Singapore

SGD to weaken to $1.35/USD amidst COVID-19 woes: Fitch

Fitch Solutions expects the Singapore dollar to trade between $1.35 to $1.38 against the greenback for 2021.

SGD to weaken to $1.35/USD amidst COVID-19 woes: Fitch

Fitch Solutions expects the Singapore dollar to trade between $1.35 to $1.38 against the greenback for 2021.

Market Update: STI up 1.08%

Singtel, Keppel Corp, and OCBC Bank led the Straits Times Index on 29 July.

HR Briefing: Retaining talent in the time of COVID

There seems to be a trend amongst workers looking to switch employers.

SNP Acquires SAP Data Specialist Datavard

Further expansion of leading position in data transformation market globally.

S$216m funds raised for startups: EDBI, SEEDS Capital

This is under the Special Situation Fund for Startups investment scheme. 

MAS, BIS publish proposal on global retail payments network connectivity

Called Project Nexus, the blueprint outlines how countries can integrate their retail payment systems onto a single cross-border network.

CapitaLand China Trust net property income up 84.4% to $120.3m

It plans to expand in the coming months, on the back of China’s economic recovery.

ESR-REIT issues $125m fixed rate notes at 2.6% rate

Funds will be used to modernise its portfolio.

MAS lifts dividend cap on local banks, financial companies

Local financial firms are expected to remain resilient even should the economy slip into a recession again.

Clothes and Kpop: Singaporean overseas purchases spikes 84% by June 2021

One in two Singaporeans spends an average of $50 to $150 per online transaction.

Market Update: STI Up 0.13%

The Mapletree group of companies led the index on 28 July.

Million-dollar flat transactions reach record high by July 2021

A total of 120 flats sold for more than $1m as of the first seven months of the year.

Auction success rate could surpass 5% for 2021: KF

There was a total of 200 auction listings in the second quarter, 40 of which were residential properties.