There was a strong uptick in global initial public offerings (IPOs) market listings in 2Q2025, with a total of 539 recorded listings raising US$61.4 billion ($78.8 billion) in 1H2025, according to an ...
New Silk Road, one of Singapore’s longest-running hedge funds, shuts after US investor pullback
Closing comes as smaller hedge funds face increasingly tough conditions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Dasin Retail Trust suspends trading on financial reporting challenges
Management team of its China units has stopped providing key financial documents. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singtel’s subsidiary Optus Finance prices $160 mil notes at 2.726% p.a.
The group says that net proceeds will be swapped into Australian dollars and applied by Optus towards funding its ordinary course of business.
Plan for the next five years, not the next five headlines: HSBC’s Tommy Leung
SINGAPORE] Investors and business owners should adopt a long-term mindset, especially in the face of ongoing geopolitical volatility and uncertainty, said Tommy Leung, head of global private banking, ...
Powerful anaesthetic in electronic cigarettes: alarm in Singapore
The Health Minister warns about vaporisers illegally loaded with etomidate, found in a third of the devices seized in a raid: ‘It has already caused road accidents and unnatural deaths.’ T ...
Why some home-based F&B businesses choose to enter Singapore’s tough restaurant scene
Mr Karthik Bakthavathsalem, course manager of Nanyang Polytechnic's diploma in F&B business, said that while the vast majority of its graduates enter the industry through established brands, there is ...
Pixel Watch Gets a Surprise July Update to Fix Emergency Bug
When Google released the June update for the Pixel Watch, they excluded LTE models of each watch in Japan and Singapore. Today, they’ve released updates for watches in those countries with a new build ...
Singapore Taps JPMorgan, Others in Plan to Lift Stock Market
Singapore plans to allocate S$1.1 billion ($856 million) to three asset managers, including JPMorgan Asset Management, as part of a broader effort to enhance liquidity and expand investor ...
$1.1 billion allocated to three fund managers to boost Singapore stock market: MAS
Additional measures to strengthen investor protection were also announced. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China-Singapore team’s nanovaccine suppresses cancer recurrence and spread in animal tests
Preliminary results hold promise of personalised treatments, but clinical trials are still a long way off, scientists say.
Smart Money Moves – Where Singapore’s Seasoned Investors Are Parking Their Cash
SSBs remain the number one for risk-averse investors. July 2025’s bringing yields 2.29% over 10 years – down from December 2022’s peak of 3.47%, but still beats most savings accounts. You start with 1 ...
UOL, Frasers Property See Robust Sales At Upscale Singapore Residential Projects Despite New Property Curbs
Undaunted by the fresh property curbs introduced by the government two weeks ago, UOL Group and Frasers Property start selling their upscale residential projects in the Singapore central business ... ( read original story ...)
CapitaLand Malaysia Trust reports 0.9% rise in Q2 DPU to 1.18 sen on positive rental reversions, new contribution
SINGAPORE] CapitaLand Malaysia Trust (CLMT) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.18 Malaysian sen for the second quarter ended Jun 30, 2025, up 0.9 per cent from the corresponding year-ago period ... ( read original story ...)
Arteta undeterred as thunderstorms delay Arsenal’s pre-season prep in Singapore
Mikel Arteta was forced to reschedule Arsenal’s first training session in Singapore after thunderstorms made it unsafe to train on Monday morning.Speaking at his press conference, Arteta said, ...
China denies link to espionage group accused of attacking Singapore critical infrastructure
The Chinese embassy in Singapore refuted claims that an espionage group accused of performing cyberattacks on Singapore's critical infrastructure was linked to China. In a Facebook post published over ...