Sale of Singapore's Asia Tower 1 to be largest single-tower deal in Asia Pacific Asia Square Tower 1, owned by BlackRock and located along Marina View at Marina Bay is going to the hands of Qatar Investment Authority for S$3.4bn. Jun 6, 2016By Boby Michael
Asian currencies await bullish week as dollar under pressure after weak US jobs report The Singapore dollar has rallied to a 1-month high after the US data. Jun 4, 2016By Boby Michael
Singapore wage growth slows but deflation helps accelerate pace of real wage rise Hit by softer economic conditions in the City, profitable firms declined and loss makers increased in 2015. Jun 2, 2016By Boby Michael
South Korean won drops to 80-day low as inflation slows to lowest in 4 months The won has fallen more than 0.5% on Wednesday, adding to the 3.6% decline in May. Jun 1, 2016By Boby Michael
Markit PMI: China, Malaysia manufacturing contract, Indonesia's expanding China PMI dropped to 49.2 from 49.4, Indonesia's down to 50.6 from 50.9 while Malaysia's came at a 5-month low of 47.2. Jun 1, 2016By Boby Michael
Hong Kong No.1 in competitiveness replacing US, Singapore one step down to 4th There was a major shuffle in European ranking while Asia generally saw major economies declining except India and Thailand. May 31, 2016By Boby Michael
Asian currencies decline on Yellen impact with Korean won the worst performer Won slipped 0.8% followed by the Taiwan dollar, Indian rupee and the Malaysian ringgit and the Philippine peso which dropped 0.6% to 0.4%. May 30, 2016By Boby Michael
Singapore dollar falls in overseas trading on fresh US signals, more losses likely The Singdollar is expected drop further along with the rest of Asian currencies on Monday as the greenback has rallied to a 70-day high against the euro. May 28, 2016By Boby Michael
Chinese yuan at 3-month low on US rate hike speculation, charts suggest 5-year low soon Charts suggest that the pair is now likely to break the January high of 6.60 making a new 5-year low for the yuan. May 27, 2016By Boby Michael
Retail firm Metro says Q4 net profit plunges 85%, shares drop The full-year net profit fell 20.4% to S$113.3mn from previous year's S$142.4mn. May 26, 2016By Boby Michael
Singapore dollar hovers near 2-month low as data shows GDP growth rate stabilises below 2% The government has maintained its 2016 GDP forecast range at 1-3%. May 25, 2016By Boby Michael
Recession-hit Taiwan sees jobless rate rising to 2-year high in April The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate came at 3.97% in April, its highest since June 2014 and up from 3.92% in March. May 23, 2016By Boby Michael
Singapore headline deflation eases and core inflation ticks up, helping SGD strengthen MAS says it expects the core inflation to continue to accelerate and disinflationary effects of recent policy actions to ease going forward. May 23, 2016By Boby Michael
Singapore: Consumer price and GDP data crucial for next week The April consumer price data is due on 23 May and the final Q1 GDP data will be out on 25th. May 21, 2016By Boby Michael
Asian currencies fall on Fed rate hike speculation with ringgit the worst performer The Philippine Peso has, however, been the sole gainer. May 21, 2016By Boby Michael