Besides ample private funding, some major Vietnamese businesses are trying to gain scale as listed companies to strategically accelerate growth.
Indonesian startup GoTo is world’s worst large size tech IPO this year
GoTo Group’s post-IPO stock selloff makes it the worst performer among 11 tech and internet companies that raised more than US$500 million in inaugural share sales this year. Shares of the Indonesian ...
NoonTalk debuts on Singapore Exchange at 22.5 cents, above IPO price
MEDIA entertainment company NoonTalk has debuted on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) Catalist board at $0.225, 2.3 per cent above its initial public offering (IPO) price of $0.22. This gives the stock a ...
Tech start-ups shun Singapore and Hong Kong for US Spacs
Singapore and Hong Kong start-ups are sidestepping their home stock exchanges to merge with s (Spacs) in the US, as fundraising vehicles in the Asian financial hubs have yielded little on their exit ...
Citi announces leadership appointments in Asia Pacific Markets business
The new heads will be based in Singapore and Hong Kong. Citi has announced a series of leadership appointments in its equity derivatives, financial institution sales and solutions, and markets ...
Visa Appoints Adeline Kim as Country Manager for Singapore and Brunei
Payments giant Visa announced the appointment of Adeline Kim as its new Country Manager for Singapore and Brunei.
Stock Market Today: SGX Nifty, Asian markets, oil, dollar, LTIMindtree listing & more
Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange quoted 47.50 points, or 0.25 per cent, higher at 18,872, hinting at a positive start for the domestic market on Monday.
Does Singapore Airlines need to invest in Air India?
Will SIA passengers benefit? Still, it makes strategic sense to maintain an investment in the booming Indian aviation market. Read more at straitstimes.com.
New investment playbook needed for world of new challenges, says BlackRock strategist
Higher-for-longer rates will cause economic damage and higher unemployment in the first half of 2023, said Ben Powell. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Don’t wait for stock market capitulation – because it isn’t coming
IT IS too soon to buy, say pessimists. Markets will plunge to new lows, having climbed through November, they reason. Read more at The Business Times.
HSBC opens new headquarters in Singapore
HSBC Singapore has officially opened its new head office at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2 (MBFC), which it says signifies a deepening of its long-term commitment to the city-state. Group chief ...
Singapore’s DBS Bank in pact with J.P. Morgan Asset Management to develop retirement solutions
Singapore’s DBS Bank has signed an agreement with J.P. Morgan Asset Management to leverage digital technologies to co-develop a personalised end-to-end retirement solution for the lender’s customers.
Foreign investors upgrade India as dedicated allocation in investment portfolios
Sunil Sachdeva, a Singapore-based stock market expert with focus on Indian equities, said that the Indian stock markets have shown good resilience in the recent months, and hit a new growth trajectory ...
DBS invests $200m in DBS Asia hub
DBS Group Holdings Chairman Peter Seah today officially opened the bank’s brand new purpose-built facility, DBS Asia Hub. The new facility occupies over 340,000 square feet and is one of the largest ...
Singapore Nations Cup 2022
After a break of two years, the Nations Cup is back once again. The event at the OCBC Arena in Singapore will feature four visiting nations as well as the Singapore Open and A teams. Five days of ...
Golf: Swiss private bank EFG pledges $300,000 to support Singapore’s development of local golfers
The Singapore Golf Association’s (SGA) ambitions of getting a golfer on the world stage were given a boost on Friday when the local branch of Swiss private bank EFG International pledged $300,000 to ...