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Recovery in electronics exports pushes Singapore's NODX up by 7.7% in August - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Singapore economy

Recovery in electronics exports pushes Singapore's NODX up by 7.7% in August

Things are looking up for Singapore’s trade sector, with NODX expanding 7.7% in August 2020.
Asean banks face 'long road to recovery', DBS top pick here: Maybank - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Broker's Calls

Asean banks face 'long road to recovery', DBS top pick here: Maybank

Analysts warn of Singapore experiencing “one of the strongest contractions in the region” due to its open and trade-driven economy

Stocks To Watch

Frasers Property: Asset recycling, restructuring for greater liquidity the key catalysts for this developer

Frasers Property (FPL) – which gained just 3.68% last year – underperformed its peers City Developments (+42%), UOL Group (+37.5%) and CapitaLand (+26.2%), excluding dividends. Since the start of this year, CapitaLand is up a further 5%.

Disruption and Digitalisation

Thailand strives to catch up to Singapore, Hong Kong on digital banking

Authorities in Thailand are trying to keep pace with the digital banking transformation in Asia.

Yield watch

Perpetual bond issuance all the rage in Thailand, but changing accounting standard may threaten parade

(Oct 28): A recent increase in the issuance of perpetual bonds in Thailand seems to be linked to local companies’ desire to lock in low interest rates, but the new accounting standards coming into effect next year signal something much more intriguing.

Currencies

Emerging Asia’s US$5 trillion reserves put to test in currency war

(Aug 7): It used to be that a buildup in foreign reserves was seen as a bulwark against currency shocks and swift turns in investor sentiment.

Deals, joint ventures & alliances

SIA Engineering to establish line maintenance JV in Thailand with NokScoot

SINGAPORE (April 1): SIA Engineering Company (SIA EC) is establishing a $2.74 million line maintenance joint venture (JV) company in Thailand with low-cost carrier (LCC) airline, NokScoot Airlines.

Property

NOON Capital, Asia Capital Real Estate partnership debuts with launch of US$25 mil Phuket project

SINGAPORE (Dec 17): NOON Capital and Asia Capital Real Estate (ACRE) on Monday announced the launch of a US$25 million ($34 million) project in Phuket, Thailand, as part of a partnership that will see the two companies sink up to US$150 million into a Tha

Dine in

Harvesting history

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): As a former science and mathematics teacher, Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago is acquainted with numbers as intimately as he is with the complexities of winemaking. From alcohol percentages to landmark years, not to mention the bin

Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy

Bangkok's 'Dr Love' woos Chinese couples with fertility tours

(Oct 19): From a luxury spa in central Bangkok, Wei Siang Yu hopes to lure Thailand’s latest tourist target: couples needing a bit of extra magic to make babies.
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