DIVIDEND payouts from the largest companies in Asia-Pacific have risen 8.1 per cent year-on-year to US$33.9 billion for the first quarter of 2022.

DIVIDEND payouts from the largest companies in Asia Pacific have risen 8.1 per cent year-on-year to US$33.9 billion for the first quarter of 2022.

RHB Group Research analyst Shekhar Jaiswal reiterates a barbell portfolio strategy recommendation with a mix of growth and defensive Singapore equities for 2QFY2022 amid the country’s reopening of international borders and the domestic economy.Although the reopening as well as the government’s a...

SGListCos, an association for companies listed on both the mainboard and Catalist of the Singapore Exchange, has been formed. As described in its LinkedIn post, SGListCos describes itself as a body “set up by listcos for listcos”. The association’s pro-tem chairman is Chew Sutat, w...

The past decade or so has been a rough one for many big Singapore-listed groups.  Keppel Corporation and Sembcorp Marine have seen their fortunes, founded on building oil rigs, turn south.  SingTel’s dividend per share was 7.5 Singapore cents for financial year ended Mar 31, 2021 (FY21)...

The past decade or so has been a rough one for many big Singapore-listed groups.  Keppel Corporation and Sembcorp Marine have seen their fortunes, founded on building oil rigs, turn south.  SingTel’s dividend per share was 7.5 Singapore cents for financial year ended Mar 31, 2021 (FY21)...

Global markets appeared to swoon to the old adage of “Sell in May and go away” at April’s close. The carnage was widespread. In the West, for the year, the Nasdaq index was down 21% and the S&P index down 13.86%.In the East, the Hang Seng Index managed a 4% pop on the last day of April, wh...

In a Q&A ahead of Great Eastern Holdings’ (GEH) AGM held on April 19, a shareholder pointed out that returns on shareholders’ funds at 5.59% over five years were low. “We would appreciate it if the board did something concrete instead of repeating the same thing (‘we will look into enhan...

CGS-CIMB analysts have reiterated their “add” call and $3.30 price target on Singapore Telecommunications following the telco’s win for one of the five digital banking licences in Malaysia as part of a consortium with Grab Holdings and Kuok Brothers.GXS, a 60-40 Grab-Singtel joint venture alre...

Malaysia's central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), has announced the five successful applicants for the country's digital bank licenses which include names such as Grab, Singtel and Sea. A consortium led by Grab-Singtel (GXS Bank) and Kuok Brothers; a consortium led by Sea and YTL Digital ...