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1st JuneTop Stories
  • Mindset change towards risk is key to building innovative economy

Singapore Economy

  • Singapore urged to always embrace the best talents
  • April marks longest stretch in lending decline
  • Leaders generally assured about Singapore's continued relevance
  • Another funding scheme for local firms launched

Singapore Real Estate

  • Retaining a competitive real estate advantage is key for Singapore
  • Frasers Hospitality to export UK brand to Asia, eyes Aussie cities
  • Beijing project boosts KSH earnings
  • Mapletree to beef up recurring income, invest in new markets
  • No intention to take IReit Global private, says France's Tikehau
  • Solar-powered WiFi to be tested on Sentosa

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Structural reforms key to raising Asia's potential growth

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Here's why Disney built a resort in Shanghai
  • Canada's housing market shows some signs of cooling after long boom
  • China's supply-side reform isn't what you think
  • South-east Asia winning more Japanese investments than China amid tensions
  • India economy grows 7.6% in 2015-16; boost to Modi's government
  • Donna Karan: designing her next chapter
2nd JuneSingapore Economy
  • Tap complementary aspects of fiscal and monetary policies: Ravi Menon
  • Firms need to forge customised swords to tackle disruption

Singapore Real Estate

  • Qatar sovereign wealth fund close to buying Asia Sq Tower 1
  • Developers' offers catch officials' attention
  • Golden Glory plans Singapore IPO this year for Myanmar property push
  • Indonesian tycoon offers $560m for building in CBD
  • GSS back with even bigger discounts

Companies' Brief

  • Troubled flooring firm Jason Holdings posts S$13.8m loss for 2015

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Major changes needed for shift from value-adding to value creation
  • Don't get paralysed by downturns but focus on a sustainable business

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Australian GDP growth shoots past expectations
  • PMI points to economy stabilising but no rebound in sight yet
  • Chinese central bank targets 53t yuan shadow loan market
  • China's new home prices grow at fastest rate in two years
  • Global economy stuck in low growth trap, says OECD
  • Land ownership woes for China's homeowners
  • Lower rates boost Sydney home values in May
  • Uncertainties about land leases throw China homeowners' wealth in doubt
  • Rayong hotels hit by oil sector woes, economic slowdown
  • Property prices in NZ town surge on demand from China investors
  • First Hudson Yards tower opens in New York
  • Focus on housing for refugees at Biennale
  • UK mortgage lending slows to weakest pace since 2012 amid new tax
  • Macau's May casino revenue falls more than analysts' estimates
3rd JuneSingapore Economy
  • Fewer firms profitable in 2015 due to weaker economy: MOM
  • S'pore's May factory PMI dims hopes for broader upturn

Singapore Real Estate

  • Qingjian makes bold moves in real estate
  • Former Colliers research head joins CBRE as director
  • Fragrance hotel chain boss buys Australian island for $5.5 million
  • URA makes access to shophouse info easy
  • Data centre owners in consolidation trend
  • Great Singapore Sale kicks off with longer run, new official card
  • More Singaporeans turning to online shopping for better bargains

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Are we wrong about Singapore’s housing market?

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • NY property boom impinging on produce supply
  • Tokyo stocks dive after Abe's tax hike delay
  • US economy grows modestly as job market tightens: Beige Book
  • ECB keeps interest rates unchanged
4th, 5th & 6th JuneTop Stories
  • Land supply for private homes may rise, reversing trend
  • SGX sets its sights on first ETF for Singapore Reits

Singapore Economy

  • Singapore's brand name seen as an advantage in Myanmar
  • Asian equity rout may have petered out, say analysts
  • Think bigger when expanding overseas, S'pore firms urged
  • Private-sector sluggishness stokes fears of stagnation

