Weighted new business premiums for investment-linked policies rose 31.3% to $1.28 billion. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Why Interactive Brokers Stock Slumped by 6% Today
On Tuesday night, Interactive Brokers announced the launch of its IBKR Lite pricing plan in Singapore. The main feature of this service is that the company charges no commissions for trades on U.S.
At ministerial roundtable, India, Singapore agree to expand cooperation in key areas
India and Singapore finalised about 10 agreements which are expected to be unveiled during a meeting between the prime ministers of the two countries next month ...
Singapore banks face headwinds in rest of 2025, but DBS is pulling ahead: Analysts
DBS was the only local bank that reported a year-on-year rise in second-quarter net profit. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore to deepen economic ties with India, new MoUs at ministerial meet after fresh $4.6 bn investment
The new agreements are likely to focus on areas like advanced tech, space, green energy, it is learnt. The 3rd ISMR comes ahead of a likely visit by Singapore PM Wong early next month.
DBS sees rising demand for yuan settlements from Chinese exporters
SINGAPORE] DBS Group, South-east Asia’s largest lender by assets, is seeing growing interest from Chinese exporters to settle trades in renminbi (RMB), or yuan, particularly with counterparts in Latin ...
Singapore Million-Dollar Flat Sales Hit Record in Q2, Market Data Shows
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -A record number of Singapore public housing units were sold for S$1 million ($780,000) or more in the June quarter, a private data provider said on Wednesday, taking the number of ...
DBS shares hit $50 after Q2 profit beats forecast on strong wealth fees, trading income
The bank declared an interim dividend of 60 cents a share and a capital return dividend of 15 cents a share. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BNY appointed investment manager for OpenEden’s tokenised US Treasury fund
Singapore-based fintech firm OpenEden said on Wednesday it has appointed U.S. financial firm BNY as the investment manager and primary custodian for assets backing its tokenised U.S. Treasury fund.
S’pore banks face headwinds in rest of 2025, but DBS is pulling ahead, say analysts
Net interest margins to decline, limited loan growth and higher credit costs are challenges. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SG60: The future of Singapore’s economy
Singapore now enters a critical phase of economic restructuring, driven by rapid advances in digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI). The advent of generative AI, process automation and ...
SG60: The development of Singapore’s corporate and securities law over the last 6 decades
SINGAPORE’S corporate law framework has undergone remarkable transformation over the past 60 years, evolving from a colonial-era system into a globally respected, business-friendly and sophisticated ...
Same mission, new millennium
New economy businesses are another growth area. HSBC launched a US$150 million venture debt offering in Singapore in 2024 to help high-growth companies scale, alongside a US$1 billion Asean Growth ...
Asia’s financial super-connector
AS TRADE routes shift and geopolitical tensions reshape global wealth flows, Standard Chartered is positioning itself as Asia’s financial super-connector – with Singapore at the heart of this strategy ...
OCBC Group: Greater than the sum of its parts
MORE than nine decades after three struggling banks merged for survival in the Great Depression, OCBC Group has honed the art of being greater than the sum of its parts. This, and its long-standing ...
SG60: Many hands behind Singapore’s success story
As we celebrate SG60, it is encouraging to look back at how Singapore emerged from that “winter”, and is now recognised as one of the world’s most innovative countries, a financial powerhouse and ...