Daily Briefing: How investors can trade SGX stocks with the same platform for bonds; Fragrance Group unveils residential tower and hotel

And is it time for you to buy a property?

From Dollars and Sense via Yahoo!: Those who regularly invest would understand the difficulty of keeping up-to-date your entire portfolio. Having diversified your money into different asset classes over the years, it can be a hassle to keeping track of where all your investments are and how they are performing. For example, if you have bought stocks from different brokerage firms, some of your holdings would be credited into your Central Depository (CDP) account while others may be held on your behalf under a custodian account.

From Yahoo!: Fragrance Group today announced that it has officially launched its development project in Melbourne and a new-build hotel in Tasmania. The development project known as 555 Collins was launched by the group’s subsidiary, Fragrance VIC-MEL (Collins), and consists of a 47-level residential tower with 625 apartments, retail spaces and basement car parking.

From Yahoo!: If you are Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) living in a rented apartment, chances are you might have thought about buying your own place to stay, instead of simply 'throwing away' money every month by paying rent. After all, owning property is largely viewed as a popular move if you're looking to stay in Singapore for a substantial period of time. In addition to this, the idea of stability would probably be something you'd be looking for, especially if you're living with your family.