Пости за Квітень 2020
94 публікаційApril 30 evening round-up: 1. Singapore's manufacturing, services firms pessimistic about next six months amid pandemic bit.ly/35iJVfY 2. Singapore bank lending down 0.1% in March: MAS preliminary data bit.ly/3aQGka4 3.…

DBS' O&G portfolio makes up largest chunk of loans to industries hit by Covid-19 South-east Asia's largest bank guided that its oil-and-gas lending portfolio at S$23 billion makes up its single-largest loan exposure to i…

April 30 morning round-up: 1. Singtel, StarHub-M1 bag 5G licences; some see pandemic hobbling roll-out bit.ly/3f7KBts 2. Jobs-for-a-fee site for law students under probe by LawSoc bit.ly/3bNuvmE 3. CIMB Singapore delays…
April 29 evening round-up: 1. Singapore's construction sector to take hard hit in 2020 amid Covid-19: Fitch Solutions bit.ly/2y7tbMA 2. Singapore visitor arrivals in March lowest since Sars outbreak in 2003 bit.ly/2KJnWF…

Singapore's Q1 total employment sees sharpest contraction since Sars Total employment, excluding foreign domestic workers, shrank by 19,000, compared with the 24,000 contraction seen in Q2 2003 during the peak of the Sar…

April 29 morning round-up: 1. Singapore banks in spotlight over upcoming Q1 provisions, dividends bit.ly/2KES19t 2. More expected to be jobless, especially in retail, F&B, recreation sectors bit.ly/2VJIynB 3. Some bubble…
April 28 evening round-up: 1. Jobs support cushions blow but layoffs, unemployment will still rise: MAS bit.ly/2SfeRIT 2. Disinflationary pressures to broaden, but fiscal policy plays main role in Covid-19 crisis: MAS bi…
April 28 morning round-up: 1. Singapore layoffs may hit 100,000 in 2020, with unemployment at 4-5% bit.ly/2Yc8cDe 2. BT Exclusive: Catastrophe bonds raise Singapore's profile as hub for alternative risk bit.ly/2YdAdKq 3.…

PODCAST: In this week's episode, we host Tan Su Shan, group head, institutional banking, DBS, as she explains how there is no turning back for big and small businesses, if they are to survive the Covid-19 pandemic. bit.l…
April 27 evening round-up: 1. High Court grants troubled Hin Leong interim judicial management bit.ly/2W0LjQh 2. StanChart's troubled loans top US$600m on corporate woes bit.ly/2Y9Y4ec 3. Singapore coastline packed with…

Singapore to see 45,600 retrenchments this year, GDP to contract 5.7%: DBS economist Retrenchments in Singapore could hit 45,600 this year with the economy in a "deep and protracted recession", as the country toils at co…

Stocks to watch: Sembcorp, SIA, Singtel, OCBC, Biolidics, Raffles Medical Sembcorp subsidiary gets court order to restrain Hin Leong's Universal Terminal from moving, removing or disposing of gasoil reserves; Singapore A…

April 27 morning round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: More companies may need to cut dividends on Covid-19 uncertainty bit.ly/2VG0vUc 2. Game on: Secretlab goes from startup to global brand in 5 years bit.ly/2SaZS2v 3. Private pla…

How will the planet and our urban environment look when the Covid-19 pandemic is over? With the natural world now seemingly in a better state, it might be easy to assume that the coronavirus pandemic is a reset button fo…

The Raffles Conversation: Changing expectations mean that EY has to build beyond its assurance and tax expertise to meet clients' demands for holistic solutions, says Asean regional managing partner Liew Nam Soon. #raffl…
April 25 evening round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: Mortgage customers up in arms over CIMB's floor rate hike bit.ly/355aLZd 2. Singapore private home prices to tumble, question is by how much? bit.ly/2Y1CIzk 3. Singapore Airlin…

DINING IN: A world of spice and more Thevar and Tiffin Room offer a delicious tour along the Spice Route. #BTLifestyle bit.ly/2VCPVx3

#BRUNCH: The post-Covid new world order Long term trends emerging out of the pandemic, and what they mean for recovery bit.ly/2KvHflH
April 24 evening round-up: 1. Singapore factory output rebounds 16.5% in March due to surge in pharmaceuticals bit.ly/351WTi5 2. Private home prices fell 1% in Q1 q-o-q: URA bit.ly/2VwipIJ 3. Retail rents ease 2.3% q-o-q…

April 24 morning round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: Energy giants Vitol, Sinopec eye Hin Leong's oil storage terminal bit.ly/2xTB1JL 2. Eagle Hospitality Trust’s sponsor dogged by payment disputes bit.ly/2VSxnrv 3. News analysis…
April 23 evening round-up: 1. Singapore headline inflation falls to zero in March bit.ly/2VxQOai 2. Downward pressure on industrial prices, rentals in coming quarters owing to virus outbreak: JTC bit.ly/3azuD7I 3. Record…

China's Sinopec in talks to buy stake in Hin Leong's Singapore oil storage terminal: sources The sale could provide much needed cash for Singapore giant oil trader Hin Leong, which owes US$3.85 billion to 23 banks. bit.l…

April 23 morning round-up: 1. BT Exclusive: Singapore food manufacturers scramble to comply with fresh rules bit.ly/3eKxZrK 2. Co-working clients up in arms over continued fees charged by some operators bit.ly/2Vv4Byn 3.…
April 22 evening round-up: 1. Scarred by 2017, Singapore banks to face test on O&G exposure again bit.ly/3eIGLqo 2. Changi Airport Group eyes cargo as passenger flights impacted by Covid-19 bit.ly/2RVCIgu 3. Citi says Si…

Stocks to watch: UOB, SGX, Keppel DC Reit, Suntec Reit, Parkway Life Reit, Oxley UOB will offer pre-approved loans of up to S$200,000 to SMEs; SGX could see a more than 30% jump in net profit; Suntec Reit’s DPU falls 27.…
April 22 morning round-up: 1. S$3.8b in extended support amid tighter curbs against pandemic bit.ly/2KlPe4D 2. Hin Leong collapse: No serious sectoral impact; firm faces police probe bit.ly/3bsWRSZ 3. As oil gets beaten…

Extension of Covid-19 support measures with extended 'circuit breaker' to cost S$3.8b The extended measures include a 75 per cent wage subsidy for local workers, applicable to all sectors for the month of May. The Jobs S…
April 21 evening round-up: 1. Singapore to extend circuit breaker by 4 weeks to June 1: PM Lee bit.ly/2KiQF43 2. Singapore police probing troubled giant oil trader Hin Leong bit.ly/2Vn2ZGM 3. HSBC cuts top investment ban…

April 21 morning round-up: 1. US crude at US$10? It's a possibility, given latest dive to 21-year low bit.ly/2wYGj6m 2. Oil price crashes into negative territory for the first time in history amid pandemic bit.ly/3bsHIRI…
April 20 evening round-up: 1. MAS to directly lend to banks at near-zero cost, pumping cheap credit to SMEs bit.ly/2XQQBAy 2. OCBC to disburse S$1b in govt-assisted SME loans to small businesses by June 30 bit.ly/350zkqd…