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UBS on Thursday said it has launched its third Future of Finance Challenge competition in Singapore, an open competition targeting fintech startups and technology entrepreneurs globally.

UBS has launched its Future of Finance Challenge competition for the Asia-Pacific region in Singapore, one of six cities around the world to invite innovators and fintechs to take part in the third edition of the Swiss bank's global challenge. 

THE Sydney branch of United Overseas Bank (UOB) expects to issue its A$500 million (S$477 million) senior unsecured floating-rate notes due in 2022 on July 25, the lender said in a bourse filing late on Wednesday night.

FRASERS Property Limited has secured a A$750 million (S$715.2 million) term loan, comprising a A$500 million green loan tranche and a A$250 million five-year tranche, the real estate developer said on Wednesday morning. The A$500 million tranche is Singapore’s first green loan with a pricing structure linked to the BCA Green Mark,...

FRASERS Property Limited has secured a A$750 million (S$715.2 million) term loan, comprising a A$500 million green loan tranche and a A$250 million five-year tranche, the real estate developer said on Wednesday morning. The A$500 million tranche is Singapore’s first green loan with a pricing structure linked to the BCA Green Mark,...

IF RUBE GOLDBERG had been a portfolio manager, instead of a cartoonist renowned for designing comically complicated machines for accomplishing simple tasks, he might have specialised in long-short equity funds.

ASSET markets rebounded strongly in the first half of 2019, following a poor 2018. Global equities led the way, rising more than 10 per cent, but bonds (particularly riskier bonds) also performed well. Oil has rallied and gold recently broke out into a six-year high.

UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched a new initiative to help more companies in Singapore hire people with disabilities.

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed Singapore's financial sector oversight to be "among the best globally", and described the country's economic fundamentals as strong, and its economic policies as sound.

BANK of Singapore is seeing a surge in interest from clients in discretionary portfolio management (DPM) - with a 40 per cent jump among its Singapore clients seeking out the service between 2016 and 2018.