Singapore Real Estate

  • CapitaLand to hold Hanoi project preview in Singapore
  • Frasers to list Aussie assets in $1.2b Reit
  • Kingsmead Road GCB sold for S$29m
  • Shunfu Ville deal revives collective-sale dreams
  • Foreign investors 'still eye S'pore property'
  • Surbana Jurong to help develop Trincomalee in Sri Lanka
  • Singapore prime homes a good buy now: JLL
  • Golf membership prices dip in wake of land recalls
  • GSS looking for a Chinese boost
  • Clarity in property cooling measures would help retailers, says Courts CEO

Companies' Brief

  • CityDev soars over 4% on re-inclusion in major FTSE index
  • Frasers Logistics Trust headed for listing
  • Newly elected Reitas exco sees 6 new faces

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • For stronger oversight, SGX needs industry's partnership
  • AskST: Buying an EC? Subsidies, grants make it a good choice
  • Seize opportunities wherever they are

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Gulf investors hold back from UK on Brexit fears
  • Commercial property buyers want Brexit clauses as vote looms
  • Top S-E Asian stock that's returned nearly 400% stays under the radar
  • What's really at stake for Europe in Brexit
  • Fed likely to avoid rate hike before British vote
  • Euro area economy's lacklustre growth to persist: Markit
  • Job growth down sharply even as jobless rate falls
  • China said to seek economic summits for bigger global
  • Hotel Zouk on the cards as Genting unveils big plans
  • Luxury homes left empty
  • Tackling London's housing woes an uphill task for mayor Sadiq Khan
  • Rent hikes in US are finally slowing - mostly for the rich
  • There Are Castles in America. Here Are Three You Can Buy
7th JuneTop Stories
  • New bonds by Temasek fund could be PE ticket for retail investors

Singapore Real Estate

  • BlackRock eyes more opportunities in S'pore after Asia Square T1 sale
  • Harbour View Gardens up for collective sale
  • Qatar fund buys Marina Bay office tower for $3.4b
  • Jalan Besar Plaza up for sale again, this time for S$380m
  • URA bans new eateries at Upper Thomson, Little India and Bedok dining spots due to parking woes

Companies' Brief

  • FCL signals handover of reins to 2nd generation
  • Hatten Group brothers in RTO deal with VGO Corporation
  • Underwater World Singapore closing

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Reits headed for merger wave? Unlikely
  • Shoppers' paradise lost? Singapore's malls suffer as locals, tourists curb spending

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Global private equity, property funds fear effects of Brexit
  • New York landlords use crooked means to force out rent-controlled tenants
  • Lisbon welcomes Airbnb after Berlin, Barcelona shut doors
  • Paris Ritz hotel to open after 4-year makeover
  • Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal puts Four Seasons Toronto up for sale – sources
  • Playboy Mansion to Sell to Neighbor for Over $100 Million
  • US$ recovers as rate-hike chance dims on poor jobs data
  • Lotte hotel unit's 5.7t won IPO faces fresh setback on bribery probe
8th JuneTop Stories
  • Commodities making a comeback, but investors remain wary

Singapore Economy

  • SGD surges, interest rates ease on weak US jobs data
  • Singapore increasingly a gateway to S-E Asia for China firms

Singapore Real Estate

  • Katong Shopping Centre may soon go on sale en bloc for $630m
  • URA to developers: Don't get carried away with incentives
  • Jurong Port is site of world's largest port-based solar facility

Companies' Brief

  • Why has Sime Darby changed tack on E&O investment?
  • Advertisers can now reach VivoCity mall visitors through SPHMBO

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Malls should spare a thought for consumers before deciding to upgrade
  • Service from the heart hits home for guests
  • Low wages a factor in injuries, deaths at work
  • Shop till you drop or when you run out of cards
  • Internet advertising to be a key growth area in entertainment and media industry: PwC

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Global growth slowdown 'worrying': World Bank
  • Fed drops June rate hike after poor jobs report
  • Tax amnesty seen unlocking gains in Indonesian property stocks
  • Playboy Mansion to be sold to its neighbour for over US$100m
  • Bill Gates, Saudi prince said to be seeking sale of Four Seasons Toronto
  • UK house prices up higher than expected in May
  • Hotel industry likely to consolidate further: Blackstone
  • Tour a $40 Million Caribbean Beach House
9th JuneTop Stories
  • Land for private housing in H2 GLS list up a tad from H1
  • MAS adjusts securities crowdfunding rules to facilitate retail access

