SINGAPORE'S infrastructure bond market could be given a boost in the upcoming Budget as Singapore prepares to launch a series of big-ticket infrastructure projects.
THE greening of the planet should mean fewer dollars need to be held in reserve around the world and may fuel persistent doubts about the greenback's future as the dominant world currency.
DBS is seeing encouraging signs on overall asset quality in 2021 as moratoriums gradually taper off, with extensions on debt holidays contained and delinquencies kept low.
DBS' recent takeover of India's Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) is expected to turn a profit in the next 12 to 24 months, now that asset quality concerns have been accounted for in the fourth quarter of 2020.
DBS is seeing encouraging signs on overall asset quality in 2021 as moratoriums gradually taper off, with extensions on debt holidays contained and delinquencies kept low.
MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) has secured its first green loan after two of its subsidiaries on Tuesday entered into an agreement for a S$200 million green revolving credit facility with OCBC Bank.
FUNDING Societies, a digital financing platform for small and medium enterprises (SME) in South-east Asia, has launched in Thailand - its fourth market in its six years of operations.
E-WALLET players Grab Financial Group, Liquid Group and Singtel Dash will now also offer PayNow services - marking the first time the peer-to-peer fund transfer service is made available to non-banks.
