Singapore
Increase interest in travel boosts Singapore hotel rates as Grand Prix weekend arrives
Aside from the Grand Prix, tourists also come for Singapore-only experiences.
Demand for flexible workspaces to decline 28% YoY in 2023
Companies are now taking a more measured approach to their workplace strategies, says The Instant Group.
Shophouse market shines amidst sharp increase in ABSD
In 2Q23, sales of shophouses jumped 45.5% QoQ.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.33%; Ascendas REIT is top stock
Ascendas REIT increased by 1.08%.
PM Lee Hsien Loong yearns for G20 nations to improve WTO, MDBs
Updating will keep up with the digital transformation and modern economy.
Singapore Polytechnic, Envision Digital to develop net zero campus, co-innovation lab
The country’s first polytechnic aims to reach net zero emissions by 2045.
Critical illness protection gap shrinks whilst mortality coverage stays the same: Study
Despite the gaps recorded, the industry has performed better in 2022 than in 2017.
Singapore’s EMA awards conditional license to Gurin-Gentari JV to import electricity from Indonesia
The project is expected to start in 2027.
Singaporeans lagging in cybersecurity practices despite growing awareness of online threats
Only five in 10 have cybersecurity apps installed on their phone.
SG, Indonesia ink pact on low carbon energy
The pact brings SG a step forward to its target to import up to 4GW of low-carbon electricity by 2035.
SIA COO joins SATS as non-executive director
Mak Swee Wah holds 21,235 ordinary shares in SATS.
Straits Trading unit rolls out 2 fractionalised property investment products
The minimum investment amount in one of the properties is $200,000.
Investors advised to hold defensive portfolio as STI movements remains erratic
Singapore's market is still defensive with its high yield and low valuation.
Will Singapore’s equity capital markets sustain its growth in 2H23?
In 1H23, equity capital raisings by Singaporean firms totalled US$2.6b.
How Singapore’s publicly-listed companies performed in 2022
Singapore has 626 publicly listed companies as of the end of last year.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.58%; Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is top stock
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding posted a 1.71%.