As the sun sets over Singapore's glittering skyline, an unseen race is being waged. Not on the city's bustling streets or in its high-tech offices, but in the ether of digital space where ...
Why The Next Blockbuster Therapy May Come Out Of Singapore
Singapore's recruitment of talent, billions in investment, top universities, and attraction of venture capital makes it an exciting emerging hub for biotech innovation.
What is Halal Investment? A Guide to Singapore’s Buzzing Islamic Finance Scene
As the financial hub of Southeast Asia, Singapore’s constantly making strides in different arenas. This time round, our eyes are on Halal investing. At its core, Halal investing is more than just a ...
Korea Investment Partners is the latest Korean VC firm to launch a Southeast Asia fund
More South Korean investors are putting money into Southeast Korea startups, creating an “investment corridor” between the two regions. Short for Korea Investment Partners Southeast Asia, KIPSEA has a ...
Singapore shares rise at Tuesday’s open; STI up 0.6%
SINGAPORE stocks opened higher on Tuesday (Oct 31), tracking overnight gains in the US and European stock markets. The Straits Times Index (STI) headed up 0.6 per cent or 19.49 points to 3,083.78 as ...
Teenagers lured by ‘fast cash’ among 9 people to be charged with disclosing Singpass, banking details
The nine people arrested are suspected to be involved in money laundering activities linked to banking-related phishing scams.
Singapore real estate investments grow 8.5% to SGD7b in Q3
Thanks to a few Government Land Sales deals. According to a recent release from Colliers, around SGD7.0 billion of investments were recorded in Q3 2023, marking an 84.5% increase QOQ and a 8.5% ...
Second Chance Properties’ bottom line gets boost from investment gains
Its earnings jumped by over 38 per cent to $19.7 million for the full year ended Aug 31. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China Aviation Oil (Singapore) (SGX:G92) shareholders have endured a 30% loss from investing in the stock five years ago
For many, the main point of investing is to generate higher returns than the overall market. But every investor ...
GoTo will not pursue an international IPO, reports lower losses for Q3 2023
For Q3 2023, it reported losses at 2.4 trillion rupiah ($205.8 million) compared with 6.7 trillion rupiah in Q3 2022 Read more at straitstimes.com.
Reits lead Singapore stocks higher on Monday, STI up 0.1%
The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.1 per cent or 2.44 points to close at 3,064.29, with real estate investment trusts (Reits) leading the gainers.
Skyroot Aerospace raises $27.5 million in pre-Series C round led by Singapore’s Temasek
Spacetech startup Skyroot Aerospace, which successfully fired India’s and South Asia’s first privately built rocket in November 2022, has raised US $27.5 million (approx. Rs 225 crore) in a pre-Series ...
Sheffield Green closes at S$0.19 on Catalist debut, 24% below IPO price
SHEFFIELD Green, which provides human resources for the renewable energy sector, closed at S$0.191 on its trading debut on the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) Catalist board on Monday (Oct 30) – 23.6 per ...
How tokenisation unlocks ‘US$3 trillion opportunity’ in Asia’s retail investment market
Private firms are exploring tokenisation of real-world assets such as carbon credits as a means to open up niche markets to millions of small retail investors.
Bank customers in SG advised to switch to push notifications as they are more secure than SMSes
SINGAPORE: Consumers should switch to push notifications instead of SMS alerts for digital banking because they are safer and more secure, experts told The Straits Times.
Singapore’s central bank proposes engagement, over divestment, for decarbonising finance firms
Experts have lauded the Singapore regulator's transition planning guidelines as one of the most comprehensive for the financial sector thus far, but call for more clarity over when divestment could be ...