Singapore Economy

  • S'pore's productivity growth ahead of comparable economies
  • New licensing regime set for crowdfunding platforms
  • World Bank cuts global growth forecast this year to 2.4%
  • S'pore tipped to become No. 2 offshore financial centre by 2020

Singapore Real Estate

  • Le Méridien back in Singapore with rebranded hotel in Sentosa
  • PPS not a panacea for every CDL high-end residential project
  • Tuan Sing in JV for Batam integrated development
  • Commercial/residential site next to Woodleigh MRT sparks market interest
  • Investors look again at office property
  • Slight rise in potential supply of homes through govt land sales

Companies' Brief

  • Starhill Global Reit
  • CapitaLand

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • More bonds a boon for investors
  • Ban reverse parking in front of eateries, shops
  • Sovereign ratings downgrades likely to outpace upgrades in 2016, says S&P

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • S&P warns of sovereign downgrades linked to debt burden
  • Japan's GDP grows more than initial reading in 1st quarter
  • ECB snaps up corporate bonds to boost Eurozone
  • Hong Kong desperately seeking Chinese tourists
  • Japanese warming to home auctions amid pain of negative rates
  • EU exit could temper UK house price rises: poll
  • Tours of Ceausescu's villa eschew mention of his dictatorship
  • A $16 Million Westchester Lake House With Golf Greens, Illegal Beach
10th JuneTop Stories
  • Singapore-based firm starts fund to buy 'death spiral' convertibles
  • Collaborate to harness full potential of disruptive technologies: Tharman

Singapore Real Estate

  • Another Malaysian developer eyes backdoor listing on SGX
  • Mapletree bags prime asset in Saigon CBD for over S$400m
  • HDB resale prices stay flat in May: SRX
  • Singapore's prime retail rents continue to fall in Q2
  • Orchard flood protection works half complete
  • Retailers are cranking up the gears for this year’s Great Singapore Sale
  • Bugis Street takes to online retailing in a big way

Companies' Brief

  • A-Reit to sell logistics facility near Shanghai for S$26m
  • Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust
  • Mapletree
  • RWS lets go of 400 staff as casino sees fewer visitors

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Singaporeans are ageing fast — let’s get planning
  • Japan's real estate fervour could lose its mojo all too quickly

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • BOJ signals its defiance of monetary policy critics
  • 2 banks in NZ tighten mortgage lending to non-residents
  • South Korean firms on shopping spree for overseas properties
11th, 12th & 13th JuneTop Stories
  • Bonds pip equities in fundraising by firms as investors chase yield
  • Investors reminded to do homework before buying high-yield bonds
  • Going, going, gone?

Singapore Economy

  • S'pore's yuan hub to gain as China sets US quota
  • Singapore tops financial literacy index in Asia-Pacific

Singapore Real Estate

  • PropertyGuru unfazed by exit of strategic investor
  • Newton hawkers fret over fewer customers
  • URA ban on new eateries in Bedok and Upper Thomson: Food is a fantasy but parking is a nightmare
  • Industrial trust eyes $903m in largest IPO here since 2013
  • UK's Nassim GCB plots up for sale again
  • Orchard Road turns to WeChat to drive sales

Companies' Brief

  • Cityneon riding high on marvellous transformation
  • Croesus Retail Trust looks to take manager in-house for S$50m
  • Genting Singapore's unlucky streak hits casino staff
  • Tiong Seng wins S$98.3m water pipeline contract

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Residential property owner taps crowdfunding for solar installation
  • Balancing act with land sales
  • Reit scores with attractive attributes
  • Investors cry foul over builder's crowdfunding
  • Tough year for consumer firms in Singapore

