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Listed companies can dial down on diversity; profits, financial prudence, shareholder treatment matter more
LIVING in multi-racial, multi-religious Singapore – where people hail from diverse nationalities and many are foreign-born – is fun. One can celebrate various festive occasions, learn about disparate cultures...
Future-proofing your business in 2025
AMID continued geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic uncertainty and market volatility, businesses are looking to future-proof themselves to stay competitive in a rapidly changing landscape.Against this backdrop, many companies are looking...
US: Wall St opens lower with Powell’s testimony on tap
WALL Street’s main indexes opened lower on Tuesday (Feb 11), as investors awaited a testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for insight on tariffs and their impact on...
BP pledges strategy reset as annual profit falls by a third
BP CEO Murray Auchincloss pledged on Tuesday (Feb 11) to fundamentally reset the company’s strategy as it reported a 35 per cent fall in annual profits, missing analysts’ expectations.
The...
Partners Group’s 2024 private equity secondary market investments surge 113% on year
ONE of the world’s biggest private equity (PE) companies, Swiss-based Partners Group, pumped in US$3.2 billion (S$4.3 billion) into PE secondary investments on behalf of its clients last year,...
Investors cautious ahead of Powell’s address, US inflation data; STI down 0.4%
SINGAPORE shares retreated from previous day’s rally to close lower on Tuesday (Feb 11), as investors stayed cautious ahead of market-moving messages from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s testimony...
China’s CATL to raise at least US$5 billion in Hong Kong listing: sources
CHINESE battery giant CATL is expected to raise at least US$5 billion in a Hong Kong listing, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
CATL did not...
CDL Kiwi unit’s NZ$2.25-per-share offer ‘too low and inadequate’: M&C New Zealand
THE offer by City Development Limited’s (CDL) wholly owned subsidiary to take Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand (MCK) private at NZS$2.25 per share is “too low and inadequate”....
