How Did Singapore Investors Protect Themselves From Brexit Uncertainties?

5 Jul 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had warned in May 2016 that the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) would cause a housing and stock market meltdown in the country. Christine Lagarde, the IMF’s managing director, even had the following to say: “We have looked at all the scenarios. ...
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Singapore: Aurum Land's co-working space, Collision 8, to launch next month

5 Jul 2016 - DealStreetAsia
Aurum Land, the property development arm of construction conglomerate Woh Hup, will launch the operations of Collision 8, a new co-working space in Singapore, next month. Collision 8 – an 8,600 square feet space located at the High Street Centre on North Bridge Road – describes itself as “both a community ...

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3 Things Investors Should Know About Mapletree Commercial Trust’s Latest Acquisition Plan

5 Jul 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Mapletree Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU) is one of the largest commercial REITs (real estate investment trusts) in Singapore’s market. With a market capitalization of more than S$3.1 billion, Mapletree Commercial Trust is the owner of four properties in Singapore. The properties include VivoCity and Merrill ...
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SG Dealbook:Fischer Tech langes Suzhou unit,Keppel completes consolidation,Bonvest disposed stake in Cordlife

5 Jul 2016 - DealStreetAsia
Fische Tech has launched a China unit in Suzhou, Keppel Corporation has completed the consolidation of its asset management business and Bonvest has disposed of its Cordlife stake. Fischer Advanced Technology has launched a Chinese subsidiary, Fischer Advanced Technology (Suzhou) Co, a wholly-owned unit ...
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Singapore: Ezra & EMAS sell stake in PV Keez to Petrofirst Infrastructure Partners

5 Jul 2016 - DealStreetAsia
The PetroFirst Infrastructure Partners joint venture (JV), which is controlled by energy-focused private equity firm First Reserve, has acquired an 80 per cent stake in PV Keez, a Southeast Asia servicing oil tanker. Acquired for a purchase consideration of $166.3 million, the PetroFirst Infrastructure ...
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Singapore:MCT to acquire Mapletree Business City in $1.32bn deal

5 Jul 2016 - DealStreetAsia
The trustee of Mapletree Commercial Trust, DBS Trustee Limited, has announced plans to to acquire Mapletree Business City’s office and business park for a purchase consideration of S$1.78 billion (US$1.32 billion). Representing an estimated 2.6 per cent discount to the average of two independent valuations ...
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Will Banks In Singapore Be Affected By Potential Problems In China’s Banking Sector?

5 Jul 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The global financial crisis is still fresh in the minds of many investors even though it had happened eight years ago. Highly-leveraged banks – which were mostly found in the US and Europe – suffered when the subprime housing market bubble in America burst. When the US investment bank Lehman Brothers ...
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SingPost to adopt recommendations of Corporate Governance Review

5 Jul 2016 - Singapore Business Review
The proposals will be implemented over the next three months. Singapore Post will adopt almost all recommendations of its just-completed corporate governance review, the company’s said in a statement. SingPost's board has accepted the findings and adopted all of the recommendations, save one, of both ...
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Why This Analyst Thinks Oil Will Hit US$80 in 2017

5 Jul 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The price of oil is currently hovering around US$48 per barrel and has done so for the past month. But, oil analyst J. Marshall Adkins from Raymond James & Associates thinks that the price of oil will average US$80 per barrel by the end of 2017. What forms the basis for his bullishness? Simply put, he ...
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3 Quick Numbers For Investors To Understand Wilmar International Limited’s Business Better

5 Jul 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Wilmar International Limited (SGX: F34) is one of the largest companies in Singapore’s stock market. At its current share price of S$3.34, it has a market capitalisation of over S$21 billion. Its heft gives it a place as one of the 30 constituents of the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI). As a brief background, ...
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