Vietnam central bank cuts credit growth target to 15% after warnings on asset bubbles
HANOI, Jan 12 : Vietnam's central bank has cut its target for credit growth to around 15 per cent this year, it said over the weekend, after warnings of financial risks from last year's credit splurge.Last year, the country reported rapid credit growth of about 20 per cent, as authoriti ...
Returns generated by GIC, Temasek ‘reasonable and within expectations’: Jeffrey Siow
Jude Chan - He says Temasek operates mainly as a ‘bottom-up investor’, while GIC’s mandate is to preserve the international purchasing power of the assets...
TSMC Q4 profit poised to soar 27% as AI demand drives growth
TAIPEI, Jan 12 : TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, is expected to post a 27 per cent jump in fourth-quarter net profit to a record due to the seemingly insatiable demand for AI infrastructure.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world� ...
Thai exports seen up 2% to 4% in 2026, shippers' group says
BANGKOK, Jan 12 : Thailand's exports are expected to rise 2 per cent to 4 per cent this year, due mainly to foreign investment, the National Shippers' Council said on Monday."Exports seem to be up 2-4 per cent (for this year), but it's not very satisfactory because the i ...
US to host meeting on rare earths as China-Japan spat simmers
The discussions are expected to also include officials from Australia, South Korea, India, Mexico and the European Union
Optimise land use: Build 5-storey landed homes
Leslie Yee - Taller houses occupying smaller land plots won’t destroy the character of landed housing estates
New titan rises as Malaysia’s Sunway makes RM11 billion move on construction bigwig IJM
Tan Ai Leng - The merger is set to create an infrastructure powerhouse with a market value of nearly RM50 billion
Malaysia’s property heavyweight Sunway launches RM11 billion takeover bid for construction giant IJM
Tan Ai Leng - The merger – if materialised – will create the country’s largest construction-anchored conglomerate by market value
Malaysia’s construction giants Sunway, IJM Corp halt trading: Is a mega-merger imminent?
Tan Ai Leng - The long-speculated merger – if it were to materialise – is set to create the country’s largest construction-anchored conglomerate by market value
Australia to prioritise antimony, gallium, rare earths in A$1.2 billion reserve
The country is among the world’s leading producers of critical minerals
Two-storey conservation shophouse at 81 Tras Street, leased to Pasta Brava, up for sale at $15 mil
Jovi Ho - A two-storey conservation shophouse at 81 Tras Street, tenanted to Italian restaurant Pasta Brava, is up for sale at $15 million, according to sole marketing agent ETC, a member of Realion Group. With an attic and roof terrace, 81 Tras Street occupies a site area of 151.1 sqm (approximately 1,626 sq ...
Two-storey conservation shophouse at 81 Tras Street, tenanted to Pasta Brava, up for sale at $15 mil
Jovi Ho - A two-storey conservation shophouse at 81 Tras Street, tenanted to Italian restaurant Pasta Brava, is up for sale at $15 million, according to sole marketing agent ETC, a member of Realion Group. With an attic and roof terrace, 81 Tras Street occupies a site area of 151.1 sqm (approximately 1,626 sq ...
Vietnam central bank cuts credit growth target to 15% this year
The new target is lower than the 16% the bank initially set for 2025 before raising it during the year
Asian equities edge up, dollar slides as US Fed Reserve subpoenaed
HONG KONG: Asian equities posted gains Monday (Jan 12) while the dollar dipped as investors digested news that the US Justice Department subpoenaed the Federal Reserve, raising fears over US central bank independence.Fed Chair Jerome Powell confirmed the unprecedented move late Sunday, which he blas ...
Asian stocks rise, gold and silver set new records as US Justice Dept targets Fed
HONG KONG: Asian equities gained on Monday (Jan 12), and precious metals set new records as investors digested news that the US Justice Department is probing the Federal Reserve, raising fears over US central bank independence.Fed Chair Jerome Powell confirmed the "unprecedented" move late ...
UOB Kay Hian starts NTT DC REIT at ‘buy’, sees 42% upside
Felicia Tan - UOB Kay Hian analyst Jonathan Koh has initiated “buy” on NTT DC REIT on Jan 9 as he likes the REIT’s “lucrative yield” and sees incremental upside from asset injections. “NTT DC REIT has a global right of first refusal over its sponsor’s stabilised data centres covering 123 properties ...
