Markets & Investing
Retention of heavyweight ministers key to market stability
Retention of heavyweight ministers key to market stability
The market is not seen to react adversely should 1-2 GRCs be lost and vote share falls to between 58-61% in the General Elections, AmFraser said.
Small mid caps still a steep 20% behind large cap stocks
This is despite the fact that Singapore is two years into the recovery from the global financial crisis, said DBS Vickers.
Mapletree IPO oversubscribed by 8.38 times
Strong demand of approximately 4.99 billion Units was received for the Placement Tranche of 548,059,000 Units.
SGX lists Hyflux preference shares
Hyflux listed $400 million of preference shares, said Singapore Exchange.
SMX to begin trading cash-settled AUD-USD, USD-JPY futures
Six consecutive monthly contracts of each currency pair will trade Monday to Friday from 10.00am up to midnight SGT starting from April 29.
TWSE competes head-to-head with SGX
The Taiwanese stock exchange's success in wooing foreign-based issuers may set the stage for more competition with the SGX, Kim Eng Research said.
STI gains from Wall Street rally seen to continue
Kim Eng forecasts the index to test the 3,180 resistance level today after it closed above its key moving averages yesterday.
MAS to launch bills
The facility will function as the fourth MMO policy instrument, said OCBC.
Singapore second to Malaysia with worst inflation problems
69.1% of accountants surveyed by ACCA cited inflation as a problem this quarter compared to 35.0% in the first quarter of 2010.
Habitat for Humanity, Barclays to raise funds for the less fortunate in Singapore
Habitat-Barclays Bare Your Sole 2011 will take place on Saturday, 18 June at Gardens by the Bay East, Tanjong Rhu.
SGX net profit fell 10% in 3Q 2011
Net profit fell to $67 million but excluding the ASX-SGX transaction cost of $12.0 million, net profit came in at $77.3 million, up 4 per cent, said...
Mapletree launches $893mn IPO
712,894,000 Units are offered with 302,197,000 Cornerstone Investor tranche, according to Mapletree.
Singapore Stock Market to trade range this week
EXCLUSIVE: The market will more likely to trade range this week as US strong economic performance may not be able to offset lingering concerns over...
SGX launches SGX Co-Location Service
Co-Location customers will experience connectivity speeds of at least 250 times faser than conventional access methods in Singapore.
Accelerating business loans hint of a recovering economy
The revival of business loans will have a much stronger positive effect on margins, said CIMB.
CapitaLand acquired 40% interest in Surbana
CL Pinnacle entered into a share purchase agreement with Temasek Holdings for the acquisition of 126,442,832 issued ordinary shares.
SGX reprimands Medi-Flex Limited for breach of listing rules
The exchange also chides former directors Tu Ah Kim and Hew Yew Fook for authorizing disbursements of company’s funds to entities and accounts for...
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