Economy
MAS, MinLaw extend loan repayment support for SMEs, individuals
MAS, MinLaw extend loan repayment support for SMEs, individuals
Individuals can choose to make reduced instalment payments for up to nine months.
Singapore firms' payment performance deteriorate in Q3: SCCB
All sectors, excluding construction, saw a decline with trailing payments.
ACRA, MAS, SGX RegCo outlines new guidelines for general meetings
Entities can hold general meetings via online until June 2021.
Phillip SGD Money Market ETF debuts on SGX
The new listing allows investors to improve fund yield without a liquidation strike.
Singaporeans' economic concerns prevail over health woes: study
The COVID-19 pandemic stirs citizens’ economic fear than potential health threats.
SBF-Experian SME Index records historic low at 46.3
The ongoing pandemic situation has slowed economic activity.
Daily Briefing: Singapore Life plans expansion after Aviva deal; Lightspeed opens Singapore office
And PrimePartners, Fundnel commence trading on Hg Exchange.
Chart of the Day: NORX inches up 0.1% in August
Growth in electronics spurred the recovery, surpassing non-electronics.
NODX full-year growth may exceed 6%: analyst
But low oil prices and the volatility of safe-heaven demand may weigh on expansion.
NODX up 7.7% in August
Non-electronic NODX jumped 8.3% during the month.
Daily Briefing: Facebook grants $4.75m to SMEs; Barclays to set up FX trading hub in Singapore
And Singaporeans to receive $100 worth of local tourism vouchers.
One in 10 Singaporean households experiences food insecurity: survey
Only 22% of these households receives food support.
Daily Briefing: Alibaba mulls $4.09b Grab investment; Carousell clinches $108.95m in funding round
And Singapore partners Apple on new LumiHealth app.
Daily Briefing: Sirius Venture leads $1.37m funding in Aerospring; InfoCorp rolls out Sentinel Chain
And around $40m awarded to 9 farms to increase local food production.
Daily Briefing: Fintech firm Thunes raises $82.24m in series B; Tuas Nexus construction begins
And Accelerating Asia programme unveils third cohort of startups.
Business sentiment still negative in Q4: SCCB
But the financial, manufacturing, and services sectors’ outlooks improved slightly.
GDP to decline 6% in 2020: survey
The economy shrunk faster than expected in Q2.
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