Industry taskforce proposes taxonomy and launches environmental risk management handbook to support green finance The Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT), convened by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), issued today a proposed taxonomy for Singapore-based financial institutions to identify activities that can be considered green or transitioning towards green. GFIT also launched today a handbook [&hellip

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In an era of low interest rates, the traditional strategy of saving and stashing away your monies in higher-interest rate accounts is dead in the water. With various banks slashing their interest rates multiple times in 2020 – there is a growing realization what was a low risk way to make some returns…. is actually...

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The upcoming HDB February 2021 Build-to-Order (BTO) sales exercise will feature four projects comprising a total of 3,700 units. The Toa Payoh (Bidadari) BTO is one of two mature estate projects that will be launched, and will consist of three medium-sized sites: two near Bartley MRT and another near Woodleigh MRT. [If you’re looking for the review for...

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Did you know that nationals or Permanent Residents of five countries are accorded the same Property Stamp Duty treatment as Singapore Citizens? The nationals from these five countries, just like Singapore citizens, are exempt from the current rate of the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) levied on foreigners when they purchase residential properties. The ABSD for foreigner [&hellip

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DBS to help over 30,000 corporate and SME customers save around 200,000 workdays with industry’s first digitalised audit confirmation solution DBS’s digitalised audit confirmation solution cuts processing time for audit confirmation requests to under 24 hours, as compared to industry norm of at least seven days. With corporate Singapore busy closing their accounts for Financial [&hellip

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Masterplan 2019 envisions that North region connectivity will be enhanced By: Hitesh Khan/ 2019 saw the opening of several new MRT stations and an Integrated Transport Hub (ITH): Canberra MRT on the North-South Line (NSL) Woodlands North, Woodlands, and Woodlands South MRT stations on the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) Yishun ITH By 2020, North region [&hellip

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You home’s worth is best gauged by engaging a professional real estate appraiser By: Hitesh Khan/ An appraisal consists of a thorough property inspection, location analysis and an investigation of relevant market data, and equating that information into an indication of market value for the property. The property worth is often the cornerstone of your financial well-being [&hellip

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Global commercial real estate investments had a better third quarter than second quarter, although the pace of investment was still much slower than last year as COVID-19 uncertainty continues to hamper markets. Direct global commercial real estate investments hit US$149 billion in the third quarter, up from US$107.3 billion in the second quarter, according to [&hellip

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Normanton Park is the biggest new condominium launch since the start of 2021. Marketers had been bombarding consumers with e-mail, print and online ads for weeks. Before the end of the launch weekend on January 17 Sunday 6 pm, The Straits Times and The Business Times published unanimously a celebratory headline online that read “Normanton... [read more]

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Following the results of Q4 2020, Core Central Region (CCR) condo sales and prices have been raising eyebrows. Prices appear to be up, despite expectations to the contrary: the rental market is still soft, and overall CCR condo prices had declined in the last quarter. As such, we may be seeing a surprise turnaround for...

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