered at the CapitaLand Institute of Management and Business.
First Resources profits down 54% to $40.54m in H1
Higher sales failed to fully offset the impact of weaker palm oil prices.
Proptech firm Ohmyhome adds renovation and moving services to mobile app
The platform now offers a total of ten services.
MAS slaps prohibition orders against three individuals for insider trading
They engaged in a 7-year front-running arrangement resulting in profits of $8.07m.
Golden Agri Resources' loss widens 70.7% to $64.45m in H1
Softer crude palm oil (CPO) prices continued to drag on earnings.
GIC and PE firm Silver Lake seek to extract $1.25b debt-funded payout from DNA analysis firm
If approved, it would be one of the year’s largest dividend funded by junk debt.
Manulife US REIT NPI up 30.8% to $72.46m in Q2
Contributions from acquisitions like Centerpointe and Penn and Phipps boosted income.
Why new insurers are growing rapidly in Singapore despite low-cost offerings
The market share of FWD and Budget Direct, which both entered the market in 2016, have grown 2,704% and 7,400% respectively.