Core Central Region and landed properties lead private residential price rise in 2025: URA
Jovi Ho - The overall private residential price index increased at a more modest pace of 0.6% in 4Q2025, compared to an increase of 0.9% in 3Q2025. For 2025 as a whole, the price index rose by 3.3%, moderating from the 3.9% increase in 2024, marking the smallest full-year increase since 2020. About 2,000 priv ...
Co-living operator The Assembly Place opens 34.8% above IPO price in Catalist debut
Therese Soh - It rises 45.7% above its initial public offering price to S$0.335 in early trade
The Assembly Place opens 34.8% above IPO price in Catalist debut
Therese Soh - It rises 45.7% above its initial public offering price to S$0.335 in early trade
The Assembly Place opens 37% above IPO price in Catalist debut
Therese Soh - It opens at S$0.315 with some 3.7 million shares changing hands
Tariff risks vs AI boom: S-E Asia’s semiconductor stocks diverge but upside’s ahead
Shikhar Gupta - Investors mull over a mix of factors, but analysts indicate target prices that are mostly higher
Some semiconductor stocks slump as investors short some names, but analysts give higher upside
Shikhar Gupta - Investors mull over a mix of factors, but analysts cite target prices that are mostly higher
Tariff risks vs AI boom: S-E Asia’s semiconductor stocks diverge but upside ahead
Shikhar Gupta - Investors mull over a mix of factors, but analysts indicate target prices that are mostly higher
TikTok strikes deal for new US entity, ending long legal saga
The agreement resolves existential questions about the company’s future
TikTok reaches deal for new US joint venture to avoid American ban
WASHINGTON: TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, finalised a deal on Thursday (Jan 22) to set up a majority American-owned joint venture company to avoid a US ban on the popular social media app used
The Assembly Place CEO: Scaling from 6 to 10,000 keys through community
Julian Wong - CEO Eugene Lim explains how a simple experiment in shared living grew into Singapore’s largest community-living operator according to an industry report by Knight Frank as set out in TAP’s offer document, revealing why community, cash flow discipline, and an asset-light model sit at the centre o ...
Anatomy of a scam empire: Brains and businesses behind Chen Zhi’s network centred in Cambodia
Goh Ruoxue - The Business Times unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities, using Handshakes data
Anatomy of a scam empire: The Chen Zhi network, centred in Cambodia
Goh Ruoxue - The Business Times unravels the brains, businesses and brass plates behind a sweeping fraud crackdown, using Handshakes data
Anatomy of a scam empire: The brains, businesses and brass-plates behind the Chen Zhi network
Goh Ruoxue - BT unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities with Handshakes data
Private home prices up 0.6% in Q4 for full-year gain of 3.3%, lower than estimated
Ry-Anne Lim - The growth is led by landed properties
Private home prices rise 0.6% in Q4 for full-year gain of 3.3%; rents up 1.9% on year
Ry-Anne Lim - Annual price growth is at its slowest pace since 2020, even as new-home sales climb past 10,000 units
HDB resale price growth slows to 2.9% in 2025, but million-dollar flats stay hot
Chong Xin Wei - A record 1,594 units were sold for at least S$1 million last year; incoming MOP flats may push numbers higher in 2026
HDB resale price growth eases to 2.9% in 2025; slowest since 2019
Chong Xin Wei - The housing board will launch about 19,600 BTO flats across three sales exercises in 2026
EU wants US trade deal back on track, but warns it would defend itself if threatened again
[BRUSSELS] EU leaders heaved a sigh of relief over Donald Trump’s U-turn on Greenland as they met for an emergency summit in...
Malaysia’s strong ringgit squeezes export reliant glove makers
Strategists say the currency is poised to extend gains in 2026
Japan's factory activity returns to growth after seven months, PMI shows
TOKYO, Jan 23 : Japan's manufacturing activity expanded in January for the first time in seven months, buoyed by the biggest rise in new export orders in more than four years, a private-sector survey showed.The S&P Global flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) incre ...
Bitwise and Proficio Capital Partners ETF targets gold, metals, bitcoin as alternative to currencies
Jan 22 : As geopolitical tensions soar and government debt loads rise in many nations, digital assets investment firm Bitwise and Proficio Capital Partners, a division of a Florida-based multi-family office, are rolling out an exchange-traded fund designed to invest in alternatives to the dollar an ...
Stocks to watch: Prudential, Keppel, Suntec Reit, Aztech Global, The Assembly Place
Deon Loke - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Jan 23):
Stocks to watch: Prudential, Keppel, Suntec Reit, Aztech Global
Deon Loke - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Jan 22):
Crocs bets US$150 clogs shaped like Lego bricks will generate buzz
The casual footwear maker needs a new hit as the rapid growth of recent years fades
HSBC steps up Asia-for-Asia strategy with its corporate and institutional banking business in Singapore
Samantha Chiew - A longstanding part of Asia’s commercial fabric, HSBC is sharpening how it grows and supports businesses in the region through its corporate and institutional banking (CIB) business in Singapore. The city-state is a gateway to Southeast Asia, bridging capital, talent and trade, and its corporates ...
Danantara shifts into deployment era with US$12 billion war chest
A global bond sale is also being targeted as Indonesian sovereign wealth fund scales up deployment
Japan's core inflation slows in December but stays above BOJ goal
TOKYO, Jan 23 : Japan's core consumer inflation slowed in the year to December but stayed above the central bank's 2 per cent target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations of future interest rate rises.At a two-day meeting concluding later on Friday, the Bank of Japan is ...
Japan Dec core CPI rises 2.4% yr/yr
TOKYO, Jan 23 : Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.4 per cent in December from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' median estimate for a 2.4 per cent annual ga ...
Roomba maker’s sale to Chinese manufacturer approved by US bankruptcy judge
Amazon.com tried to buy iRobot for US$1.4 billion in 2023 but the deal fell through
Hanwha Group says aims to create at least 200,000 jobs in Canada by 2040
SEOUL, Jan 23 : South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group aims to create at least 200,000 jobs in Canada by 2040 through cooperation across various sectors including shipbuilding, the company said, as it seeks to win a fiercely contested submarine contract.Hanwha, whose businesses span defence to shipb ...
BNP Paribas seeks to cut about 1,200 roles on Axa IM integration
More recently, the CEO Jean-Laurent Bonnafe has been selling some stakes in various businesses
Stretched valuations no barrier to global equity opportunities in 2026: panellists
Tan Nai Lun - Investors can still generate returns by being risk-on in a diversified manner, say market watchers
Gold’s bullish outlook makes it a core portfolio asset, not just a hedge, say panellists
Tan Nai Lun - The precious metal will likely continue to rally amid geopolitical uncertainty and central bank demand, observers say
From US tech to emerging markets, investors urged to diversify in volatile year
Koh Kim Xuan - Panellists highlight investment opportunities for 2026 amid geopolitical uncertainties
