Singapore
Developers brace for protracted residential property downcycle
Cooling measures won’t be eased anytime soon.
Is it time to take profit on outperforming office REITs?
Rental growth will be capped soon.
After expanding in Singapore, Spencer Ogden launched a strategic and fun mobile app
Billing itself as one of the first mobile apps developed by a recruitment company.
Lingering concerns over banks’ asset quality “overblown”, says Nomura
Large-scale defaults are isolated cases.
Overall retail sales down 5% in January
Due to low food & beverage sales.
How hiring online impacts Singapore businesses
Singapore's infrastructure and pro-business policies continue to attract entrepreneurs and business from around the world, and a growing percentage of new business is focused on technology; but local businesses are facing several threats to their bottom dollar, including a talent crunch that makes it hard to find and retain talent.
Billions of reserves being used to prop up weak SGD
Reserves have fallen by US$34bn since July.
Almost 13,000 workers laid off in 2014 on back of heightened restructuring
Mainly from the services and construction sectors.
Soilbuild REIT to acquire 72 Loyang Way for $97m
The total GFA is 203,459 sq ft.
Profit-taking the culprit behind banks’ underperformance
They are down by 4% YTD.
Labour crunch feared to hit "unprecedented" level: DBS
It's unlikely to ease in the near-term.
GLP's robust leasing momentum continues with seven new leases
New leases totalled to 160k sqm.
Here's why property prices remain elevated despite several cooling measures
Developers won’t budge for as long as they can.
KepCorp fails to breach mandatory acquisition threshold, extends closing date for KepLand
It now owns 85.1% of KepLand.
Chart of the day: Residential resale prices hardest hit by policy curbs
Prices dropped by up to 10%.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.1%
But expect a rebound today.