Uncharted territory: SingPost eyes Indonesian expansion with Alibaba cash

12 Jun 2014 - Singapore Business Review
The Postman unveils its aggressive plans. Boosted by Alibaba’s cash, SingPost is now reaching into the untapped Indonesian market. The Postman recently revealed that it is eyeing mergers and acquisitions in the archipelago. Its subsidiary and key logistics arm, Quantium Solutions, set up a JV in Indonesia ...
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Key Differences between CapitaMall Trust and Frasers Centrepoint Trust That Investors Have To Know

10 Jun 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There are a few real estate investment trusts in Singapore that have a focus on retail malls. CapitaMall Trust and Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX: J69U), with their market capitalisations of S$7.03 billion and S$1.7 billion respectively, are two of the bigger REITs in that space. On first glance, both ...
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What Does Alibaba’s Recent Investment into Singapore Post Mean for Shareholders of the Latter?

10 Jun 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Talk about a shock in Singapore’s share market. Last month’s announcement that China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group will buy 10.35% of postal and logistics services outfit Singapore Post (SGX: S08) in a private placement had surprised the market. This led to a 9% jump in Singapore Post’s shares ...
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Alibaba and the shopping list: Here's what SingPost can buy using Alibaba funds

3 Jun 2014 - Singapore Business Review
Other ASEAN hubs are targeted. News recently erupted that The Postman will pocket heaps of cash from Alibaba as the latter eyes injecting $312.5m in SingPost. With money as hefty as this, choosing how to spend it could be a daunting task, but SingPost has its shopping list ready and is all set to stick ...
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Three Shares That Beat the Market Today

29 May 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis. With 27 out of its 30 constituents ending the day with gains (and with only two making losses), it’s perhaps no surprise to ...
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Buffing up: Alibaba pumps S$312.5m into SingPost

28 May 2014 - Singapore Business Review
Paper meets the Internet in landmark deal. The use of traditional mail is rapidly declining, and the country’s oldest courier service has just clinched a new ally in its quest for continued relevance. Singpost announced Wednesday that the Alibaba Investment Limited will invest S$312.5 million into the ...
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The Singapore Market this Week

17 May 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) closed at 3,262 points on Friday, down 0.3% from last week’s close of 3,252 points. This week saw only four trading days due to the Vesak Day public holiday on Tuesday. On the same day (Monday evening in the United States), the Dow Jones industrial Average and the ...
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Three Things To Like About Singapore Post

2 May 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Electronic mail may have replaced snail-mail for many of us but there is little evidence that it has made a dent in the revenues of Singapore Post (SGX: S08). Since 2002, revenues at SingPost have grown from S$403m to S$707m last year. That is the first thing to like about the company – its ability to ...
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IDA slaps SingPost with $30,000 fine for missing mail

3 Apr 2014 - Singapore Business Review
SingPost failed to issue lock for trolleys. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has imposed a financial penalty of $30,000 on SingPost Ltd for a breach of its Public Postal Licence condition. IDA had investigated into the incident of missing mail on 5 September 2013 at Woodlands Circle ...
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Economic Moats: An Important Driver of Long-Term Returns

3 Apr 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The concept of an Economic Moat was initially formulated by the renowned investor Warren Buffett and it simply refers to the competitive advantages that a company enjoys over its rivals in the same industry. Companies with economic moats can usually protect their profits from competitors as they have ...
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