Singapore

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.24%

The thawing US-China trade tensions may boost local sentiment.

Are retail rents bottoming out?

Rents fell 1% in 2018, marking a slowdown from the 4.7% and 8.3% declines for 2017 and 2016.

Industrial leases leaped 14.6% to 10,473 in 2018

Occupancy rates edged up 0.4 ppt to 89.3% amidst an increase in monthly rents.

Retail investment sales crashed 43.3% to $1.42b in 2018

H2 2018 featured majority stake sales of major suburban malls, including I12 Katong and Westgate.

Jardine Matheson profits crashed 56% to US$1.73b in 2018

It was hit by restructuring charges from Dairy Farm’s Southeast Asia Food business.

Citi enables credit card spend on recurring, big-ticket items

Users can use PayAll for rent and education and earn rewards.

First Resources' profits dipped 12.9% to $162.3m in 2018

Growth in production volumes outweighed overall sales volumes during the year.

City Developments buys UK freehold site for $27.5m

It plans to develop a 664-unit build-to-rent residential project at the 193,752 sqft site.

URA launches Clementi Avenue 1 residential site for sale via public tender

The 16,542.7 sqm site can potentially yield 640 residential units.

More than half of Singapore's CFO are willing to hire ‘job hoppers': poll

Job hopping is more prevalent in the finance and accounting industry.

GIC helped crypto exchange Coinbase raise US$300m: report

The funding boosted Coinbase’s valuation to US$8b.