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • China now matching US-EU as driver of Asian export growth
  • China's corporate debt build-up could trigger crisis: IMF official
  • Welcome to where negative rates are normal
  • EU leaders and bureaucrats under pressure to reform the union
  • Brexit referendum outcome too close to call
  • Activists pushing rent control proposals for Silicon Valley
  • Yangon building's 'rebirth' points way for city's crumbling heritage
  • UK house prices expected to fall if Britain leaves EU
  • Central bank warns of Toronto, Vancouver housing risks
  • Zero energy homes
  • Foreign buyers 'pushing up rents of Penang heritage shophouses'
14th JuneSingapore Economy
  • Tharman calls for reforms to provide retirement security
  • Singapore emerges as top Asian investor in Japan
  • Job openings still outnumber job seekers, but only barely
  • Q3 hiring prospects to be worst since last recession

Singapore Real Estate

  • Singapore real estate stocks offer shelter in down market
  • Wing Tai sells another apartment at Le Nouvel Ardmore for S$21m
  • Foreigners snap up more homes in Q1
  • Qatar fund 'in talks for $2.7b loan' to buy tower

Companies' Brief

  • Croesus to bring trustee-manager 'in-house' with $50m acquisition

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • To boost retail, Singapore must become more cultured
  • Challenger shows the way for other Singapore retailers

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Asian investors rush for exits amid Brexit fears
  • China home sales rise at slowest pace this year
  • QIA said to be seeking US$2b loan to finance Singapore purchase
  • Lotte signals US$4.5 billion hotel IPO will be shelved amid crisis
  • China home sales rise at slowest pace this year
  • Brexit sends Danish 30-year mortgage costs below US Treasuries
  • Builders refuse to work on Bondi landmark's $38m revamp
  • Fly Like an Eagle Into Steve Miller's $16.8 Million Washington Estate
15th JuneSingapore Economy
  • S'pore braces for a Brexit pounding
  • A tough call, even in Singapore
  • Investors turn risk-averse as two key events loom
  • Govt sets aside extra S$14m each year to help PMETs find new jobs

Singapore Real Estate

  • S$2,248 psf ppr reserve price for Katong Shopping Centre seen as lofty
  • SilverNeedle opens Sage Hotel in Perth
  • Delicensed projects buoy CCR resale prices, volumes
  • Singapore ranks 2nd among global cities for green buildings
  • Raffles Medical opens new facility in Holland V

Companies' Brief

  • Changjiang's RTO deals include another property
  • Soilbuild Business Space Reit

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Foreign demand driving largest real estate deals
  • Lotte talks up duty-free business as probes widen

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Four polls put UK on course to leave EU; The Sun backs Brexit
  • Brexit would force Japanese companies to adopt twin-track strategy in Europe
  • World markets tumble on Brexit fears
  • Investors holding biggest cash pile since 2001: survey
  • China's economic reforms 'impressive but uneven'
  • Sydney slaps new stamp duty on foreign buyers
  • OECD urges Canada to enact stricter housing regulations
  • Credit crunch for farm renters compounds stress on US growers
  • Will Disney's dreams come true at new Shanghai park?
  • Beware vicious circle of slow growth
16th JuneSingapore Economy
  • Economists pare Singapore's 2016 growth forecast – again
  • April retail sales sans cars down 3 per cent

Singapore Real Estate

  • Developers' sales of private homes hit 10-month high in May
  • Private housing rents down in May, those for HDB stay flat: SRX
  • More developers offer deferred payment plans
  • Katong Shopping Centre put up for collective sale for a third time

Companies' Brief

  • CapitaLand sets up venture fund to support start-ups
  • CapitaLand

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Most Singapore-listed firms not open to Brexit risks: analysts
  • askST: Can I use the balance in my Ordinary Account to redeem my housing loan?

