News
Olam International to shut its sugar trade desk
Olam International to shut its sugar trade desk
The decision comes after raw and white sugar futures finished 2018 at a ten-year low.
HDB rents inched up 0.6% in December 2018
Rental volume slipped 8.9% MoM to 1,601 flats rented in December.
Chart of the Day: Singapore's food retailers buck APAC decline with 2018 average total returns of 10%
The stocks have averaged ROE of 19% in the past year.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.65%
Wall Street’s gains could uplift the local bourse today.
Daily Briefing: Singapore and Malaysia suspend permanent restrictions over Pasir Gudang and Seletar Airport; Shell fined $400,000 for Pulau Bukom fire
And Go-Jek Singapore poaches HSBC’s PayMe creator Adam D’Arcy as its chief product officer.
Golden Mile Complex up for sale at $800m
About 85,977.5 sqm of gross floor area can be considered for tender.
Non-landed private residential resale prices dipped 0.8% in December
Resale volume dropped 24%.
Local firms slack off in bills payment for Q4 2018
Prompt payments fell from 50.40% to 48.43% in a year.
Healthcare boosted Singapore's capital markets in 2018
Four healthcare firms made their trading debut on SGX’s Catalist board.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.42%
Investors pinned their hopes on thawing trade tensions.
Daily Briefing: Government set to take over ElderShield administration in 2021; Red Dot Power customers to transfer to SP Group after sudden exit
And Temasek mulls partial sale of its A.S. Watson Group stake.
Chart of the Day: Share buybacks more than tripled to $1.53b in 2018
CapitaLand, DBS and OCBC led the buyback spree.
Sembcorp inks deal with Cache Logistics Trust for 7.9MWp of rooftop solar
One of the facilities will house Singapore’s largest rooftop solar facility.
CapitaLand inks JV to acquire 70% of Shanghai Tower for $546.3m
The JV partners will own 41,773 sqm worth of space in the property after the transaction.
Tokyo Century's latest investment pushes Grab's series H funding round to over $4.07b
It entered into a binding agreement with Grab Rentals to expand its flexible-term rentals.
Realty Centre in Tanjong Pagar up for en bloc at $165m
The freehold site has a land area of approximately 11,00 sqft and a maximum height of 35 storeys.
Prime Mount Elizabeth-Orchard district freehold site for sale at $550m
A potential 36-storey development could sit on an existing gross floor area of approximately 211,976 sqft.
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