Singapore

Youth employment rate falls to 34.1% in June

Declines are set to continue in the future as they are postponing work for further studies.

Youth employment rate falls to 34.1% in June

Declines are set to continue in the future as they are postponing work for further studies.

Olam bags $148.26m from farmland sale

It sold 5,100 acres of a Californian farmland.

Keppel Infrastructure and Chinese engineering firm win $5.3b waste treatment contract

Keppel's share of the contract is at $1.95b for operation and maintenance.

This property sector will see the strongest recovery in rents in 2018

CBD rents rose to $9.1 psf/month for the first time in 10 quarters, but pricing worries remain.

China's economy expected to decelerate 6.5% in 2018

The country's debt burden may drag performance next year.

URA launches four sites for sale

They can yield over 1,720 residential units.

Funds raised by IPOs double to $4.6b

This year's 19 IPOs hit $8.3b market cap.

Crystal Tower sold en bloc for $180.65m

Owners are expected to receive at least $6m.

Royalville sold en bloc for $477.94m

It attracted a total of nine bids which surpassed the $368m asking price.

Insurers flock to emerging Asia for M&As

They’re looking to tap into countries like Vietnam and Indonesia.

Online hiring amongst banks jumped 17%

Hiring in the government and PSU sector dipped the most.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.16%

Expect some moderate gains today.

HKEX opens office in Singapore

It will be its first overseas office.

Speculated GST hike could boost e-commerce tax

This could also mean a slowdown in business as consumers had a history of buying a lot before tax hikes.