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • IIF flags heavy debt redemption ahead for emerging markets
  • Osborne warns of tax hikes if Brexit camp wins
  • Crown Resorts may split assets as cushion against Macau slump
  • UK's real estate woes run deeper than Brexit
  • Half of Chinese property buyers delay UK deals until after EU vote
  • How China won the keys to Disney’s Magic Kingdom
  • Airbnb makes case for home-sharing in Japan as regulation looms
  • A $13 Million, Ultramodern Hamptons Escape Unlike Any Other
17th JuneSingapore Economy
  • Singapore commits to landmark global reform aimed at MNC tax avoidance
  • Shares fall as Brexit darkens horizon
  • SME sentiment inches up from all-time low

Singapore Real Estate

  • Singapore's Eddie Tan opens The Edison hotel in George Town
  • Singapore falls to No 20 in prime office cost list
  • New agriculture land to be offered longer, 20-year lease: AVA
  • BCA moves to tighten lift maintenance, boost safety

Companies' Brief

  • UOL completes second purchase of London property
  • Genting Singapore's 'J' factor lost in a glum narrative
  • Global Logistic Properties
  • Starland Holdings
  • Chiwayland International

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • What Smart Nation means to the property market
  • Asian markets sink on Brexit fears

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Global central banks sound Brexit alarm
  • If Brexit happens, how about a Britain-C'wealth merger?
  • EU 'could fall apart if Britain leaves'
  • Brexit decision must be considered carefully
  • Bank Indonesia steps up stimulus in fourth rate cut of 2016
  • Housing, medical care costs seen supporting underlying inflation
  • Sun Hung Kai Properties offers 120% mortgages in HK
  • Room prices in Rio rocket as landlords dig for Olympic gold
  • Disney opens its doors in Shanghai
  • Bandar Malaysia to enjoy tax breaks galore
18th, 19th & 20th JuneSingapore Economy
  • Logistics players ponder the industry's future as deliveries grow
  • Markets adjust to lower likelihood of Brexit
  • Brexit on minds of expats in Singapore too
  • Exports stage stunning turnaround in May
  • Asia seen at turning point in currency rally

Singapore Real Estate

  • Property sales up, but market not in recovery yet
  • Tuan Sing hops on Batam bandwagon
  • Another crowdfunding scheme goes sour
  • GLP's prospects brighter than what analysts think
  • Lift-related injuries must be reported to BCA under new rules
  • German architect Ole Scheeren moved to Asia to design for Asia

Companies' Brief

  • New Frasers Reit over six times subscribed
  • Manulife US Reit
  • CapitaLand Retail China Trust
  • Hospitality Reits
  • Genting Singapore
  • Ascendas Reit
  • Yamato Asia exploring open locker concept in Singapore

Reviews, Views & Forum

  • Measured approach to crowdfunding
  • Brexit: Asean comparison puts choices in fresh light
  • Buying a home: Beat the crowd or wait it out?

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Brexit: What's in store
  • Tracing the global market thread that Brexit could unravel
  • Heavy trading predicted around Brexit vote
  • Brexit vote could influence TPP debate in Japan, lobbyists say
  • UK companies brace for long night to possible Brexit
  • Yen steadies amid 'weaker' Brexit threat and hints of currency intervention
  • China home prices rise at a faster pace in May
  • Phoenix rebuilds downtown as it woos Silicon Valley professionals
  • Unregulated home lending takes toll in HK
  • Hong Kong Disneyland tries to retain its charm as Shanghai beckons
  • This $16 Million Hamptons House Has Water on Both Sides
  • How China got Disney to share keys to Magic Kingdom
21st JuneTop Stories
  • Sustainability reporting rules seen offering flexibility

Singapore Economy

  • MAS closely watching UK developments
  • Relief rally as Brexit jitters subside
  • To be or not to be
  • New guidelines on leave benefits, notice for contract staff
  • More workshops to be run to help SMEs go global

Singapore Real Estate

  • Rent then buy - property developer dangles new lure
  • Third Reit this year looking to list on SGX
  • Four Seasons guns for growth in Asia-Pacific
  • Ascott bags 7 properties and expects to grow faster than last year
  • Eden Hall GCB plots up for sale again

