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Investors rush to grab piece of US$1.8 trillion UK pension sector
Hedge fund Davidson Kempner and asset manager M&G are racing to be among the first firms to inject capital to boost Britain’s US$1.77 trillion pension sector, industry sources say.In...
Elon Musk now says he opposes US tariffs on Chinese EVs
TESLA founder Elon Musk told tech investors in Paris on Thursday he opposed US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), an about-face from his January warning that trade barriers...
China’s 3.9 trillion yuan deposit exodus supercharges rally in bonds
CHINA’S efforts to bolster economic growth by reducing the allure of bank deposits has driven a record exodus from cash, with a big proportion of that going into bonds...
Australian, New Zealand dollars on defensive, markets run away from rate cuts
THE Australian and New Zealand dollars were ending the week on the defensive on Friday as upbeat economic data lifted their US counterpart, while debt markets further lengthened the...
Singapore shares fall at Friday’s open tracking Wall Street retreat; STI down 0.4%
SINGAPORE stocks were pulled into negative territory on Friday (May 24) following overnight losses on Wall Street.The Straits Times Index (STI) headed down 0.4 per cent or 12.62 points...
Six other times turbulence led to serious injury on SIA flights in last 20 years
INVESTIGATIONS have been launched into a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight that hit sudden, extreme turbulence on May 21, leaving one passenger dead and dozens injured.The incident on Flight SQ321,...
Sabana internalisation requires trust deed amendment, but court bars ESR from voting
THE Singapore High Court has ruled that trust deed amendments are required to effect the internalisation of the manager function of Sabana Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (Sabana Reit).But...
Samsung’s HBM chips failing Nvidia tests due to heat and power consumption woes, sources say
SAMSUNG Electronics’ latest high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips have yet to pass Nvidia’s tests for use in the US firm’s AI processors due to heat and power consumption problems,...
