Investors have been looking forward to the cryptocurrency platform’s direct listing, with initial estimates valuing the company at $80bn. ( read original story ...)
Over S$45,000 raised by Roy Ngerng in two days to pay for defamation damages to Lee Hsien Loong
If you would like to support Mr Ngerng’s fundraising, you can donate to: POSB Savings Account Number (Singapore) – 130-23068-7 (Ngerng Yi Ling) PayNow (Singapore): S8113784F PayPal – [email protected] ... ( read original story ...)
UOB appoints first chief sustainability officer
Singapore's United Overseas Bank has appointed Eric Lim as its first chief sustainability officer. The role reports to CEO and deputy chairman Wee Ee Cheong, and Lim will also join the bank's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ratifies RCEP agreement
Singapore ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement on Friday, according to a press release issued by the Ministry for Trade and Industry (MTI). The ratification of the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ratifies mega free trade agreement RCEP
Singapore ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement on Friday, becoming the first participating country to do so in a multi-nation trade pact that brings together the ... ( read original story ...)
Eyes on Next Generation as Singapore Succession Is Thrown Into Question
Singapore's typically staid politics has been unsettled by an announcement from the chosen successor for prime minister that he was taking himself out of the running, renewing questions over the ... ( read original story ...)
Factbox: Who is likely to be Singapore’s next PM after shakeup?
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s succession plans have been upended by the unexpected stepping aside of Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat as the designated successor to Prime Minister Lee Hsien ... ( read original story ...)
Mubadala Discusses GlobalFoundries IPO at $20 Billion Value
The IPO market has been booming since last year ... s manufacturing facilities in 2009 and later combined them with Singapore’s Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. With factories in ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive | Getting ready for IPO, but no timeline yet: Pine Labs CEO Amrish Rau
"I am not a believer in talking about IPOs beforehand but I certainly want to understand ... in South East Asia and have partnered with banks in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. We will step up ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Revises Outlook on OCBC Wing Hang Bank’s IDR to Stable; Affirms at ‘AA-‘
The rating actions follow the affirmation of Singapore-based ultimate parent Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited's (OCBC) Long-Term IDR at 'AA-'. The Outlook follows a similar revision at OCBC ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: MAS expected to hold rates this month – UOB
Economist at UOB Group Lee Sue Ann sees the Monetary Authority of Singapore leaving the monetary conditions unchanged at its April meeting. “MAS’ tone in its October’s MAS Monetary Policy Statement ... ( read original story ...)
GloFo to IPO at a $20bn valuation
Preparations are going ahead for a $20 billion IPO of Globalfoundries, reports Bloomberg. GloFo’s owner, the sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co o ... ( read original story ...)
Covid pandemic upended Singapore’s leadership succession plans, says expert
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat's decision to step aside as heir apparent to the top job has thrown a spanner in the works at the country's carefully planned leadership succession, says ... ( read original story ...)
Analyst names the front-runners for Singapore’s next prime minister
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat unexpectedly took himself out of the running for the country's top job. Gillian Koh of the National University of Singapore's Institute of Policy ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Revises Outlook on SCB Vietnam to Positive; Affirms at ‘BB’
Fitch Ratings - Singapore - 08 Apr 2021: Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Standard Chartered Bank (Vietnam) Limited (SCBVL) to Positive, from ... ( read original story ...)
UOB finance head Eric Lim named bank’s first chief sustainability officer
UOB has appointed Eric Lim as its first chief sustainability officer (CSO) to lead a dedicated corporate sustainability office focused on achieving the bank's green goals.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)