In addition to falling stock prices, regional currencies like the Malaysian ringgit, Indonesian rupiah, and Taiwan dollar all weakened against the U.S. dollar. The Malaysian ringgit saw a notable drop ...
Paragon Reit: From IPO to privatisation
Cuscaden Peak’s Times Properties made an offer to privatise Paragon Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) for S$0.98 a unit, noting that the trust has one of the lowest free floats among its retail ...
Exco: Over 900 SPM no-shows in Johor, some banking on Singapore jobs
More than 900 students in Johor did not sit for the SPM examination, with some convinced they could still earn good salaries in Singapore without completing Form 5. The New Straits Times reported that ...
Standard Chartered: local and global experts
Demir Avigdor, managing director, head of private banking UK, Standard Chartered, believes wealth is growing, not only in volume, but geographically.
DBS to reward staff with $1,000 special bonus, plans new quarterly capital return dividend in 2025
Bank reported Q4 profit rose 10 per cent to $2.62 billion, with full-year earnings up 11 per cent to record $11.4 billion. Read more at straitstimes.com.
At least S$32.6 million has been lost to investment scams in Singapore since January
At LEAST S$32.6 million has been lost to investment scams in Singapore since January, with 470 cases reported, the police said on Tuesday (Feb 11). With investment-related scams, the perpetrators ...
Police warn of investment scams; at least S$32.6 million lost in over a month
Scammers approached victims on social media platforms, messaging apps and the dating platform Coffee Meets Bagel.
Chocolate Finance whets Singaporeans’ appetite for higher cash yields; assets approach S$1 billion
UNTIL recently, the low rates on Singapore-dollar deposits were a source of frustration for savers. For entrepreneur Walter de Oude, they sparked an enduring passion to create a platform for higher ...
Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on BPER Banca’s takeover offer, Maybank and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.
Singapore to strike balance between short and long-term goals, including enhancing social compact: RHB
On the effects of US president Donald Trump’s second tenure as president, the RHB economists anticipate moderate supply chain disruptions in the inflation landscape, primarily confined to the US.
OCBC analyst raises DBS target price to S$50 after bank’s S$11.4B net profit in FY2024
SINGAPORE: OCBC Investment Research (OIR) analyst Carmen Lee raised her target price for DBS to S$50 after the bank posted an S$11.4 billion net profit for FY2024, an 11 per cent increase from the ...
Singapore’s Temasek-Backed Sponsor Plans to Take Retail REIT Private in $2 Billion Deal
Singapore's Temasek-backed sponsor of Paragon REIT offered to take the retail investment trust private, valuing it at more than $2 billion, in a bid to renovate its flagship shopping mall in the heart ...
The Full List of Digital Banks in Singapore and Their Top Benefits (2025)
ANEXT Bank claims to be the “Singapore’s first digital bank for SMEs”, and allows businesses to open an account with no setup or annual fees nor minimum balance maintenances. Its multi-currency ...
StanChart Unveils ‘SC PrismFX’ for Global Foreign Exchange Payments
Standard Chartered has launched SC PrismFX, a new suite of cross-currency transactional foreign exchange (FX) solutions.
DBS to reward workers with special bonus
SINGAPORE: DBS Group will reward all employees, excluding senior managers, with a special one-time bonus of S$1,000 each, and plans to introduce a new “capital return” dividend, as Singapore’s biggest ...
ST School Pocket Money Fund to benefit from over $2.6m raised by UOB’s CNY fund-raiser
The funds were raised through a series of art workshops and a gala dinner by the bank and its business clients. Read more at straitstimes.com.