DEALMAKING in Singapore has increased by 4 per cent in 2017 year-to-date, the highest since 2014, with real estate taking the lead in deal values as Nesta Investment Holdings Ltd’s proposed acquisition of Global Logistic Properties (GLP) gave the sector a boost. This is according to Thomson Reuters’ Singapore M&A (mergers and acquisitions) preliminary review […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Singapore-based Keppel Land Limited (Keppel Land) has signed two sales and purchase agreements to acquire 100 per cent interest in two prime sites in Ho Chi Minh City at a total cost of US$297 million. On the first site located in Saigon South, Keppel Land plans to develop about 220 landed homes and […]
Read MoreEASING fears over the state of Singapore’s economy and expansion in the manufacturing and service sectors have lifted the Republic’s consumer confidence to 94 points, up five points from last quarter’s 89 in Nielsen’s latest global consumer confidence survey. Chief worries among Singaporeans included job security and the economy, the survey has found. Worries over […]
Read MoreTHE Competition Commission of Singapore has called for greater transparency in the retail petrol market to allow motorists to make more informed purchases. To foster a more competitive retail petrol market, the CCS said motorists should be able to make better comparison of the various petrol pricing schemes. The call for greater transparency came after […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) – Singapore’s exports continued to expand last month but well under October’s sizzling pace as electronics continued its slowdown. Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) rose 9.1 per cent over November last year, down from the revised 20.5 per cent growth in October, trade agency IE Singapore said on Monday. October’s expansion was […]
Read MoreAS bitcoin continues its gravity-defying bounce, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has yet again joined other regulators to warn that the cryptocurrency is not a currency. “Bitcoin has no natural intrinsic value. Can you buy a house with it?” posed Sopnendu Mohanty, MAS’ fintech chief, in an interview with British daily The Telegraph. “Can […]
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