Daily Briefing: HDB resale prices still slipping; Singapore urges ASEAN to act on haze

And here’s the deal on ETFs investing in Singapore.

Prices of resale HDB flats continued to fall for the ninth straight quarter in Q3 2015, down 0.3 percent from the previous quarter, according to more complete data released by the Housing Board on Friday. Read more here.

Singapore on Sunday urged fellow ASEAN members to take "firm and decisive action" against the lethal haze still spreading across the region ahead of a group summit in Malaysia next month. Find out more here.

An extraordinary number of beginner investors find themselves asking what Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are and how they really work. This comes after the explosion in popularity in recent years, as retail investors start realising how such funds are actually performing better compared to mutual funds and individual stocks. Read more here.