Los Pumas Sevens had made history as they were crowned the men’s SVNS series winners for the first time in its 25th edition. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore leads Asia-Pacific inbound investment
Cross-border capital supported overall investment market activity in the Asia-Pacific region in the first quarter of 2024, with Singapore receiving the highest proportion (45.6%) of overseas capital, ...
New Zealand wins women’s and men’s Singapore 7s finals; Argentina takes men’s regular season title
New Zealand has won back-to-back doubles to close out the regular season in the world rugby sevens series, adding the men’s and women’s Singapore titles to their dual successes last month in Hong Kong ...
Standard Chartered profit beats forecasts as income boost outweighs credit losses
STANDARD Chartered beat forecasts on Thursday (May 2) with a 5.5 per cent rise in its first-quarter pretax profit, as the income boost from higher interest rates and a robust performance from its ...
Food meets art at launch of UOB Painting of the Year
A BLACK and white photograph taken in 1962 of the first biscuit and confectionery factory in Singapore was what inspired Shen Jiaqi to produce the artwork Sustenance. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore-India ties will continue to flourish under incoming PM Wong: SICCI
SICCI's management gave inputs to fine-tuning the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) before the two countries signed the pact in June 2005.
S$34.7M investment: CapitaLand India Trust to acquire 2.5M sq ft of IT buildings at HITEC City, Hyderabad
SINGAPORE: CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) has reportedly entered into a forward purchase agreement with Phoenix... The post S$34.7M investment: CapitaLand India Trust to acquire 2.5M sq ft of IT ...
Heartbreak as Australia beat Biltzboks in Singapore Sevens quarter-finals
The Springbok Sevens team crashed out of the top-four at the Singapore Sevens after losing a tense clash against Australia.
‘$10,000 a month’: Residents share how much it takes to live comfortably in Singapore
How much money would you need to earn in order to live comfortably in Singapore? That's one of the questions which local investment training company Piranha Profits sought to answer in a recent street ...
DBS Q1 profit up 15% to $2.95 billion on higher fee income, market cap crosses $100 billion
Its quarterly fee income crossed $1 billion for the first time, rising 23 per cent from a year ago. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore tops in Asia-Pacific for cross-border inbound investment: Knight Frank Report
In the first quarter of 2024, cross-border investment in Singapore experienced a notable strengthening, surging 22.8% above the 10-year average, as revealed by an analysis conducted by Knight Frank’s ...
Singapore top recipient of Q1 cross-border investments in Apac: Knight Frank
DESPITE a decline in cross-border activities for the entire Asia-Pacific region, overseas investors remained interested in Singapore in the first quarter of 2024. Read more at The Business Times.
Wall Street Journal moves Asia HQ from Hong Kong to Singapore
It said the move comes after other foreign firms have reconsidered their operations there. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s FDI up 10 pct in 2023
The United States, Netherlands, Chinese mainland, Japan, and China's Hong Kong were top FDI source economies for Singapore in 2023, accounting for 64 percent of the total inward direct investment ...
If impact on climate finance was mapped, the Little Red Dot wouldn’t be so little
Access to funding will be critical for Asia—which consumes more than three-quarters of the world’s coal—to reach net zero.
“Artful-noon” dining experiences await as UOB launches 43rd UOB Painting of the Year competition
Call-for-entries opens today; multi-sensory dining experiences with #ArtforGood menus by UOB Painting of the Year artists and Pan Pacific Hotels Group restaurant partners available from this month.