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Daily Briefing: Talent war heats up amidst virtual bank race; Audio recording will soon be allowed inside taxis

And check out these non-tech banking jobs that pay out over $10,000 after just three years.

Daily Briefing: Talent war heats up amidst virtual bank race; Audio recording will soon be allowed inside taxis

And check out these non-tech banking jobs that pay out over $10,000 after just three years.

REITs and tech firms drive Singapore's M&A frenzy

Over 10 companies that have been privatised or in the process of being bought out YTD.

Toy designer Mighty Jaxx raises $2.15m pre-investment funds

It will be used to develop a blockchain-powered, machine learning ecosystem.

Golden Equator Capital raises $122.11m for two funds

This will finance the growth capital of an undisclosed public listed company and focus on infrastructure, energy, and finance.

CapitaLand sells stake in Central China Real Estate for $496m

The deal comprises 658,116,228 issued and paid-up shares.

CapitaLand completes buy for Temasek's Ascendas-Singbridge

The group is now one of the region’s largest real estate groups with over $123b of AUM.

SGX unveils portfolio compression service for listed derivatives

The risk-reduction technique enables participants to lower capital costs and reduce open positions of derivatives.

Singaporeans most knowledgeable amongst Asian investors in sustainable investing

46% already have allocated 10-25% of their investments to SI.

Astrea V issues PE-backed private equity bond offering for retail investors on SGX

One type of bond, Class A-1, has an annual rate of 3.85% due on 20 June 2029.

SGX-ST rejects International Cement's planned purchase of African firm for $141.45m

The proposed acquisition failed to meet the requirements of a VSA under rule 1015(2).

Accelerating Asia unveils first batch of startups

It aims to help develop the growth of seed-stage startups.

SGX licenses three futures-based indices to Taiwan ETF Yuanta SITC

The MSCI EM series Futures Indices is said to be the world’s first.

Singapore and Indonesia equities defy regional downturn

Consumer staples and healthcare may be able to weather market volatilty.

OUE subscribes for all of Indonesian investment holding firm's shares

Its subsidiary Tengara Holdings subscribed for 99.9% of PT Deer Pine Indonesia’s shares for $1.1m.

Singtel unit unveils EUR500m fixed rate notes due 2029 at 1%

Singtel Optus will utilise the funds for general corporate purposes. Singtel subsidiary Singtel Optus priced its EUR500m ($770.82m) 10 year fixed...