Merrill Lynch hires new Asia wealth chief from UBS
* Benz headed UBS's investment products unit in Asia

RPT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks near 1-mth high; euro dips
* Asia stocks mark time near 1-month high

Singapore Stocks-Down on losses in telcos, 3,000 support eyed
* Index down 0.32 pct, seen in 3,000-3,042 range afternoon

DBS names ANZ banker as new consumer banking head
SINGAPORE, Sept 6 (Reuters) - DBS <DBSM.SI>, Southeast Asia's biggest bank, on Monday named a banker from ANZ <ANZ.AX> as its new head of consumer banking, one week after previous head Rajan Raju resigned to join Deutsche Bank's asset management unit.

Outgoing Singapore Air CEO to become new SGX chairman
* Chew Choon Seng to become chairman on Jan 1, 2010

SingTel unlikely to bid for C&W - Citigroup note
SINGAPORE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications <STEL.SI>, Southeast Asia's largest telecoms firm, is unlikely to bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide <CWP.L> as the company wants to focus on the Asia-Pacific region, Citigroup said on Tuesday.

Singapore to allow 4th mobile phone operator-report
SINGAPORE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Singapore will auction another third-generation (3G) spectrum in November, paving the way for a fourth mobile phone operator in the city-state, the Business Times reported on Tuesday.

Fortis Healthcare eyes Singapore REIT-sources
* Plans $600-700-mln REIT listing in 6 mths-source