Escalating Middle East tensions shift S-REITs’ focus to balance sheet resilience and earnings visibility: HSBC
Gerine Tang Yi Qian - Singapore’s REITs (S-REITs) are entering a more cautious phase, as macro uncertainties prompt a shift in investor focus from growth to resilience, according to a March 11 report by HSBC Global Research. Analysts led by Asean property and Asean equity research head Joy Wang caution that disruptions ...
Standard Chartered to sell and lease back two Changi Business Park properties for S$183 million
Chong Xin Wei - Lender says move is part of strategy to drive further growth in Singapore, its second-largest market
Sony-Honda JV scraps Afeela EV plans after Honda strategy overhaul
TOKYO, March 25 : Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between Japanese electronics giant Sony and automaker Honda, on Wednesday said it would stop developing its Afeela electric vehicles, citing Honda's strategy reassessment for EVs.The move follows Honda's move to overhaul its EV busin ...
Sony Honda Mobility cancels EV development, to refund early buyers
TOKYO, March 25 : Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between Japanese electronics giant Sony and carmaker Honda, said on Wednesday it would discontinue the development of the Afeela electric vehicles.Given Honda's overhaul of its EV business announced earlier this month, Sony Honda "do ...
Tiger Beer, brewed in Vietnam – but still Singaporean?
Renald Yeo - [SINGAPORE] There are few – if any – consumer exports that wear the “Made in Singapore” label with as much pride and...
India delays coal flexibility plan as solar power curbs rise
Regulators are working out how to compensate for the higher costs of retrofitting entailed
Banyan Group debuts in US with Banyan Tree Residences West Palm Beach
Samantha Chiew - Banyan Group, in collaboration with Mast Capital and Curated JCZM Development, has announced the launch of sales for Banyan Tree Residences West Palm Beach, marking the group’s entry into the US with the debut of its flagship Banyan Tree brand and its first residential offering in the market. Bany ...
KGI and CGS International remain positive on Q&M Dental following recent FY2025 results and M&A updates
Teo Zheng Long - Both KGI Securities and CGS International are keeping their respective “outperform” and “add” calls on Q&M Dental Group (Q&M) (SGX: QC7 ) following its recent FY2025 results and updates on their M&A progress. In a March 20 report, Chong Ting Shuo of KGI Securities says that the r ...
Japan PM Takaichi asks IEA chief for further oil stockpile release
TOKYO, March 25 : Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol for an additional coordinated release of oil stockpiles when they met on Wednesday, as Tokyo seeks to hedge against a prolonged Middle East conflict. After agreeing to release a record amount ...
IEA chief says 'ready' to release more oil reserves if needed
TOKYO: The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday (Mar 25) that he was "ready" to approve the release of more oil reserves if needed to cushion the impact of the Middle East war on glo
Newly completed freehold food factory at 25 Genting Road for sale at $38 mil
Gerine Tang Yi Qian - A newly completed freehold food factory in the Kallang city fringe industrial precinct has been put up for sale with an asking price of $38 million. Marketing agency CBRE calls the property a “rare opportunity within Singapore’s tightly held food industrial property market”. Located at 25 Gent ...
Asia looks to Covid-era playbook to tackle fuel crisis
No country in the region has enforced work-from-home measures yet, but some have said they are on the table
OUE REIT to convert over 2,100 sqm of chiller system space at OUE Bayfront into office space
Jovi Ho - OUE Bayfront has obtained planning approval to convert a chiller system area on level 17 into prime office space. The conversion, expected to be completed by 1H2027, will free up over 2,100 sqm of gross floor area that can be converted into prime office space, says the manager of OUE REIT on March 2 ...
Mitsubishi Materials to end partial operations at its Onahama smelter by end-March 2027
(Corrects to "partial operations", not "operations", in headline and to "associated smelting facilities", not "smelting facilities", in first paragraph)TOKYO, March 25 : Mitsubishi Materials said on Wednesday that it has decided to cease processing copper conc ...
