EY has named seven entrepreneurs from five organizations as recipients of the 20th EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) 2021 Singapore awards, in recognition of their proven ability and track record befitting this year’s theme “The Unstoppables”. They are Aaron Tan, Founder and CEO, Carro, named ...

After a hiatus of more than three months, manufacturing service provider Venture Corp has resumed buying back shares. Earlier today (Oct 7) the company paid $159,474.81 to buy back 9,000 shares, at $17.7 each. The last time Venture bought back shares was on June 25, when it paid $18.69 each for 7,00...

The lack of chips and parts across the supply chain will continue supporting the outperformance of the semiconductor segment, says RHB Group Research analyst Jarick Seet. In a note, Seet says the planned construction of about 29 new fabrication facilities in the next few years should ensure high dem...

THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday:

Venture Corp has announced the appointment of Vertex Ventures Holdings group president and CEO Chua Kee Lock as an independent non-executive director. Chua is also the CEO of Vertex Venture Management, and holds directorships on seven other companies. Among those, he is the lead independent direct...

VENTURE Corporation V03 on Wednesday announced the appointment of Temasek-owned Vertex Venture Holdings group president and chief executive Chua Kee Lock as the company's independent non-executive director.

Maybank Kim Eng analyst Lai Gene Lih is remaining “positive” on the Singapore technology sector on the back of the robust end-demand for chips. To this end, he has indicated that he continues to prefer beneficiaries of chip shortages such as UMS, Frencken and AEM over contract manufacturers with...

OCBC Investment Research (OIR) strategist Carmen Lee says investors should hold a portfolio of growth and cyclical stocks amid the current short-term volatility. There is, however, growing optimism that the economy is poised to re-open with the easing of restrictions and the resumption of more activ...

VENTURE Corp has been affected by component shortages in the half-year ended June this year, but analysts expect that the company should be able to mitigate the issue and see strong demand in its different customer domains.

Analysts have given mixed ratings and target price forecasts for Venture Corp as the company grappled with a component shortage that stifled its revenue and profit growth for its 1HFY2021. Venture Corp reported a 4.9% y-o-y increase in revenue to $1.43 billion and 7.6% y-o-y higher net profit of $14...