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Singapore banks make handsome beat on estimates in Q1
SINGAPORE banks breezed through earnings estimates in Q1, with profits rising from the year-ago quarter on strong fee income and smaller impairments.
Singapore visitor arrivals peak in March, but outlook ahead is 'grim' as pandemic worsens
SINGAPORE welcomed 68,680 visitors in the first three months of the year, down by 97.4 per cent in Q1 2020, the latest data from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) showed.
UOB staff deceived by impersonation scam, discloses information of 1,166 China-national customers
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THE information comprised the customer names, identification and mobile numbers and account balances of these customers with Singapore-based accounts, the bank said on Friday.
SGX RegCo to enhance disclosures to meet market needs in changing landscape
ENHANCING disclosures and having new products and investable assets are some of the market's needs amid a changing environment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Maxwell House collective sale tender awarded for S$276.8m
THE final price is 3.3 per cent higher than the S$268 million reserve price, but 6.2 per cent lower than the first launch reserve price of S$295 million.
ESR-Reit prices private placement at 37.2 S cents, 3.4 times subscribed
ESR-REIT'S private placement to raise S$100 million was 3.4 times subscribed following a book-building process, the manager said on Friday.
Lendlease Global Reit's Q3 portfolio occupancy holds steady at 99.7%
IN a Q3 business update issued on Friday, its manager said the Reit's portfolio's weighted average lease expiry for the period stood at nine years by net lettable area and 4.6 years by gross rental income.
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Singapore stocks climb on Friday ahead of US jobs data; STI up 0.9%
THE benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.9 per cent or 27.26 points on Friday to close at 3,200.26.
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