(July 19): Good, not great: That’s increasingly the economists’ take on Singapore’s longer-term prospects, from manufacturing to underlying economic growth. Ageing demographics and rising labour costs will weigh on the city-state, which focused on a significant manufacturing sector to support ...

SINGAPORE (July 19): Star Attraction, the 76.21% owner of Wheelock Properties (Singapore) has launched a voluntary unconditional general offer for all the shares it does not own at $2.10 each. The offer values the company at over $2.5 billion. The offeror intends to delist the company if the 10% fre...

MAINBOARD-listed CapitaLand was one of the biggest winners at the 13th annual Singapore Corporate Awards (SCA) on Wednesday, alongside DBS Group, which was conferred the Special Recognition Award for its "all-round excellence in corporate governance".

SINGAPORE (July 16): During the early years of this newspaper, I rarely made space in our pages for Temasek Holdings. While we actively covered the many public-listed companies in which it held major stakes, doing a story on Temasek itself seemed to be more trouble than it was worth. A former collea...

SINGAPORE (July 17): DBS Bank’s outlook for Singapore’s economy for 3Q and beyond is turning “increasingly cloudy” on expectations of a slowdown in GDP growth, as well as declining trade prospects in the longer-term due to the effects of trade protectionism and tighter liquidity conditions. ...

DBS GROUP HOLDINGS is on a roll. Singapore's largest listed company (by total market value) has become an investor's must-hold and features in many fund managers' portfolios.

DBS Bank and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) are launching a financial education programme aimed at budding retail investors.

DBS Bank and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) are launching a financial education programme aimed at budding retail investors.

SINGAPORE (July 11): Singapore Telecommunications was around back when the telegraph was still cool. Now the 139-year-old company is experimenting with video games as a way to raise its profile with millennials. The telecom giant yesterday announced it plans to start a competitive gaming league this...

SINGAPORE (July 11): Manulife Centre on Bras Basah Road is targeted by British property group Chelsfield for $550 million, according to media reports. This translates to a psf price of $2,300 on net lettable area (NLA) of 242,000 sf. In a Tuesday note, DBS Group Research says the potential sale of M...

SINGAPORE (July 10): Temasek Holdings is positioning itself to ride six powerful trends, even as it prepares for tougher global market conditions in the year ahead. At its annual review on Tuesday, Temasek noted that technological advances, demographic shifts and changing consumption patterns are di...

SINGAPORE state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd is likely to book a record S$300 billion for the value of its portfolio, powered by gains in DBS Group Ltd and Chinese banks, while it steps up investment in tech startups.

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd is likely to book a record S$300 billion (166.3 billion pounds) for the value of its portfolio, powered by gains in DBS Group Ltd and Chinese banks, while it steps up investment in tech startups. The post Singapore’s Temasek poised to report ...

DESPITE provisional findings from the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) that Uber’s sale of its South-east Asian business to Grab infringed the Competition Act, DBS Group Research is of the view that strong escalation of competition in the ride-hailing space is unlik...

A POTENTIAL increase in its taxi fleet, coupled with projected profit growth in fiscal 2019, has moved DBS Group Research to upgrade transport operator ComfortDelGro's from 'hold' to 'buy' with a target price of S$2.59, a 13 per cent upside from its previous target. ...

SINGAPORE (July 2): Financial blogger Kevin was over the moon when he found out about new private equity bonds for retail investors issued by Azalea Investment Management, a unit of Temasek Holdings. Believed to be the first of its kind in the world, the Astrea IV bonds are backed by cash flows from...

(July 3): After plunging about 42% this year, StarHub shares may be set for a modest turnaround, just as incoming Chief Executive Officer Peter Kaliaropoulos takes over next week. “There is a bottom,” Ramakrishna Maruvada, an analyst at Daiwa Securities Group, said in an interview. He upgraded t...

SINGAPORE (July 2): RHB Research has upgraded DBS Group to “buy” with higher $30.30 target price as it expects continued NIM (net interest margins) widening to drive earnings for the bank. Recent concerns over the US-China trade war has led to DBS’ share price falling 8% over the past one mont...

DBS Bank's ambition of becoming a fixed income house to match global banks is gaining traction though current challenging financial markets make the strategy tough to execute.

DBS GROUP Holdings is getting a new chief risk officer, who will replace the outgoing executive on Sunday.

DBS Group Holdings is set to get a new chief risk officer (CRO), it said on Friday.

SINGAPORE (June 28): Koufu Group, the operator and manager of food and beverage (F&B) establishments in Singapore with a presence in Macau, has lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Mainboard listing on the SGX. In its preliminary prospectus lodge...

Submitted By:  Luz Wendy Noble Case Study:  No The Singapore wealth fund is UST Global's first institutional investor. Temasek injected $341.65m (US$250m) to a ...

With the launch of its India arm, DBS will become the second foreign bank in the country to convert its local operations into a wholly-owned entity. The post Singapore’s DBS Bank to launch India subsidiary in October appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

Can first-time HDB home buyers take a bank loan? What are the differences between opting for a bank loan or a HDB loan? What about couples in their late 40s or 50s thinking of buying a second property for investment options? What are the considerations to factor in? What are the trends for s...

SINGAPORE (June 21): Singapore is pushing ahead with the embracing of electronic payments, with plans in the pipeline to lower its dependency on cash as well as eliminate cheques. “E-payments have significant advantages over cash and cheques. As a mode of payment, it is far more convenient and eff...

SINGAPORE (June 18): World Cup fever is upon us again. Soccer fans here might gripe about how much they have to cough up for pay-TV, on top of existing subscriptions, just so they can catch the action live. Still, regardless of whether they are Singtel or StarHub customers, or taking in the action ...

SINGAPORE (June 19): DBS Group Research likes AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT (AA REIT) for its diversified and in-demand portfolio, above-average yields and takeover possibility. In a Tuesday report, lead analyst Carmen Tay says AA REIT is unique for its 600,000 sf of untapped gross floor area (GF...

DBS Group Research on Tuesday initiated a "buy" rating on Aims AMP Capital Industrial Reit (AA Reit) with a 12-month target price of S$1.55, representing a 13 per cent upside to its closing price of S$1.38 on Monday. 

THE 2018 World Cup may be the stuff of dreams for soccer fans, but it will be less so for the stock market as die-hard fans stay glued to their tv screens.