Companies' Brief

  • GLP secures new leases totalling 98,000 sq m in China
  • CDL is best-performing STI stock in June
  • Ayondo in $158m reverse takeover deal with Starland
  • KOP Limited
  • LVMH is upbeat about thriving in Asia's markets amid volatility

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Stop contractors from tampering with lifts
  • Not surprising that crowdfunding schemes turned sour

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Vote pits London, Scotland against middle England
  • Brexit: vulnerable pound may hurt UK bond's haven status
  • Sterling rallies as Brexit worries ebb
  • Brexit could be catalyst for reinventing EU
  • London house prices fall as Brexit jitters, taxes cool demand
  • Japan's trade prospects dim as May exports fall
  • Germany expects growth to slow after strong Q1
  • Pitfalls piling up for investments in Australian housing
  • CityNeon's Victory Hills seen as silver lining for Star
  • China housing in flux as price recovery tapers off
  • Irish central bank sees mortgage limits as permanent
  • Australia taxes foreign home buyers as affordability bites
  • Major shareholder opposes Vanke's 45.6b yuan share-sale plan
  • CEO Chesky vows to stamp out racism from Airbnb
22nd JuneSingapore Economy
  • 'Many options' for future development of Singapore
  • Future Economy team looks for novel ways out of land shortage
  • Increasing demand for contract employees: survey
  • Investors hold back amid Brexit jitters

Singapore Real Estate

  • HDB reminds EC developers against dangling pre-sale carrots
  • Open economy forces government's hand
  • Market-calming moves, then and now
  • Chilling effect
  • Home rents falling, but yields not plunging yet
  • Low rents draw big names to Marina Bay office spaces
  • Troubled e-retailer Ensogo shuts Singapore operations

Companies' Brief

  • OKP Holdings snags PUB drainage project
  • Strong trading debut for fourth Frasers Reit

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Despite EU flaws, continued membership is best choice for Britain
  • More consumer protection laws in renovation industry needed

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Yellen makes subtle change to outlook for inflation, job market
  • Sterling's fall after Brexit will be bigger than on 'Black Wednesday', says Soros
  • Brexit vote in the balance as polls differ over which side leads
  • UK businesses better off if Britain quits the EU
  • Uncertainty over Brexit vote dampens IPOs in London
  • Leaders, businesses across EU urge UK to Remain
  • Think of future generations, vote to stay in EU: Cameron
  • Li Ka-shing upbeat on China's outlook
23rd JuneTop Stories
  • S'pore includes yuan investments in foreign reserves

Singapore Economy

  • Lower levies for safety-trained construction workers
  • Asian companies more optimistic in second quarter: Thomson Reuters/Insead survey
  • Hong Kong tops, Singapore 4th-most expensive city for expatriates: Survey
  • Asia-Pacific banks facing powerful storm: Report

Singapore Real Estate

  • Property investment sales in Q2 come to S$6.9b
  • 77 Robinson Road back on market – again
  • Hao Yuan's Northwave EC likely to be priced at average S$760 psf
  • Novena underpasses to be demolished

Companies' Brief

  • ARA bidding for 50% stake in Capital Square: sources
  • World's first Japan Rail Cafe coming to Singapore: GuocoLand
  • Views, Reviews & Forum
  • Companies need to act now against tax avoidance
  • Public parking rates set to rise after review
  • Technology blurring line between physical, digital worlds: panellist

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Britons to make most significant decision in voting lifetime
  • Yellen avoids being overly alarmist about probable global impact of Brexit
  • Europe divided on the way forward after Brexit vote
  • Brexit will not be a 'Lehman moment': UBS
  • Sterling and euro firm ahead of Brexit vote
  • Commonwealth citizens in Britain get to vote too
  • China slowdown casts long shadow over Hong Kong and Singapore
  • Pricey Swiss mortgages add to Brexit battering of Poland's zloty
  • Brexit or not, markets will stay volatile due to political events
  • Sterling's drop in value spells savings for some
  • GIC in talks to sell 2 Paris CBD buildings: sources
  • Starwood selling US malls it got from Westfield: sources
  • How to survive being an Airbnb host
  • Existing home sales hit 9-year high
  • Li Ka-shing calls for higher corporate taxes in Hong Kong
24th JuneSingapore Economy
  • Margin requirements up amid Brexit tension
  • Singapore's CPI down for 19th straight month
  • MTI sees 'modest' impact on S'pore in mid to long term
  • Government 'ready to back firms going overseas'

