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Daily Briefing: Tech roles account for a third of bank vacancies; Republic Plaza relaunched after $96.7m AEI
Daily Briefing: Tech roles account for a third of bank vacancies; Republic Plaza relaunched after $96.7m AEI
Keppel Land China buys $95.3m industrial property in Shanghai.
Ascott buys $192m serviced home in Sydney
This, along with 13 more properties, brought the company some $10b in asset value.
Singapore's industrial production fell 8% in August
This is the steepest drop in almost four years.
MCT to acquire Mapletree Business City Phase II for $1.55b
It will increase MCT’s DPU by 4%.
SGX launches price collars during opening, midday, and closing auctions
The price collars will apply to all components of the Straits Times and MSCI Singapore Indexes.
Changi Airport handled 5.9 million passengers in August
Passenger movements inched up 3.8% YoY in the same month.
Hotel supply to grow 2% in 2019
Expansion of Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa to boost the sector.
Singapore is the most prepared city for AI disruption: study
It bested 104 cities based on vision, activation, asset base, and trajectory.
Chart of the Day: Singapore top VC funds hit $1.46b in 2018/2019
Six funds alone totalled $1.46b in value.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI remained unchanged
CapitaLand led the gains amongst top active stocks after it grew 1.15%.
Daily Briefing: 333 North Bridge Road for sale at $80m; Braddell View en bloc closes with no bidders
And Estonian company Funderbeam obtains two financial services licenses from Singapore.
James Dyson's family office hiring in Singapore
This comes after decision to move Dyson headquarters to Lion City.
Healthcare firms to see bigger patient footfall if haze persists: report
Private hospital admissions spiked to 25.7% during the October 2014 haze.
135 million units of Keppel DC REIT start trading
Most of the proceeds will be used to fund acquisitions of data centres.
Keppel Corp to issue $200m notes due 2026
It is expected to be issued on or about 1 October.
Chart of the Day: Average price of new RCR condos up 15.3% to $1,989 psf in Q2
This is the sharpest price increase in the past four years.
Daily Briefing: Temasek-owned gas importer to open Madrid HQ in 2020; Trendlines Group has invested $30.3m of its agrifood fund
And property portal 99.co launched platform to enhance agents’ marketing.
Commentary
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Can controlled sandboxes prepare Singapore organisations for production AI?
What the latest sanctions regimes mean for Singapore businesses
Singapore’s tourism economy depends on security infrastructure most never see
Where does value creation really happen?
Managing the cost of diverging standards: Why Singapore matters
Singapore’s AI ambition has an intelligence problem
Singapore is deploying AI at speed – and security risks are catching up
Precious metal boom is a stress test for Singapore’s gold ambitions