News
Ascott's global lodging portfolio crosses 100,000 unit-mark
Ascott's global lodging portfolio crosses 100,000 unit-mark
The boost came after it scored contracts for another 26 properties.
Frasers Commercial Trust to pay aggregate $21.6m in DPU in Q1 2019
This represents a 7% annualised distribution yield based on the unit closing price of $1.37 in December 2018.
CPF Board sets the record straight on RSS payout age
The payout eligibility age for its retirement sum scheme still remains at 65, and not 70.
Daily Briefing: Year-end executive condo prices surge 25%; Food delivery startup Plum to cease Singapore operations
And a study shows female employees still earn less than men.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.31%
Optimism over thawing US-China frictions could boost the local bourse.
Chart of the Day: Sold condo units crashed 16% to 9,714 units in 2018
The cooling measures hit sales hard.
Tai Seng buy could boost Mapletree Industrial Trust's NPI yield to 6.8%
The gains may be higher than portfolio net profit income yield of 6.4%.
Overhang over Frasers Commercial Trust's inability to fill gap HP left may recede: analyst
This is if Google is indeed moving into the 400,000 sqft space at Alexandra Technopark.
Morgan Stanley beefs up Asian wealth team
It will hire 50 RMs in Hong Kong and Singapore over the next three years.
Manulife arms its agents with personal websites in bid to enhance customer relations
Digital Stars will allow customers to pick agents of their choice.
Bottoms up: The worst is over for ThaiBev
After 13 months of negative growth, beer production rose in the last few months of 2018.
Chart of the Day: S-REITs maintain strong gains in January
Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust recorded a return of 18.1%.
Daily Briefing: Singapore firms are not investing enough in employee training; Urban planners revive Singapore's 50ha in unused spaces
And boutique investment bank W Capital Markets is on a hiring spree.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.45%
Investors were optimistic about easing trade tensions.
Ministry of Law to introduce new laws on copyright and commissioned work
Creators will be given a new right to be attributed as the creator of the works regardless of whether they still own the copyright.
More firms embrace flexible work arrangements: MoM report
Proportion of firms offering at least one formal FWA increased by 3% to 53% in 2018.
Singapore non-oil domestic exports dropped 8.5% in December 2018
It was dragged by the 11.2% decrease in the electronics segment.
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