Singapore Real Estate

  • Property investment sales up 18.2% to $9.6b in first half
  • S&P's downgrade of Sabana Reit withdrawn on trust's request
  • FCL unit to launch Tokyo serviced residence

Companies' Brief

  • Cityneon stock hits new high as Avengers attraction opens in LasVegas

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Earnings expected to stabilise for Singapore's hospitality Reits
  • Private equity may not fit retail, but regulated access beats a ban
  • Asia keenly watching result of Brexit referendum
  • HDB season parking fee for 2nd car may rise
  • Buying an Executive Condominium a no-brainer for those who qualify
  • Promote safe working practices on the ground

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Markets surge on talk of 'Remain' victory
  • Brexit vote already has a winner: the gambling industry
  • Brexit poll: a sobering lesson for Asia
  • Market-rate renters keeping up with rising rents in US: study
  • Foundation sues Airbnb for using Child's name
  • Sales of new homes down in May from 8-year high
  • Asia-Pacific Wealth Exceeds North America for First Time
25th, 26th & 27th JuneSingapore Economy
  • Brexit vote a turning point: PM Lee
  • Markets mauled, but it's not like 2008 crisis: Tharman
  • New pacts needed with trading partners like S'pore: MTI
  • Close ties between S'pore and UK unchanged
  • Brexit is an additional adjustment to a 'risky trinity': BIS
  • Brexit sends markets correcting wrong guess
  • Asian currencies spared - for now
  • Gold jumps, oil falls on news of UK vote (Amended)
  • May's manufacturing output up 0.9%

Singapore Real Estate

  • Property companies still positive on UK market
  • Market watchers split on whether to jump into UK real estate
  • Behind-the-scenes story of Frasers' massive hotel deal
  • Sharing office space can mean big business: Collective Works founder Jonathan O'Byrne

Companies' Brief

  • Shares of Singapore firms with British operations take a hit after Brexit vote
  • Sabana Reit's manager clarifies reports on rating withdrawal

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Go defensive as UK-exposed stocks slide
  • Crowds enquire at money changers, but few buy £
  • Brexit's negative campaign holds lesson for Singapore
  • Markets Insight: Brexit concerns 'will keep markets volatile'
  • Shock and horror for markets and traders
  • Property agents, bankers swamped with queries
  • Collective effort needed to enhance workplace safety
  • Singaporeans seeking Aussie property face more loan hurdles
  • Smart cities, smoother lives

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Brexit turmoil continues to divide and confuse
  • Britain's departure 'will unleash $406b in automated stock sales'
  • Brexit leaves the UK and beyond picking up the pieces
  • Historic decision will set political weather in UK, EU
  • Central bankers vow to intervene in volatile markets amid Brexit discord
  • Japan prepares battle lines to counter effects of Brexit
  • Brexit could play a part as Spain heads for polls again
  • Difficult Brexit 'divorce' talks in the works
  • Europe makes Brexit-voting UK look like a safe haven
  • Reasons not to be totally depressed about Leave vote
  • US banking giants look for a city to replace London
  • Brexit vote catches many US firms by surprise
  • London fears exodus of bankers, investment following shock vote
  • Corporate bond risk surges on Brexit vote
  • Scottish Parliament 'could try to block Brexit'
  • Vanke's deal on share sale unlikely to be approved
  • Airbnb lobbies city leaders to stay legit
  • Fund manager loses appeal in Bahamas dispute
  • Asian investors eye UK property after Brexit fallout
  • BNM intervenes after ringgit slides: analysts
  • The Whitey Bulger Auction: What’s a Mobster’s Stuff Worth?
  • Tour a Breathtaking Family Compound in Brazil's Vacation Hotspot
28th JuneSingapore Economy
  • Shaken investors run for cover as Brexit pummelling continues
  • SGX to play to its strengths in Reit, consumer, healthcare
  • Singapore stock market resilient in first half
  • Asian markets back on calmer footing
  • Shares of Singapore property firms with British exposure weaken further

