Europe

Global investors continue to shy away from risk in Feb, save for North America

SINGAPORE (March 1): State Street Global Exchange’s Global Investor Confidence Index (Global ICI) reported a fall in sentiment to 92.9 points, down 1.6 points from Jan 2017’s revised reading of 94.5.

Investor confidence continues global decline on political concerns in Europe

SINGAPORE (Feb 1): State Street Global Exchange’s Global Investor Confidence Index (Global ICI) continues to decline on a global scale, falling 0.3 points from Dec 2016’s revised reading of 94.1 to 93.8 in Jan 2017.

Investing strategies

Global investors weigh geopolitical risks in Europe

SINGAPORE (Jan 31): Global investors are most wary of high volatility in currencies, commodities and capital markets when considering investment plans in Europe, according to a survey by EY.

Singapore is second most connected country in the world

SINGAPORE (Nov 24): Singapore is once again the world’s second most connected country, based on the fourth edition of DHL’s Global Connectedness Index, trailing behind The Netherlands which retained its top spot.

Alibaba Cloud expands global footprint with 4 new data centres

SINGAPORE (Nov 21): Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm and a business unit of China’s Alibaba Group, says it aims to open four new data centres by end-2016 in the Middle East, Europe, Australia and Japan.

Europeans are waiting for these 5 upcoming elections with bated breath

SINGAPORE (Nov 15): Brexit and the US presidential election were inarguably two of the most major global political events of 2016. Yet, they are potentially only the beginning of much more to come.

Procurri acquires UK-based EAF Supply Chain for $2.6 mil

SINGAPORE (Nov 8): Procurri has announced its first post-IPO acquisition of UK-based EAF Supply Chain for $2.6 million by its UK subsidiary, Procurri UK.

Broker's Calls

SIA's long-haul traffic under stress

SINGAPORE (Nov 2): Maybank Kim Eng is maintaining its “hold” ratings for Singapore Airlines group with a target price of $9.70 ahead of its results release on Thursday.

Global investor confidence levels up for Oct, but still shy of neutral reading

SINGAPORE (Oct 26): Institutional investors around the world have recorded an improvement in risk appetite for the second month running, driving State Street’s global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) up by 3.6 points to 99.1 in October from September’s

Olam adds East African coffee specialist to business brew with $10.4 mil acquisition

SINGAPORE (Oct 24): Agri-business Olam International has acquired a 100% stake in Schulter S.A., an East African coffee specialist, for US$7.5 million ($10.44 million).
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