Singapore's key exports rose 12.4% in April, beating market expectations. Non-oil domestic exports last month also hit double-digit growth for the first time in 2025. Electronic shipments grew by 23.5 ...
Brookfield makes first Singapore investment with $413m acquisition
Brookfield Asset Management, the global alternative asset manager, has marked its first investment in Singapore with the acquisition of two business parks and a high-tech industrial building for S$535 ...
Residential property prices up 0.8% QoQ
Transaction volume drops 1.3% QoQ. Singapore’s residential property prices rose 0.8% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Q1, ETC reported. According to ETC, this growth was driven by a 1.0% QoQ increase in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s April key exports surge 12.4% on front-loaded shipments amid Trump tariff truce
SINGAPORE] The Republic’s key exports jumped 12.4 per cent on the year in April, which economists attributed to front-loading, as exporters take advantage of the pause on reciprocal tariffs and the ...
Singapore imports software talent, exports accountants abroad
There’s a developing talent crunch in the accounting space as interest in the profession wanes. Singapore is increasingly relying on international talent to address its tech talent shortage— but its ...
Why Singapore is taking it slow in the global race for autonomous vehicles
Cities such as Guangzhou and San Francisco already have robotaxis and autonomous buses for public use, but Singapore is treading carefully. This deliberate pace is not hesitation but to ensure safety, ...
Creative Technology names late founder Sim Wong Hoo’s brother as new CEO
SINGAPORE: Creative Technology has named Mr Freddy Sim, the younger brother of its late founder and billionaire entrepreneur Sim Wong Hoo, as CEO with effect from Friday (May 16).
SGX RegCo, MAS proposals a positive step forward, but inadequate without deeper market reform: market watchers
SINGAPORE] The Singapore stock market will need deeper structural reforms to address longstanding challenges, market watchers told The Business Times. Read more at The Business Times.
Companies to get more help for IPOs, but they have concerns about volatile market
Despite the concerns, some companies are preparing themselves for the right opportunity at the right time. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s OCBC plans to stay the course in Hong Kong, hire talent despite trade war
OCBC has no intention to change its planned US$192 million investment in Hong Kong and Macau, CEO Helen Wong says.
Indonesia’s plan to raise fuel imports from US in shift from Singapore raises questions over costs
Higher transport and insurance costs would make fuel shipped from the US less competitive in Indonesia. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore Pools brings home SBR Technology Excellence Awards 2025 for data centre modernisation
The transformative upgrade has yielded annual savings of $4.2m and estimated annual reduction of 305 tonnes of CO₂*.
SGX RegCo, MAS proposals viewed as a positive step forward but inadequate without deeper market reform
SINGAPORE] The Singapore stock market will need deeper structural reforms to address longstanding challenges, market watchers told The Business Times. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore-based OMS Energy raised US$33.3m from Nasdaq debut
This is even as regulators look to entice new listings here. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HSBC sees Japan, India, China as favoured in trade deal talks
SYDNEY] Japan, India and China are likely in “pole position” to secure a long-term trade deal with the US, while Singapore and Australia could also “unexpectedly race ahead,” according to Frederic ...
Singapore Marathon winner Geoffrey Yegon caught doping, denied US$45,000 prize
A search for the results on the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon website now shows Uganda's Abel Sikowo as the winner, though organisers have not formally announced this.