Is crypto an opportunity or a threat?
Jean Tirole - The fascination with cryptocurrencies shows no sign of fading. With the passage of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (Genius) Act in July, US lawmakers added to the sense that crypto is here to stay. But look beyond the hype and an uncomfortable issue remains unreso ...
Trump praises Fed Governor Waller as ‘great’ after interview for Fed Chair
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he interviewed Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller a day earlier as a candidate to succeed Jerome...
Boards in the digital age: rethinking independent oversight in a world of complexity and risk
Danny Ong - Corporate governance stands at a defining crossroad. In an era shaped by digital disruption, fractured geopolitics and rising stakeholder scrutiny, the traditional playbook for boards and independent directors is no longer sufficient. The future of governance lies not in regulatory catch-up, but in ...
Suntory rebuilds its data backbone to move from AI hype to foresight
Nurdianah Md Nur - When a company operates across 88 markets, diversity can be both an advantage and a burden. For the 126-year-old Suntory Beverage and Food International, that tension surfaced in the gradual build-up of data silos. Its 11 business units had developed a patchwork of systems, each holding its own view ...
Private credit under the spotlight
Ezien Hoo and Veron Ong - Private credit, also commonly known as private debt, is an alternative form of debt financing that borrowers may access outside of traditional sources. As the name suggests, these loans are provided through private channels, typically by end-investors through vehicles set up for lending. This distin ...
Hainan Free Trade Port set to shake up logistics
Daryl Guppy - China is launching the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP). It is, in essence, a special economic zone that covers the entire island and not just the port area. Its location is significant from a sea lane perspective, but it also defines the southernmost reach of China. Hainan, located opposite Vietnam bet ...
How to invest if you have an hour or two
Thiveyen Kathirrasan - This will be the second article in the “How to invest if you have time constraints” series. To recap, a 30-minute time allocation was discussed in the previous article in this series. 30 minutes is not the time an investor has daily to analyse stocks; rather, it is for a specific investment stra ...
DFI Retail’s Mannings shutters in mainland China
Chloe Lim - Mannings is also known as known as Guardian in South-east Asia, including Singapore
DFI Retail’s Mannings join retail exodus after two decades in mainland China
Chloe Lim - Mannings is also known as Guardian in South-east Asia
DFI Retail’s Mannings joins retail exodus after two decades in mainland China
Chloe Lim - Mannings is also known as Guardian in South-east Asia
Fullerton’s FSGV top five holdings in STI, 30% in small- and mid-caps
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - Different fund managers will focus on different asset classes and markets and adopt different investment styles. For Fullerton Fund Management’s new Singapore Value-Up fund (FSGV), portfolio manager Shawn Ang says he looks at three fundamental indicators. “At the end of the day, what we are look ...
New airports, high-speed rails, Olympic complex: Vietnam shifts into top gear
Jamille Tran - The once-in-a-decade fiscal splurge for infrastructure build-out is a key driver for the country’s 10% growth goal
From Swift to space, here are Saxo’s outrageous predictions for 2026
Samantha Chiew - Saxo has released its Outrageous Predictions 2026, a set of “low probability, high impact” scenarios that test investors’ assumptions about the next two years. These are not Saxo’s base case forecasts but thought experiments designed to “stretch the imagination and sharpen debate about wha ...
Morgan Stanley declares the end of the US recession and eyes early-cycle gains in 2026
Samantha Chiew - The US equity market has moved out of a three-year “rolling recession” and into the early stages of a new cycle that should favour laggards and small caps into 2026, says Mike Wilson, chief investment officer and chief US equity strategist at Morgan Stanley. Wilson argues that a capitulation in ...
Capturing the next wave of market breadth
Ann Miletti - The past year was marked by the resilience of equity markets in the face of heightened policy and geopolitical uncertainty. Despite volatility triggered by tariffs, elections, and shifting monetary policy, companies adapted swiftly. Although market breadth did improve, performance was heavily concen ...
Bank of Korea to hold internal meeting to discuss FX market on Friday
SEOUL, Dec 19 : The Bank of Korea will hold an internal meeting of the board members and senior officials to discuss foreign exchange rates on Friday, an official told Reuters. The Bank of Korea said in a Wednesday report that headline inflation next year could exceed earlier forecasts if t ...
Bank of Korea announces temporary measures to boost dollar supply in FX market
SEOUL, Dec 19 : South Korea's central bank announced on Friday temporary measures aimed at boosting dollar supply in the onshore foreign exchange market, in the latest policy efforts to contain sharp losses in the won currency.A Bank of Korea official also said that authorities were interven ...
