SGX offers to buy Baltic Exchange with LME, CME and ICE also in the race SGX share prices rise as investors cheer the move. Feb 26, 2016By Boby Michael
Growth concerns, reform agenda to dominate Shanghai G20 talks China said it is keeping its reform plans intact and BoE's Mark Carney said central banks still have unused tools. Feb 26, 2016By Boby Michael
China to spend 100bn yuan to re-employ laid-off workers The workers who lost their jobs as part of capacity rationalization in industrial units will benefit from this move. Feb 25, 2016By Boby Michael
Technical analysis: Singapore dollar headed south for 1.50/USD The move off the 6-year low hit last month to a 3-month high this month is only a slight correction. Feb 25, 2016By Boby Michael
Chinese yuan pares most of pre-holiday gains intensifying devaluation fears With Wednesday's move, the Chinese currency is down nearly 0.7% from last week's levels. Feb 24, 2016By Boby Michael
Singapore dollar weakens as GDP data disappoints Singapore expanded 2% in 2015, trailing official forecast of 2.1% and well below the 2014 rate of 3.3%. Feb 24, 2016By Boby Michael
Singapore's petrol retailers pass on most of wholesale price slide to consumers The country's Competition Commission said that there is no evidence to suggest collusion in petrol pricing among retailers. Feb 23, 2016By Boby Michael
UK's Pound keeps downward track ahead of GDP data The Sterling is down 1% so far this month and hovers near a 7-year low versus US dollar. Feb 23, 2016By Boby Michael
Myanmar working on new laws to overhaul opaque mining sector Myanmar's mining sector is however, notorious for accidents, lawlessness and corruption Feb 18, 2016By Jacob J
Oil inches up as Iran holds key to output freeze agreement Iran's output is at least one million bpd below its capacity while Saudi Arabia and Russia are producing at the higher limits of capacity. Feb 17, 2016By Jacob J
Japanese markets end turbulent week as Nikkei sheds 5.4% Japanese exports suffered as yen rose, with Toyota dropping 6.8 percent, Nissan 5.82 percent and Sharp plunging 10.32 percent. Feb 12, 2016By Staff Reporter
Asian shares in sell-off over bank health concerns; gold, bonds gain The sell-off followed a sharp drop in global markets on Thursday on concerns over the health of the global economy and the banking sector Feb 12, 2016By Staff Reporter
Oil rebounds after 8% fall as Iran says open to talks with Saudi Arabia The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) lowered its oil demand growth forecast for the next two years. Feb 10, 2016By Staff Reporter
Japan's Nikkei plunges 5.4% as investors flock to safe haven assets The Nikkei has slumped 15 percent so far in 2016. Feb 9, 2016By Staff Reporter
Greenback suffers worst tumble in 7 years; 1% down against Singdollar The currency makes no gains in Asian trade on Thursday as it hit a seven-year low against the Singapore dollar at $1.41468. Feb 4, 2016By Staff Reporter