Daily Briefing: Bitcoin falls below US$6,000; Singtel delivers stable dividends

And here's GIC's latest $92.6m investment.

From AFP via Yahoo! News:

Bitcoin plunged more than 20 percent to fall below US$6,000 on Tuesday, its latest sharp loss following a series of setbacks, with a global stock market collapse fuelling the selling.

The virtual currency fell to $5,992 for the first time since mid-November, according to Bloomberg News, the latest hammering for the cryptocurrency that saw a stratospheric 26-fold rise last year.

Tuesday's collapse comes just six weeks after bitcoin hit a record high of US$19,511, fuelled by a flood of speculators looking to make a quick buck.

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From The Motley Fool:

A company’s business track record will mean little to dividend investors, unless it also pays its profits as dividends to its shareholders.

Singtel has done well on the dividend-front. The company has grown its annual dividend from 16.8 cents per share in FY2013 to 17.5 cents in FY2017. What’s more, the dividend has been maintained at less than 77% of its earnings in that period, which indicates sustainability in the payouts.

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From Deal Street Asia:

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has injected 100b won ($92m) into Korean retail major E-Land Group, according to South Korean media reports. The round was part of a 200-billion won investment led by Hong Kong-based Anchor Equity Partners.

E-Land Group is a South Korean conglomerate headquartered in Seoul which has business interests in retail malls, restaurants, theme parks, hotels and construction businesses. Its cornerstone business line is fashion apparel business.

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