It launches private credit fund here to meet interest to lend money to property developers in Australia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Best Crypto to Buy Now: Uncover the 4 Hidden Giants Powering the Next Digital Wealth Shift
A storm is building. Reports from multiple global financial watchdogs suggest that central banks are ramping up digital currency strategies while geopolitics accelerates toward AI-enhanced defense ...
Live music industry sees more demand with global shows coming to Singapore
Big music acts coming to Singapore in the past year have led to more work for local players both on and off stage, including local electronic musician Jasmine Sokko who opened for Coldplay in 2024, ...
Shopee parent Sea opens new financial services HQ in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Gaming and eCommerce firm Sea has opened its global headquarters for its digital financial services business in Singapore.
Singapore big three lenders hold ground in Q1
UOB, the city state’s third-largest lender, posted a net profit of S$1.5 billion ( US$1.16 billion ), supported by its performance across retail and wholesale banking. Net fee income hit a record ...
Singapore dollar’s outperformance this year may be near its end
The city state’s currency is up about 5% versus the dollar this year, sending its value against a trade weighted basket of currencies towards the upper boundary of the Monetary Authority of ...
Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew stays calm to beat Chou Tien-chen to win Taipei Open crown
Loh Kean Yew bagged his 10th career badminton title as he became the first Singaporean to win at this tournament. But more importantly, he looks to have rediscovered his killer instinct as he beat ...
Commentary: As delistings continue to outpace IPOs, confidence in Singapore’s stock market is wearing thin
More companies are heading for the exit than entering the Singapore stock market, says financial journalist Ven Sreenivasan.
Brunei’s economic diversification draws Singapore investments
Close to 10 investors from the Republic are in the planning stages of setting up there. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NTT to launch and list data center REIT in Singapore
In its latest earnings release for the financial year ending March 2025 published this week, NTT said it aims to transfer six NTT Limited-owned data centers to a proposed Singapore real estate ...
Former Singapore cricketer and coach Arjun Menon dies in Malawi
Arjun, who has been operations manager of Cricket Malawi since February 2020, died on May 11. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore restaurants already hit by price, supply fluctuations thanks to US tariffs
Some restaurants in Singapore are already seeing price and supply fluctuations, more than a month after the US announced widespread tariffs. To adapt, they have had to manage orders and inventory more ...
Lyon Investments ups offer price for Sinarmas Land and extends closing date
SINGAPORE] Lyon Investments has raised the offer price for Sinarmas Land shares to S$0.375 a share from S$0.31 a share, in an announcement on Saturday (May 10). Read more at The Business Times.
CATL to bar some US funds from world’s biggest listing of 2025
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, is planning to limit the types of US investors that can participate in its Hong Kong listing, an ...
Singapore inventor builds lightsabers, web-shooters in bedroom; sells movie gadgets to over 1,000 customers
SINGAPORE: Lightsabers and web-shooters have long been in the realms of science fiction, but 25-year-old inventor Jacob Uy has turned these ideas into reality on a workbench in his bedroom.
Lack of talent could put a damper on Singapore’s growing carbon services sector
Good knowledge of policies and willingness to work in remote areas are some criteria for new recruits. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.