As Tan Teck Long takes the helm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), one of his main challenges may be winning over the billionaire sitting across the boardroom table.
Billionaire Owners Seen Posing Challenge for New OCBC Chief Tan
Lee Tih Shih, whose family has been the largest shareholder of Southeast Asia’s No. 2 bank by assets for almost a century, has long kept a firm grip on spending at the firm, limiting big ticket ...
Billionaire owners seen posing challenge for new OCBC chief Tan Teck Long
As Tan Teck Long takes the helm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), one of his main challenges may be winning over the billionaire sitting across the boardroom table.
‘We want to be a dominant player’: DBS targets S$100 billion in cross-border flows by 2030
The lender plans to roll out same-day outbound remittances from China by the second half of 2026 Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore Exchange logs record half-year profit, highlights growing IPO pipeline
Singapore Exchange reported its highest half-year profit on Thursday since going public in 2000, aided by strong trading volumes across all its business segments, and flagged robust stock market ...
Southeast Asia IPOs rebound in second half, raising $4.5bn
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA/HANOI -- Initial public offerings on Southeast Asian exchanges recovered in July-December last year, with the amount raised up 120% year-on-year, driven by real estate investment ...
HSBC renews its partnership with ‘Asia’s Major’
Shannon Tan of Singapore tees off on the second hole during Day One of the HSBC Women's World Championship 2025 at Sentosa Golf Club on February 27, 2025 in Singapore.
Standard Chartered bolsters DPM team in Singapore
Effective this week, Sylvain Huard joins Standard Chartered as head, Asset Allocation. Based in Singapore, Huard will be responsible for driving the strategic and tactical asset allocation framework ...
DBS maintains $5.71 target price for Singtel following acquisition of STT GDC with KKR
DBS Group Research is keeping its bullish target price of $5.71 on Singapore Telecommunications following confirmation on Feb 4 that it is joining KKR to take full control of STT Global Data Centres ...
Singdollar bond issues may match recent highs due to geopolitical uncertainty: OCBC
Refinancing activity on perpetual securities issued during the Covid-19 pandemic years might also help Read more at The Business Times.
Nordic Group may see upside from Micron’s expansion, says OCBC
"As an existing provider of hydraulic solutions through its subsidiary, Envipure, we believe that Nordic is uniquely positioned to capture these opportunities," says OCBC's Goh ...
Singapore’s Chocolate Finance Is Coming to Hong Kong
Chocolate Finance, the Singapore-born fintech behind “a new place for your spare cash”, officially marks its entry into the Hong Kong market.
Singapore’s GIC, Temasek revamp how they deal with hedge funds
Singapore’s two largest state-owned investors are making major changes to the way they work with hedge funds, in moves that could affect billions of dollars in allocations.
Market revival is underway and Singapore will continue to ‘raise the game’
The various measures to revive the Singapore stock market has seen some success, according to Minister Chee Hong Tat. Average daily traded value has increased 20% y-o-y to $1.8 billion in November, ...
Review group’s measures to revitalise S’pore equities market not enough to drive permanent change: WP
Workers’ Party MPs argue that current measures to revitalise the Singapore Exchange (SGX) are insufficient for permanent change in capital markets. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
DBS excited for Coliwoo’s asset conversion opportunity
DBS Group Research is keeping a "buy" call and 88 cents target price on co-living operator Coliwoo following its recent acquisition of Park Avenue Hotel Changi from ESR REIT for $101 million. See more ...