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Daily Briefing: GIC annual returns slipped to 3.4% from 3.7% in 2017; Airbnb hopes for ‘fair and progressive' policies on short-term stays in Singapore
Daily Briefing: GIC annual returns slipped to 3.4% from 3.7% in 2017; Airbnb hopes for ‘fair and progressive' policies on short-term stays in Singapore
And Hongkong Land yielded US$988.4m from investments properties in 2017.
$17m of Xiaomi warrants traded at launch
Call warrant MPAW at HK$20 was the most traded for the week.
GIC lauds China and India as growing areas of tech investment
Emerging markets are leapfrogging due to openness and less mature industries.
GIC's annualised returns beat global inflation by 3.4%
The state investor expressed volatility concerns for the year ahead.
Daily Briefing: Professional conversion programmes reached to over 25,000 job seekers in 2017; Grab faces probe in Malaysia over Grab-Uber merger 'monopoly'
And a Singapore-based robo-advisory start-up Bambu secured US$3m in fresh funding.
SGX welcomes Hong Kong brokerage firm to securities market
Futu Securities is a startup brokerage with Chinese investors.
Oxley deputy CEO buys $873,000 of company shares
He now holds 27.69% of the firm's ordinary voting shares.
3 in 5 Singapore entrepreneurs open to selling their businesses
1 in 5 will exit as soon as an opportunity knocks.
Temasek focused on tech, life sciences, and agribusiness for new investments in 2018
They comprised 26% of its total portfolio value.
New SGX feature to lower costs for bilateral trades
The SGX FlexC FX Futures will be launching on 27 August.
Daily Briefing: Temasek eyes slower investments amidst trade tension; Grab CEO says competition stays alive in Singapore transport
And Dairy Farm's sales slipped 3% in 2017 despite launching 309 new stores.
Chart of the Day: See how Temasek handled its debt in the last 4 years
2018 marked its 11th year ending in a net cash position.
Temasek's portfolio grew to record-high $308b in 2018
One-year returns jumped to 12%, whilst ten-year returns grew 5%.
SEA investment deals ballooned to US$21.9b
Majority of investments were pumped into real estate, energy, and technology.
Singapore's PE and VC deals reached US$19.8b in Q1 2018
It pushed SEA investment deals to skyrocket to US$21.9b from US$687m in Q1 2017.
CityDev's share price hit by surprise property policy
It has the largest inventory of about 2,000 units for launching from H2 2018 to 2019.
Sembcorp Industries to get $200m of 5% perpetual securities
It will cease trading in SGX securities after redemption.
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