Origin
Singapore's central business district built outwards from Raffles Place from the 1970s onward; the Marina Bay master plan, dating to the 1980s, was completed with the opening of MBFC Tower 3 (2012) and the Marina Bay Sands (2010).
Who works here
- DBS Bank, OCBC Bank, UOB
- Standard Chartered Asia (8 Marina Boulevard)
- Singapore Exchange (SGX, 2 Shenton Way)
- Monetary Authority of Singapore (10 Shenton Way)
- GIC and Temasek (sovereign wealth managers)
Landmarks
- Marina Bay Financial Centre (Towers 1-3)
- Marina Bay Sands
- OCBC Centre
- Asia Square
Primary exchange
Singapore Exchange· SGX
Three indices a local would build
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- An index of Singapore-listed banks (DBS, OCBC, UOB), equal-weighted.open in builder →
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- ASEAN large-caps: 30 stocks across Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines.open in builder →