SGX allows companies to extend AGM by two months

7 Feb 2020 - The Edge Markets
SINGAPORE (Feb 7): Some Singapore listed companies with a Dec 31 2019 year-end will be given a two-month extension to hold their AGMs, given the disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Companies now have up to June 30 2020 to hold their AGMs. This is the first time SGX is allowing such a mass ...
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Quarterly reporting mandatory for 109 companies: SGX RegCo

7 Feb 2020 - The Edge Markets
SINGAPORE (Feb 7): Effective today, SGX-listed companies on the whole will do away with the existing quarterly reporting (QR) under a new risk-based approach adopted by the stock exchange. However, companies that have a modified opinion from its auditors on its latest financial statements will have to ...
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Stocks to watch: ThaiBev, Frasers Property, Sembcorp, SPH, FLT, F&N, CRCT

7 Feb 2020 - The Business Times
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday: Thai Beverage Public Company (ThaiBev): Liquor producer Red Bull Distillery (1988) Co and two other subsidiaries of ThaiBev have together acquired Sub Permpoon 8 Co - which operates property rental and ...
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Briefs

7 Feb 2020 - The Edge Markets
Quoteworthy: "You've waited 20 years, extending six months doesn't actually matter." — Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim, on waiting beyond the initially agreed May deadline to take over as prime minister from Mahathir Mohamad. China to half tariffs on US goods from Feb 14 This Valentine’s Day, China will be ...
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Quarterly dividends allowed even where QR not a must

7 Feb 2020 - The Business Times
Singapore WITH mandatory first and third-quarterly reporting lifted, listed companies can still make quarterly dividend announcements even if they are not accompanied by financial results - provided they meet certain conditions. According to a practice note issued by the Singapore Exchange Regulation ...
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Listed housing devs with ‘substantial connection to Singapore' to be exempted from QC

7 Feb 2020 - Singapore Business Review
Changes will be implemented with immediate effect and reflected in legislation later this year. Any listed property developers “with a substantial connection to Singapore” is now allowed to be exempted from the Qualifying Certificate (QC) regime, the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) announced. Such firms are ...
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Elite Commercial REIT joins the SGX Mainboard

7 Feb 2020 - Singapore Business Review
It was listed under the stock code MXNU. Elite Commercial REIT has been listed in the Mainboard of Singapore Exchange (SGX), according to a news release. It is considered to be the first UK-focused Singapore REIT. The trust was listed under the stock code “MXNU.” It also opened at $1.26 (£0.705). This ...
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Hyflux, Trek 2000 among dozens of listcos ordered to perform quarterly reporting by SGX RegCo

6 Feb 2020 - The Edge Markets
SINGAPORE (Feb 6): Embattled water treatment firm Hyflux and technology company Trek 2000 are among dozens of Singapore-listed companies that have been ordered by the regulatory arm of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to perform quarterly reporting (QR) of its financial results. This follows the regulator’s ...
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Singapore shares extend rally as virus worries begin to fade

6 Feb 2020 - The Business Times
AS attention pivots away from concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, risk-friendly activity in the region's equity markets continued to pick up on Thursday. Even though fatality and infection cases from the virus are still rising - more than 560 deaths and over 28,000 diagnosed, most Asia-Pacific ...
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Singapore shares edge up at open tracking Wall Street rally; STI up 0.5%

6 Feb 2020 - The Business Times
SINGAPORE shares open higher on Thursday, tracking a Wall Street rally overnight that came on the back of encouraging US economic data. The benchmark Straits Times Index gained 15.11 points, or 0.47 per cent to 3,215.24 as at 9am. Gainers outnumbered losers 82 to 23, after about 47.8 million securities ...
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