Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Nov 3) - The Business Times

[SINGAPORE] Regulators are streamlining the path to a public listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard and its new Global Listing Board, bringing initial public offering reviews under a single touchpoint and committing to a six-to-eight-week timeframe.

[SINGAPORE] Most respondents are in favour of the proposed rebate-surcharge scheme for the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) system, with the majority expressing support for a five-band system, said Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 3).

[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s annual energy forum kicked off on Oct 26 with a note of caution – countries may prioritise their domestic energy needs in a fuel crunch, and “this trend of resource nationalism is particularly concerning”, said Tan See Leng, the Republic’s minister for energy, trade and industry (energy and industry).

[SINGAPORE] The Republic will soon ratify an agreement to establish an Asean haze coordination centre in the coming days, as it prepares to assume chairmanship of the regional bloc in 2027.

[SINGAPORE] Finance platform MoneySmart has been hit by a data breach, in which an unauthorised third party gained access to its internal IT systems and copied personal information belonging to customers in Singapore and Hong Kong.

[SINGAPORE] Analysts have lowered their target prices for Sheng Siong following its third-quarter results, as rising operating costs and moderating sales growth threaten to weigh on the supermarket operator’s earnings.

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