Singapore

Tech upstarts woo locals as retail banking customer satisfaction falls

65% are interested in opening digital bank accounts, up from 52% in the previous year.

Tech upstarts woo locals as retail banking customer satisfaction falls

65% are interested in opening digital bank accounts, up from 52% in the previous year.

South Asia GDP may moderate to 5.1% in FY2019-20

Ongoing security concerns may hinder growth, but infra spending could provide support.

Charting the rise of wine investment in APAC

Investing in fine wine can help in hedging inflation risk.

Perennial Real Estate Holdings Q2 profits down 74.9% to $2.17m

However, revenue surged 52.4% thanks to contributions from Capitol Singapore and its hospital in China.

HSBC Singapore rolls out mortgage for Australian homes

It will initially be available to properties in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

StarHub profits down 36.1% to $39.5m in Q2

Lower revenues from mobile, pay TV, broadband, and equipment sales hit earnings.

Singapore hit by farm-to-market food losses worth $2.54b

393,000 tonnes of food loss occurs during upstream and midstream from imported foods and local farms.

SGX and India's NSE receive greenlight to set up joint financial center

The NSE IFSC-SGX Connect aims to launch before end-2020.

New business premiums in life insurance down 2% to $1.97b in H1

The decline in single premium policies dragged half-year figures.

OUE H-Trust NPI dips 4.5% to $25.3m in Q2

Quarterly income was hit by a weaker hospitality business and high vacancies in prime retail malls.

CapitaLand profits down 5.3% to $875.4m in H1

Home sales in its core markets of Singapore and China declined.

Chart of the Day: Life insurance industry workforce hits 8,282 in H1

The number of tied representatives also fell to 15,117.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.75%

Singtel led the gains with a 3.03% increase.

6.6 million of global international arrivals came from Singapore in 2018: report

Singaporean travellers contributed $8.43b to total travel expenditure worldwide.

Genting Singapore may shell out $1b in FY2019 capex: analyst

The firm is likely to incur $250m per quarter for land acquisition alone.

MAS and SGX RegCo launch trade surveillance practices guide

It encourages proper recordkeeping and periodic quality assurance reviews on compliance reports.