Coliwoo disposes Pasir Panjang co-living space in S$43.9 million sale-and-leaseback deal
Therese Soh - It will sell its 80% stake in Coliwoo PP, which owns and manages Coliwoo Hotel Pasir Panjang
Coliwoo disposes Pasir Panjang co-living hotel space in S$43.9 million sale-and-leaseback deal
Therese Soh - Estimated net proceeds of S$15.3 million will be used to repay working capital loans owed to LHN Group and for general working...
Toyota aims to begin selling 3 US-made models in Japan from 2026
TOKYO, Dec 19 : Toyota Motor said on Friday that it aims to begin selling its U.S.-made Camry sedan, Highlander SUV and Tundra pickup truck in Japan starting next year as it hopes to help improve Japan―U.S. trade relations.The world's largest automaker was studying the possibility of ...
As SGX enters new growth phase, upbeat analysts raise target prices
Samantha Chiew - The Singapore Exchange (SGX) saw the bellwether Straits Times Index (STI) gaining 2.2% m-o-m, taking year-to-date calendar gains to 19% and total returns to 25% for November. Total traded value for securities rose 17.8% y-o-y, while total derivative contract volume dropped marginally by 0.7% y-o-y. ...
Broker's Digest: Hongkong Land, HRnetGroup, LHN, Singtel, Valuetronics, Centurion, Seatrium, Delfi
The Edge Singapore - Hongkong Land Holdings Price target: Morningstar ‘three stars’ US$7.40 A bigger stream of recurring income Kathy Chan of Morningstar has maintained her three-star rating on Hongkong Land Holdings and slightly raised her fair value to US$7.40 ($9.55) from US$7.10 after it announced plans for its ...
Coliwoo enters into sale and leaseback agreement for Coliwoo Hotel Pasir Panjang
Samantha Chiew - Recently listed co-living operator Coliwoo Holdings announced that it has entered into a sale and leaseback agreement involving the its 80% interest in its subsidiary, Coliwoo PP, which manages the Coliwoo Hotel Pasir Panjang, a co-living hotel property at 404 Pasir Panjang Road. Under the agreement ...
Singapore arrests former captain of alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi’s yacht
Tang was the captain of a superyacht called NONNI II that Chen owned
Asia stocks join Wall St rally, brace for BOJ hike
SYDNEY, Dec 19 : Asian share markets rebounded on Friday as a turnaround in tech lifted Wall Street, leaving investors counting down to a likely hike in interest rates from the Bank of Japan that could cause waves for currencies and bonds.Sentiment also got a boost from a shock slowdown in U.S. c ...
Japan bond yields jump after BOJ hike, Wall Street poised for gains
LONDON/SYDNEY, Dec 19 : Japanese government bond yields jumped and the yen weakened on Friday after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a three-decade high and left the door wide open to further tightening.Global stocks saw some gains, with European stocks edging 0.1 per cent higher but faile ...
Asia stocks rally with Wall Street, Japan raises rates
SYDNEY, Dec 19 : Asian share markets held Wall Street-driven gains on Friday while the yen eased after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a three-decade high and left the door wide open to further tightening.The decision to lift rates to 0.75 per cent had been widely anticipated and the k ...
Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust divests office asset in Italy for 34 million euros
Chloe Lim - Following the divestment, the trust’s exposure to Italy will fall from 18% to 17%
Stocks to watch: Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust, Coliwoo
Therese Soh - [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Dec 19):
Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust sells Rome property for €34.0 million
The Edge Singapore - Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust has sold an office property in Rome for €34.0 million, or some $51.0 million, as part of its "disciplined" capital recycling moves to reduce exposure in this asset class while betting more on logistics and light industrial properties. The property, called Ma ...
Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust sells Rome property for EUR34.0 million
The Edge Singapore - Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust has sold an office property in Rome for EUR34.0 million, or some $51.0 million, as part of its "disciplined" capital recycling moves to reduce exposure in this asset class while betting more on logistics and light industrial properties. The property, called Ma ...
JPMorgan bullish on Singapore stocks amid expected Asean rebound, names 7 top picks
Shikhar Gupta - The city-state’s rally has a ‘long way to go’, says the bank, which is also ‘overweight’ on Vietnamese equities
BNY deepens AI, digital asset embrace as it enters next phase: CEO Robin Vince tells BT
Natalie Koh - The New York-based bank has invested heavily in AI and culture transformation and is ready for its next phase of change, says...
Japan's core inflation steady in November, stays above BOJ target
TOKYO, Dec 19 : Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.0 per cent in November from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, staying above the central bank's 2 per cent target for the 44th straight month.The outcome reinforces market expectations the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates to ...
