SINGAPORE: It’s almost like a sequel to “Crazy Rich Asians.” A year after the movie — set in Singapore — helped drive a record number of visitors to the city-state, the tourists are back again in full force, pushing arrivals to a new high in the third quarter. About 5 million travellers came to the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S private residential prices appear to have decoupled since 2013 from the global chase for yields, a fresh study by the IMF showed. This is as macroprudential measures undertaken by the Singapore regulators in recent years targeted foreign buyers and speculators – the pacemakers behind the asset chase on Singapore properties, said the study, which […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE and Laos have inked an agreement to collaborate in the area of intellectual property (IP), allowing companies in both countries swifter access to a combined market of some 12.5 million people. A memorandum of cooperation was signed on Wednesday between Dr Khanlasy Keobounphanh, director general of the Department of IP (DIP) at the Ministry of Science […]
Read MoreCORPORATE debt in Singapore has built up amid loose financial conditions, with pockets of risks for corporates exposed to the trade-related sectors, and segments including construction and property, said the annual Financial Stability Review of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released on Thursday. While corporate balance sheets are broadly resilient, businesses have also been […]
Read MoreTHE Big Three banks in Singapore will likely continue to see narrowed net interest margin (NIM), deteriorating asset quality and slowing loan growth, which they had experienced in the third quarter this year. This is according to a Tuesday report by Fitch Ratings, which added that the earnings of DBS, OCBC Bank and United Overseas […]
Read MoreSTARTUPS in Singapore and Vietnam can now look forward to a new incubation space in Ho Chi Minh City to kickstart their entrepreneurial journey in both countries. Singapore’s NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), is partnering Vietnamese state-owned property developer Becamex IDC Corporation to establish its eighth BLOCK71 in Vietnam. A memorandum […]
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