Singapore

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.15%

Today’s tone is expected to remain cautious.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.15%

Today’s tone is expected to remain cautious.

Chart of the Day: Property buyers from Taiwan and Korea grew in Q1

But China remains as the top foreign property buyer in the country.

Developer sales fell 75.5% to 444 units in April

76.1% of the units sold for the month were previously launched in 2018.

Taxing times for SMEs

Globalisation of the economy has resulted in a shift in the way Singapore corporations operate – from local country-specific business models, to global integrated supply chains which centralise functions at a regional or global level.

UOB to reduce reliance on Singapore

Nearly half or 40% of total group operating profit already comes outside Singapore.

First Resources' profits dropped 55.7% to US$12.29m

It blamed weaker palm oil prices despite higher sales volumes.

US-based cloud firm Druva opens Singapore office

It plans to boost its network of over 600 customers in the Asia Pacific region.

Edtech startup Geniebook raises $1.5m in pre-series A funding round

It will expand its data science and curriculum team to upgrade its learning platform.

AA REIT to buy Australia light industrial facility for $36.92m

The property sits on a 3.33-ha freehold site with a net lettable area of 14,833 sqm.

SingPost ties up with Synagie to provide on-demand warehousing

SMEs can acquire integrated warehousing services on a pay-as-you-use basis.

Condo rents rose 2.4% in April

Rents in the CCR led the increase at 2.8%.

EC World REIT buys Fuzhou E-commerce properties for $220.97m

The 214,284-sqm property has a three-storey warehouse and two 14-storey support buildings.

Hyflux refutes reports of Utico's binding offer submission

It only received a draft from the Middle Eastern utility’s advisors.

Yanlord Group profits fell 59% to $64.3m in Q1

Gross floor area delivered to customers shrank from 83,867 sqm to 68,737 sqm.

Singtel's profits crashed 43.5% to $3.10b in FY2019

Its underlying net profit dipped 21% as its Airtel business continued to incur losses.