Singapore

Grade A office rents rise by 1.4% in Q3: report

This is the highest yearly growth in a quarter since end-2019, Savills noted. 

Grade A office rents rise by 1.4% in Q3: report

This is the highest yearly growth in a quarter since end-2019, Savills noted. 

Singapore firms hike wellness program offers in job ads 

The job market saw a 1600% increase in offered mental health programs. 

SG’s top firms outperform global average in ESG reporting

The leading 100 firms in the country scored higher in six of 12 indicators.

Exports momentum may be slow in Q4: analysts

This may be dragged by the softening demand in East Asia.

Singapore’s luxury homes market unchanged in Q3

Luxury non-landed market saw 110 transactions in the third quarter, similar to the previous quarter.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.34%; CapitaLand Investment is top stock

CapitaLand Investment led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 0.94% expansion.

Chart of the day: Non-oil retained imports falls in September

This was after reaching a high of $9.5b in August.

SG rolls out new growth strategies for 5 manufacturing sectors

This will pave the way for SG to grow manufacturing value-added by 50% from 2020-2030.

Gov't seeks to put up 20 R&D centres, hire 200 research scientists

It forms part of government's goal to help the energy and chemicals sector.

Singapore, Australia sign green deal

This covers seven areas of cooperation. 

Singaporeans still keen on ATMs, branch banking: study

3 in 4 Singaporeans still frequently use ATMs.

Singtel is SG’s fastest mobile provider: report

Singtel’s median download speed was at 112.28Mbps. 

Electronics industry to introduce 5,200 PMET jobs by 2025 

DPM Heng said such will be possible under the refreshed Industry Transformation Map.

Precision engineering firms to see $10m-$500m revenue boost under refreshed ITM 

To achieve this, support will be provided to growth companies that have sector-specific capabilities.

DBS offers SMEs up to S$300,000 financing with DBS Quick Finance

Customers can choose between an overdraft or a loan.

ASEAN and EU inks comprehensive air transport agreement

The transport minister said it will “establish a liberalised air services framework”.

CapitaLand Investment secures $4b in green funding in 2022

This was through 18 sustainable financing instruments.