Pacific, including Singapore, mostly closed in the red on Monday (Sep 18), tracking the sharp loss on Wall Street last Friday. Read more at The Business Times.
Analysis-More SE Asia firms consider U.S. IPOs, filling void left by China peers
Several Southeast Asian companies are considering listing in the United States, banking on strong investor appetite for emerging market growth in the absence of Chinese stock offerings.
Sun Xueling on freezing of bank accounts suspected of being linked to scams
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) only freezes bank accounts when there is reason to suspect that they are involved in illicit activities, including scams. The annual number of such accounts is ...
Why buy Singapore office and retail assets at below borrowing costs?
OVER the past 18 months, much attention in Singapore and globally has focused on the rise in interest rates. Read more at The Business Times.
Refrigerated trucks may give Singapore startup edge into China EV market
Fully electric refrigerated trucks for delivering food and pharmaceuticals are expected to give a Singapore-based startup the edge to crack into the crowded Chinese electric vehicle (EV) market.
Samhi Hotels IPO booked 1.93 times as QIBs rule final day of bidding
The finalisation of basis of allotment of IPO shares by the company in consultation with the BSE will be taking place at the end of 22.
S’pore police only freezes bank accounts suspected of illicit activities: MHA’s Sun Xueling
The SPF also does not track the time taken to unfreeze bank accounts once investigations are completed, she added.
KKR (NYSE:KKR) Eyes Southeast Asia’s Data Center Market
Global investment firm KKR (NYSE:KKR) is eying the lucrative Southeast Asia data center market. To capitalize on this growing segment, KKR announced that it would acquire a 20% stake in Singtel’s ...
Japan’s yen takes the spotlight in central bank week
The U.S. dollar barely moved in Asian trades on Monday, even as sterling blipped higher and the yen dipped, as a Japanese holiday and a bunch of upcoming central bank meetings sucked the air out of ...
Singapore’s Dyson commits PhP11-billion investment in PH by 2024
MANILA -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has received the confirmation for an PhP11-billion investment pledge from Singapore-based multinational technology company, Dyson, that eyes to invest in ...
Invest Talk Podcast: Singapore stocks underperforming but still offer good dividend yields
In this episode, Ven discusses with Ms Carmen Lee, head of OCBC Investment Research, on what is the outlook for the Singapore market. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news ...
SoftBank has either reopened the IPO market or killed it
The average private equity investment now maturing will have run into a macroeconomic slowdown and rising borrowing costs ...
Me & My Money: Finance chief invests when the time is right
He prefers to time his entry into the markets, which means saving up cash until he can get a good investment deal. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Miti says investment missions to Singapore achieve RM20b of committed FDI for Malaysia
The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) has secured a total of RM20 billion of committed investments from Singapore since January 2023 ...
Citizenship for sale: Singapore’s US$1.3 billion money laundering probe exposes Chinese criminals’ paid-for passports
Seven of the 10 Chinese suspects arrested in Singapore’s massive money-laundering probe held foreign passports from the likes of Cambodia and Vanuatu, where citizenship can be bought for as little as ...
China’s Contagious Crisis, Singapore Fun: Saturday Asia Briefing
An exodus of funds from Chinese assets — $188 billion in under two years — is reinforcing China’s decoupling from the global market. China’s EV makers, under investigation by the EU, are using an old ...