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SGX buys 93% stake in index provider Scientific Beta for $280m
This will expand its Data, Connectivity and Indices business.
SGX buys 93% stake in index provider Scientific Beta for $280m
This will expand its Data, Connectivity and Indices business.
SGX's profit up 14% to $213.3m in H1 FY2020
Equities contributed to over 70% of the exchange’s revenue.
Yanlord's cash offer for UEL shares comes to an end
It will have control of 96% of UEL’s ordinary shares.
CITIC Envirotech to delist from SGX on 23 January
This follows after it stated that they will not extend its exit offer.
Daily Briefing: GIC to invest in Central Retail's IPO; Nomura to hire private bankers in Singapore amidst wealth management push
And Singapore Tourism Board taps on halal travel boom.
Top ten agriculture and F&B stocks averaged total return of 13% in 2019
ThaiBev led the ten with a 49% total return.
SGX RegCo proposes to require listed firms to have a Singapore-registered auditor
The regulator aims to strengthen auditor accountability and investor confidence.
Daily Briefing: Local listings snub Singapore for Hong Kong; Impact investor IIX closes $12m Women's Livelihood Bond 2
And Bank of Singapore hires Nomura’s wealth management head.
Citic Envirotech share trading halts after losing free float status
The company is no longer extending its exit offer beyond 17 January.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.14%
DBS led the gains amongst top active stocks with a 0.58% expansion.
SGX RegCo sets due diligence and independence standards for issue managers
It will refer to the ABS Listings Due Diligence Guidelines in evaluating IMs.
SGX daily average value rose 15% to $960m in December
REITs and property trusts took up almost a quarter of the value.
SGX scraps compulsory quarterly reporting based on market cap
Reporting will only be required for companies associated with higher risks.
Institutional outflows from small-cap stocks hit $119m in 2019
They generated a median 7% total return.
SGX RegCo warns investors on trading China Haida shares
Its share price leapt 150% to $0.01 on 16 December.
Most traded mid-cap stocks' average returns hit 10% in 2019
Hi-P International led the pack as returns jumped 101%.
S-REITs hit average total returns of 23% in 2019
The trusts contributed a quarter of the daily turnover of the island’s stock market.