What Investors Should Know About Top Glove Corporation Bhd’s Trading Debut In Singapore

29 Jun 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Top Glove Corporation Bhd (SGX: BVA), the world’s largest rubber glove maker by volume, made its debut on Singapore’s stock market yesterday. The company, which previously was listed only on Bursa Malaysia, the stock exchange of Malaysia, had gone for a secondary listing in Singapore by way of introduction. ...
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Will Singapore banks survive another global economic crisis?

29 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Stress tests are increasingly important, regulators say. Singapore's banking system will stay resilient even in light of escalating economic turbulence, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang said in a speech to the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). He noted that the central bank's annual ...
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Bond restructurings leave millionaire investors reeling

29 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Credit quality is deteriorating. Deep-pocketed investors in Singapore are learning the hard way that they lack clout in negotiations when high-yield bond investments blow up. PT Trikomsel Oke became the first company to default on Singapore dollar debt since 2009 when it failed to repay a bond coupon ...

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An Important Investing Perspective On Straco Corporation Ltd And Singapore Press Holdings Limited

29 Jun 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In a previous article, I had explained how the return on invested capital (ROIC) can be used to estimate the quality of a business. Generally speaking, a high (low) ROIC is associated with a high-quality (low-quality) business. That’s because a business with a higher ROIC requires less capital to generate ...
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3 Things Investors Should Know About Malaysia’s Largest Bank Malayan Banking Berhad

29 Jun 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There are really only three banks in Singapore’s stock market, namely, DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX: D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Limited (SGX: O39), and United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11). Across the causeway from Singapore though, there are many other banks listed in Malaysia’s stock market, ...
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Older Singaporeans are terrible at English and maths, reveals OECD survey

29 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
Half flunked literacy and numeracy tests. Singaporean youths are lauded all over the world for their exemplary maths skills, but the same cannot be said for older adults in the city-state. Singaporeans aged 55 to 65 attained the some of the lowest scores in literacy and numeracy, according to a survey ...

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Executive Condominium site in Punggol goes on sale

29 Jun 2016 - Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: An Executive Condominium (EC) site in Punggol which could yield about 653 homes has been released for public tender, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) said on Wednesday (Jun 29). The 21,014.6 sqm site in Anchorvale Lane is located beside Punggol Reservoir and can be accessed via Tongkang ...

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This Logistics Blue Chip Stock Has Been Buying Back Its Own Shares

29 Jun 2016 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Every now and then, I like to keep track of companies which have been buying back their own shares. That’s because share buybacks may be a sign that a company’s stock is undervalued. Peter Lynch, the legendary manager of the U.S.-based Fidelity Magellan Fund, also included buybacks as one of the criteria ...
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Here’s why analysts think threats over ComfortDelGro’s taxi business are overblown

29 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
They’re not concerned over Uber and Grab. The transportation firm’s taxi business form 36.4% of its operating profit, but threats brought about by private car hire services may have little to no negative effect. According to a report by OCBC, while taxi rental fell from an average of two weeks to none ...
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GuocoLand bids $595.1m for hotly-contested Martin Place residential site

29 Jun 2016 - Singapore Business Review
The site drew a total of 13 bids. A GuocoLand unit submitted the second-highest bid for a prime residential site at the corner of Martin Place and River Valley Close. First Bedok Land offered $595.1 million for the almost 1.6-hectare site, which translates to a price of $1,239 per square foot plot ratio ...
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