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Interest-rate cuts expected to send money into private assets
Interest-rate cuts expected to send money into private assets
CUTS in interest rates should push investors out of the comfort of money-market funds and government bonds and into riskier products, including private assets, market watchers said.Even as central...
Sinarmas Land’s H2 net profit down 24.6%; further slowdown expected this year
Sinarmas Land’s H2 net profit down 24.6%; further slowdown expected this year
SINARMAS Land posted on Tuesday (Feb 27) a net profit of S$163 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 2023, a 24.6 per cent drop from the S$216.1...
Hong Kong burnishes role as Asia’s green financial hub
Hong Kong burnishes role as Asia’s green financial hub
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong is burnishing its credentials as Asia’s pre-eminent green financial hub, having arranged the issuance of over a third of Asia’s green finance in bonds and...
Hong Kong burnishes role as Asia’s green financial hub
Hong Kong burnishes role as Asia’s green financial hub
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong is burnishing its credentials as Asia’s pre-eminent green financial hub, having arranged the issuance of over a third of Asia’s green finance in bonds and...
OCBC sets up division for innovation and sustainability, picks Fairprice’s Elaine Heng as head
OCBC sets up division for innovation and sustainability, picks Fairprice’s Elaine Heng as head
OCBC announced on Tuesday (Feb 27) its plan to set up a division named Group Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability, under the bank’s slate of moves to solidify its strategic...
Singapore stocks close lower as traders eye macro data, STI down 0.4%
Singapore stocks close lower as traders eye macro data, STI down 0.4%
SINGAPORE shares ended Tuesday (Feb 27) in the red, against a mixed bag of results in other regional stock markets, as investors waited for the release of a slew...
Alibaba leads record deal to create US.5 billion China AI firm
Alibaba leads record deal to create US$2.5 billion China AI firm
ALIBABA Group Holding led the largest single financing round for a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup, the latest in a string of sizeable investments that suggest the e-commerce firm...
Alibaba leads record deal to create US.5 billion China AI firm
Alibaba leads record deal to create US$2.5 billion China AI firm
ALIBABA Group Holding led the largest single financing round for a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup, the latest in a string of sizeable investments that suggest the e-commerce firm...
StanChart suspends new investments from clients via China’s outbound channel
StanChart suspends new investments from clients via China’s outbound channel
STANDARD Chartered has suspended new investments by its clients in China into offshore products via a quota-based channel, the bank said, amid a surge in demand for overseas investments...
Samsonite considers options after takeover interest, including going private
Samsonite considers options after takeover interest, including going private
SAMSONITE International is considering options after receiving takeover interest from suitors including buyout firms, sources familiar with the matter said. The Hong Kong-listed luggage maker is working with advisers...