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Investments into niche assets hit 10-year high to $1b
Investments into niche assets hit 10-year high to $1b
Average deals for shophouses, medical suites, and nursing homes are at $6m.
Ministry of National Development to offer year round ROF exercise
Flat buyers can apply online anytime and book a flat by the next working day.
Share buybacks crashed 51.11% to $26.4m in January
OCBC led the buying spree with $13.89m shares bought back.
Singapore leads APAC's premier tech cities: report
This is on the back of its business and tech environment, and talent pool.
Local technology and banking hiring to persist in 2019
IT savvy employees are in hot demand due to technological disruptions across all industries.
HDB resale prices dropped 1.1% in January
Resale volume increased 8.8% to 1,560 flats.
Poor offshore engineering performance could hit Sembmarine's 2018 results
Company losses could widen to $78m for the year, an analyst said.
Singapore ranks 10th in global cybersecurity: study
The study revealed that Singapore is the best prepared country for cyberattacks.
Daily Briefing: MAS clinches Central Bank of the Year Award; Singapore-based TRIVE Ventures eyeing to clear exit routes for portfolio firms
and here's what to expect in crowd-sourced delivery for 2019.
Chart of the Day: FTSE ST Small Cap Index recovers with a 4.9% total returns in January
Along with other regional small cap stocks, it was hit by the rising USD as well as trade tensions.
Business interruption emerges as top business risk in Singapore
Over 2 in 5 businesses said interruption would have the most impact on their revenues.
The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands racked in $242.09m in 2018
Its retail tenant sales also jumped 19% YoY to $2,566.95.
Singapore PMI down 0.4 point to 50.7 in January
The growth of new orders, new exports and factory output slowed down.
SBR Asian Business Case Studies Awards 2019 opens for entries
Deadline to confirm participation is on 26 April.
Singapore turns to grants to retain older workers
It also offers wage offsets to employers with older workers. Reuters reported that Singapore’s ‘job-redesign’ grant which is geared to uplift companies with older staff have benefitted more than 650 firms that have used up to $300,000 grant since 2016. The government is also offering wage offsets to employers of older workers and a grant to adopt progressive age management practices. “Governments need to look after the needs of their ageing population, and enable older workers to work longer and stay productive,” finance minister Heng Swee Keat said. In most countries, it is left to the private sector to try to keep the experienced workers they need, although Asia’s two other rapidly ageing nations - Japan and South Korea - do provide grants and subsidies to firms for their older workers.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.13%
DBS led the gains as it rose 0.46%.
Daily Briefing: PM Lee says economy to keep growing amidst challenges; Australian real estate firm LOGOS buys Tuas South industrial property for $585m
And 200,000 childcare places await young families by 2023.
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