SINGAPORE continues to show substantial potential for trade growth, according to new research from Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) released on Monday. The city-state made the list of 20 global markets that are most rapidly improving their individual potential for trade to grow, coming in at 16th place, according to the bank’s new Trade20 Index. The […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE emerged the global top scorer in retirement finances this year, although it performed poorly for retirees’ quality of life and material wellbeing, according to an annual retirement security index. In the overall ranking, the city-state remained at 28th place out of 44 countries surveyed in the latest edition of the Global Retirement Index (GRI) for […]
Read MoreMERGER and acquisitions (M&A) involving Singapore soared 70.6 per cent year on year to US$88.3 billion in the year to date, making it the strongest first nine-month period on record, according to Refinitiv data. For the period, M&A activity targeting Singapore stood at US$32.0 billion due to an 89.9 per cent increase in deal value […]
Read MoreSingapore-based Indochina Energy Partners is focusing on rooftop solar installations in three Southeast Asian nations, including Cambodia. According to a report by ScanAsia released Monday, IEP is working on rooftop photovoltaic panel installations in Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. Thomas Jakobsen, IEP managing director, said the company is already successful in Vietnam’s rooftop photovoltaics sector. Funded […]
Read MoreAsia’s oil-reliant economies could take a hit if crude prices remain higher, with Singapore facing potential fallout in the form of inflation, analysts said on Monday. They were responding to the surge in oil prices after drone strikes on Saudi Arabian production facilities last weekend, which took out about five per cent of the global […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) fell 8.9 per cent year on year in August, breaking a five-month streak of double-digit declines, according to Enterprise Singapore figures on Tuesday. The August decline eased from July’s 11.4 per cent fall, in the second consecutive pick-up since June’s six-year low. On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, NODX rose […]
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