Mitsubishi Materials to end operations at its Onahama smelter by end-March 2027
TOKYO, March 25 : Mitsubishi Materials said on Wednesday that it has decided to cease processing copper concentrate and operating the smelting facilities at its Onahama Smelter and Refinery by the end of March 2027.The company expects to book an impairment loss of 21 billion yen ($132 million) in th ...
Toyota to recall over 144,000 US vehicles over rear view camera issue, NHTSA says
New partnerships, facilities by JTC to bolster startups at LaunchPad @ one-north
Benjamin Cher - This includes a new co-working and event space for networking, investor meetings and community events
The importance of tenant mix in real estate success
Joey Wong - Over my 30 years as an architect designing mixed-use projects in urban settings — residential, hotels, offices and retail — success always hinges on how spaces are weaved into the urban fabric and everyday life. Retail and hospitality form the public-facing heart. They require careful planning p ...
JTC refreshes LaunchPad @ One-North with new partnerships and spaces
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - Singapore’s national industrial real estate developer JTC says it is refreshing its entrepreneurship-focused property development LaunchPad @ One-North with new partnerships, policies and infrastructure. "The startup world is evolving very quickly as you all know and of course in a very volat ...
JTC revamps LaunchPad @ One-North with new partnerships and innovation hubs
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - JTC, Singapore’s national industrial real estate developer, is refreshing its entrepreneurship-focused LaunchPad @ One-North with new partnerships, policies and infrastructure. “The start-up world is evolving quickly, and LaunchPad must evolve with it. In a very volatile world, we need to press ...
Tourism-reliant Thailand at risk of losing 3 million visitors if Middle East war persists
The government had set a 2026 target of 35 million foreign visitors
First driverless public bus arrives in S’pore, to be tested in Marina Bay, one-north from mid-2026
[SINGAPORE] The first of six self-driving public buses has arrived in Singapore and will be tested on public bus services 400 in Marina Bay...
AI demand is shielding China’s booming trade from Iran war shock
The outlook for trade is key to assessing the state of the world’s second-largest economy
GM to invest $600 million in its South Korean unit
SEOUL, March 25 : General Motors, which received a South Korea government rescue package in 2018 to stay in the Asian country, said on Wednesday it plans to invest $600 million in its local unit to upgrade manufacturing facilities and products.The U.S. automaker is adding a $300 million investment t ...
GM to invest $600 million in South Korean unit
SEOUL, March 25 : General Motors said on Wednesday it plans to invest $600 million in its South Korean unit to upgrade manufacturing facilities and products.
Indonesia’s manufacturers hit hard by Middle East energy shock, domestic gas crunch
Elisa Valenta - An industry player says the country is grappling with a gas crisis, forcing factories to run below target
Air Liquide executive: will allocate helium volume from other places in the world
TAICHUNG, Taiwan, March 25 : French industrial gases group Air Liquide on Wednesday said a short-term helium shortage is expected due to the conflict in the Middle East, adding it plans to reallocate helium supplies from other regions.“With the situation in the Middle East and the attacks that hap ...
Pop Mart shares sink 23% on doubts firm can grow past Labubu
The company is pushing to diversify its intellectual property portfolio and sustain momentum through new releases
Pop Mart shares sink 22% on doubts firm can grow past Labubu
The company is pushing to diversify its intellectual property portfolio and sustain momentum through new releases
Pop Mart reports largely in-line revenue driven by Labubu
The company is pushing to diversify its intellectual property portfolio and sustain momentum through new releases
South Korea, Germany exposed to rare earths shortage, Australia’s Arafura says
[CANBERRA] The US and Japan are quickly locking up rare earths supply, leaving industrial powerhouses Germany and South Korea exposed, said the...
Roblox to introduce new controls in Indonesia to comply with child social media block
A number of countries have imposed curbs on social media for children
Share buybacks in Singapore surge 62% in 2025, tracking rising global trend
Tan Weizhen - This growth in the country is driven mainly by the banking sector
Share buybacks in Singapore surge 62% in 2025 driven by banks, tracking rising global trend
Tan Weizhen - This growth in the country is driven mainly by the banking sector
