Singapore
Chart of the Day: High-tech industrial rental growth set to outpace logistics
E-commerce is steadily driving leasing activity.
Is Singapore's demographic a ticking time bomb for businesses?
This generation is living longer than ever before. In Singapore, life expectancy at birth for men is 80 and women is 85 (as of 2015). This is compared to a life expectancy of 59 for men in 1960 and 63 for women. Medical innovations, as well as more awareness of how to live healthily and the importance of having an active mind are often attributed to our longer lives.
Daily Briefing: Asia's ultra-rich fuel Singapore's family office boom; Singtel joins $38.47m funding for US startup
And Park Esta opens showflat for preview.
Singapore and Chongqing form fintech alliance
Chongqing and Singapore will work together to apply FinTech solutions to make STC hassle free, safe and cost efficient for stakeholders.
Manufacturing PMI falls to 51.9 in October
The factory output index is at its lowest since July 2017.
The Instagram shake-up: What businesses need to know
On the whole, Singapore has a high (84%) penetration of internet users (4.83M), with 83% (4.8M users) who are on social media, and 95% of these social media users accessing social media sites daily. That’s really high.
Yongnam bags contracts worth $53.4m
Amongst the projects is to design and build a four-storey regional HQ.
Qualifying cross-border financing deals with Chongqing hit $5.78b in August
Bond issuance by Chinese issuers in Singapore almost doubled in 2017 to reach $18b.
Singapore Post Q2 profits slipped 12.9% to $25.15m
Its stake in an associated company was diluted, making it ineligible for equity accounting.
New Zealand beats Singapore in ease of doing business rankings
Singapore can improve by making property registration and electricity application easier.
Mapletree Logistics Trust to lease newly-bought Vietnamese warehouse to Unilever
It bought a warehouse in Binh Duong province for $43m.
Sembcorp Industries Q3 profits slipped 11.6% to $82.33m
It blamed its marine segment upon the sale of a semi-submersible and continued low business volume.
SGX unveils 10 new leveraged exposure products
It will let SIP-qualified investors take long or short positions with leverage on the daily performance of the underlying stocks.
StarHub to pull the plug on cable services in 2019
It is ushering its customers to an all-fibre network for more efficient services.
OCBC profits jumped 12% to $1.25b in Q3
Net interest income grew 9% to $1.51b.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.39%
Expect muted gains today.
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