Trump says he’s inclined to exclude ExxonMobil from Venezuela
Reviving the oil industry and undoing years of underinvestment and mismanagement would
Asia’s AI robotics race: China leaps forward while South-east Asia finds its footing
Evan See - High costs and labour trends slow the pace of robotic adoption in South-east Asia
The Fed will 'abandon' 2% inflation goal, says Bill Ackman
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - Bill Ackman says it is a “fiction” that the US can go back to inflation levels of 2%. Instead, the hedge fund manager expects the Federal Reserve to aim for an inflation target of between 2.5% to 3%. "I think the Fed will abandon the goal of 2%," Ackman told UBS Group’s global co-hea ...
Affordability is Trump’s ‘single biggest weakness’ ahead of US mid-terms: Bill Ackman
Renald Yeo - The hedge fund manager says at a UBS wealth forum that he is bullish on markets and the overall economy
Affordability is Trump’s ‘single biggest weakness’ ahead of US mid-term elections, says Bill Ackman in Singapore
Renald Yeo - The hedge fund manager says at a UBS wealth forum that he is bullish on markets and the overall economy
Trump’s ‘single biggest weakness’ in US mid-term elections is affordability, says Bill Ackman in Singapore
Renald Yeo - The hedge fund manager says he is bullish on markets and the overall economy
Trump’s ‘single biggest weakness’ in US mid-term elections is affordability: Bill Ackman
Renald Yeo - The hedge fund manager says he is bullish on markets and the overall economy
Gold, silver notch record highs on safe-haven demand, Fed rate-cut bets
Investors currently expect at least two Federal Reserve rate cuts this year
Maybank lifts STI target to 5,600 on ‘certainty premium’, reforms and valuation upside
Felicia Tan - Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) could well hit 5,600 points, according to Maybank Securities’ Thilan Wickramasinghe. The higher target, which is pegged to +2 standard deviations (s.d.) of the index’s five-year mean P/E of 17.1 times, is due to a “rare combination” of macro ...
Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens supplies
Since the 2010 scare, the Japanese government and private companies have built stockpiles of the minerals
Fewer property agencies, slower agent growth amid rising costs, tighter anti-money laundering rules
CEA expects transactions to fully comply with the revised requirements from Jan 1, 2026
Invest in 3 safe haven assets as geopolitical tensions rise, the Singdollar is one: UOB
Therese Soh - The bank has identified gold, the Japanese yen, and the Singapore dollar as good defensive bets
UOBKH initiates coverage on Reclaims Global with ‘buy’ recommendation and target price of 56 cents
Teo Zheng Long - UOB KayHian analysts Tang Kai Jie and Heidi Mo have initiated a “buy” call on one of Singapore’s top three earthworks and excavation contractors, Reclaims Global, with a target price of 56 cents. In their Jan 12 initiation report, the analysts highlighted that Reclaims Global’s strong execut ...
Trump’s strike on Venezuela a bold but correct move, says Bill Ackman
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan - Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says the US military strike on Venezuela on Jan 3 was an audacious but necessary step. According to Ackman, the attack allows the US to effectively take control of the economic resources of Venezuela while still working with the existing administration to h ...
Read Jerome Powell’s statement on DOJ’s grand jury subpoenas
Derek Wallbank / Bloomberg - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s full statement on the Justice Department serving the Fed with grand jury subpoenas, issued the evening of Jan 11: Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related ...
Powell says Justice Department served Fed with subpoenas
Amara Omeokwe / Bloomberg - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment related to his June congressional testimony on ongoing renovations of the Fed’s headquarters. In a statement released Sunday evening, Powe ...
Fed served with DOJ subpoenas, Powell vows to stand firm
Trump has also sought to fire the central bank governor Lisa Cook, another extraordinary step
Budget 2026: SBF, PwC jointly propose centralised digital IP registry, expanding JS-SEZ to include Indonesia
Benicia Tan - The expanded JS-SEZ could create a more integrated and attractive proposition for global investors, says SBF and PwC
