Eight ground-floor retail units at 20 Cecil Street for sale at ‘reduced’ price: CBRE
Jovi Ho - All eight ground-floor strata retail units at Plus, 20 Cecil Street are up for sale at $3.4 million to $6.9 million each. Together, the asking price of the eight units is just over $37.2 million. The units are available for sale individually or collectively, according to exclusive marketing agent CB ...
JPMorgan’s first Taiwan ETF in over decade faces crowded market
The US asset manager’s fund will be its first one focused on Taiwanese assets since 2010
Asia’s Russian fuel imports poised to hit all-time high due to Middle East disruption
South-east Asia is expected to be the top recipient
DBS says digital services restored after access was disrupted
Shikhar Gupta - DBS and POSB websites, banking apps and the PayLah! app are now available
DBS digital services disrupted again, bank says ‘deposits remain safe’
Shikhar Gupta - The bank’s website, banking and PayLah! apps are affected
DBS digital services hit by outage again, bank says ‘deposits remain safe’
Shikhar Gupta - The bank’s website, banking and PayLah apps are affected
DBS digital services hit by outage, bank says ‘deposits remain safe’
Shikhar Gupta - The bank’s website, banking and PayLah apps are affected
DBS lifts China Aviation Oil target price to S$2.50 on arbitrage opportunities
Deon Loke - Tightening availability and fragmenting regional markets, may strengthen CAO’s commercial positioning
In Singapore’s financial district, residential property gains are far from guaranteed
Gerine Tang Yi Qian - Encompassing the downtown core and Singapore’s high-end residential enclaves, the Core Central Region (CCR) is widely regarded as housing some of the country’s most prestigious addresses. At its heart lies District 1 — home to Marina Bay, Raffles Place and the financial centre. By reputation a ...
BOJ holds rates steady, warns of Iran war impact on inflation outlook
Japan’s heavy reliance on Middle East oil may worsen the hit to corporate profits and the economy from rising fuel costs
Stocks slump on worsening war in Middle East; frail yen in focus
SINGAPORE: Stocks slid and oil prices rose sharply on Thursday (Mar 19) after major escalation in the US and Israel's
Japan regulator chief says clear growth plans best defence against short‑term activists
TOKYO, March 19 : Companies should counter short-term activists less with defensive tactics and more with steady communication that reinforces confidence in long-term growth plans, Japan's financial regulator chief said.The comments from Financial Services Agency (FSA) Commissioner Yutaka Ito c ...
JPMorgan shut China tycoon’s account that made millions for bank
Shunning an investor with a disclosed large stake in a public company is an unusual move for a major private bank
Japan lower house approves Takaichi's dovish nominees to fill BOJ board
TOKYO, March 19 : Japan's lower house of parliament approved on Thursday Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's choice of two like-minded monetary doves to join the central bank board, a move that could influence its decision on the timing and pace of further interest rate hikes.Academics Toichir ...
Double-clicking on why AI agents are harder to secure
Nurdianah Md Nur - For years, corporate cybersecurity was fundamentally about people. Stop employees from clicking the wrong link. Keep hackers from exploiting software flaws. Make sure sensitive data stayed inside the organisation. The tools built for that job — from network monitoring software to login analysis an ...
Government to roll out more support measures should need arise amid Middle East situation: PM Wong
These include utility rebates and various business assistance measures
Suntec Reit up 7.1% following news of strategic review; S$560 million of units traded
Deon Loke - New sponsor Tang Organization launching review of Reit aimed at boosting portfolio performance and future distributions
Insurer AIA Group’s new business value hits record high in 2025, unveils US$1.7 billion buyback
Hong Kong is one of the company’s largest contributors in terms of profit
Micron’s heavy factory spending overshadows booming memory sales
Memory prices have been soaring because of shortages fuelled by AI computing demand
BOJ keeps interest rates steady, sticks to recovery view
TOKYO, March 19 : The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Thursday and maintained its assessment the economy was recovering moderately, even as an escalating Middle East conflict clouded the outlook.As widely expected, the central bank left unchanged its short-term policy rate at 0.75 per ce ...
Over S$1 million in luxury watches seized during Iras raids for suspected GST fraud
Deon Loke - The crackdown on alleged false refunds leads to the arrest of a 56-year-old female suspect
Apple’s China smartphone sales jump 23% to start 2026, bucking industry trend
The US tech giant’s tight grip on its supply chain leaves it better placed than rivals to absorb the impact of soaring...
China rate markets signal cooling bets on deflation, PBOC easing
Investors and businesses use the swaps to hedge their interest rate exposure by exchanging a fixed-rate income stream for floating rates
Oil rises after Iran strikes Middle East energy facilities
BEIJING, March 19 : Oil prices rose on Thursday, with benchmark Brent rising as much as $5 a barrel, after Iran attacked energy facilities across the Middle East following a strike on the South Pars gas field, a major escalation in the war with the United States and Israel. Brent futures were up $4. ...
Oil rises 3% after Iran strikes Middle East energy facilities
BEIJING, March 19 : Oil prices rose as much as 3 per cent on Thursday after Iran attacked several energy facilities across the Middle East following a strike on its South Pars gas field, a major escalation in Tehran's war with the U.S. and Israel. Brent futures were up $3.69, or 3.44 per cent, ...
HSBC weighs deep job cuts as AI overhaul unfolds: Report
HSBC is weighing a wave of deep job cuts over the coming years that could ultimately impact around 20,000 roles, or about 10 per cent of its total workforce, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday (Mar 19), citing people familiar with the matter.Non-client-facing roles in global service centres are
HSBC mulls deep job cuts from multiyear AI-fuelled overhaul
Global banks will eliminate as many as 200,000 positions in the next three to five years
Musk says SpaceX AI, Tesla will keep ordering Nvidia chips at scale
March 18 : Billionaire Elon Musk said late on Thursday that his companies SpaceX AI and Tesla expect to continue ordering Nvidia chips at scale.
Gold steadies after six-day decline as Fed warns on inflation
Bullion is still up around 12% so far this year
Nasdaq receives SEC nod for trading in tokenised securities
Exchange operators have been doubling down on their push to capitalise on the boom in tokenisation
SIA ranked 3rd, Scoot 5th in World’s Best Airlines 2026 in their categories
AirlineRatings.com has been releasing its World’s Best Airlines ranking annually since 2014
Stocks to watch: Keppel, Wing Tai, Cosco Shipping, Manulife US Reit, Ley Choon, HPL
Therese Soh - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Mar 18):
Qatar says Iran attacked LNG hub; UAE shuts gas facilities
Ras Laffan is an energy-industry hub and hosts several international companies
Nasdaq receives SEC nod for trading in tokenized securities
March 18 : The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a Nasdaq proposal to allow certain stocks to be traded and settled in tokenized form, according to a regulatory filing, marking a step toward integrating blockchain-based settlements into mainstream equity markets.Exchange ...