Singapore Real Estate

  • Brexit might have done S'pore property a favour
  • OCBC puts Robinson Rd office block on market
  • OUE's LA tower's US$50m makeover includes Skyslide
  • Neighbour loses claim against neighbour over damage

Companies' Brief

  • Lui Tuck Yew appointed Chip Eng Seng independent director

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Reits shine amid post-Brexit volatility
  • Guidelines needed to raise quality of risk disclosure by crowdfunding platforms
  • Brexit vote holds lessons for Singapore
  • Fail-safe lifts a must for high-rise city

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Threat of intervention keeps yen speculators at bay
  • Local demand shielding Asian bonds after Brexit
  • London's fate as financial centre in doubt
  • The plunging pound
  • Brexit aftermath: Italy could be the next domino to fall
  • Investment banks reeling from Brexit volatility
  • Top London lawyers try to ease Brexit fears
  • EU to move bank regulator out of London
  • Tokyo considering $134b stimulus
  • Li Ka-shing is Hong Kong's biggest Brexit loser
  • China says Brexit will deepen global instabilities
  • China’s industrial profit growth eases to 3.7% in May
  • YTL eyes acquisitions in UK amid Brexit shock
  • NYC’s Waldorf Astoria Said to Close in ’17 for Condo Rebuild
29th JuneTop Stories
  • Stress tests for banks becoming more crucial: Hng Kiang

Singapore Economy

  • Central banks lead fall in global public investors' assets in 2015
  • S'pore investors more optimistic than HK ones: study

Singapore Real Estate

  • Moderate, calibrated industrial land supply in H2
  • Completed apartment, condominium prices in May down 0.8%: NUS
  • More properties go under the hammer in Q2: JLL
  • Quek Leng Chan pips S'pore cousin to top bids at URA tender for Martin Place condo site

Companies' Brief

  • Oxley gives assurance on UK business
  • Sim Lian launching EC in Sengkang

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Loans still available for London property, but banks sound caution
  • Sterling finds respite after the pounding
  • How Brexit affects Singapore
  • What Brexit means for the rest of us
  • London's loss may be Asia's gain as property funds seek safe havens like Singapore

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Q1 GDP revised upwards after gains in exports, software investment
  • Can Britain exit the Brexit?
  • Britain scraps plans to sell stakes in RBS and Lloyds banks
  • $15 Million Can Buy You a Small Piece of Hamptons History
  • Battered sterling gets a reprieve, yen's rally pauses
  • Sydney to get A$1.5b hotel and casino complex
30th JuneSingapore Economy
  • Financial strength of some insurers here could be sapped in short term
  • Moody's cuts 2016 growth forecast for Singapore

Singapore Real Estate

  • UOB suspends London property loans programme
  • OCBC puts Bukit Pasoh shophouses on market
  • Only EC site on Confirmed List this year launched
  • CDL still eyeing UK expansion
  • LHN nominee to buy Beach Road carpark property for S$26m
  • Funan clicks out for revamp
  • Streetwear shop 77th Street to close by end-July
  • Marriott looks to launch 5 hotel brands in S’pore

Companies' Brief

  • Second Chance Properties

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Home loans cheaper as Fed holds off rate hikes
  • Lessons for Asia from Brexit: be careful with deep integration
  • After Brexit, Asia should strengthen its regional safety net
  • Workplace injury claims SMEs' biggest insurance risk: AIG

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Brexit shock leads to record negative Danish mortgage rates
  • May consumer spending up for second month
  • Wanda Commercial offer faces hurdles over price
  • London's loss is Asia's gain as property funds seek safe havens

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