Real Estate
Private credit lures A$151 billion fund seeing sticky inflation
COLONIAL First State (CFS), which manages A$151 billion (S$136 billion) of Australian pension and wealth assets, plans to add billions in private credit deals as it sees interest rates...
Regional stock exchanges, market players go big on commodities as interest spikes
MACROECONOMIC uncertainty is driving both institutional and retail investors in the region towards safe-haven assets and alternative investment options that could buffer portfolios from shocks. Market players in South-east Asia...
India to buy back government bonds worth 400 billion rupees
India will buy back 400 billion rupees (S$6.48 billion) worth of government bonds, the country’s central bank said on Monday (May 27).The securities offered for buyback are four government...
Rising tide for Seatrium lifts Singapore benchmark marginally; STI up 0.1%
THE Straits Times Index (STI) finished Monday (May 27) at 3,318.45, up 1.89 points or 0.1 per cent. Across the broader market, advancers beat decliners 328 to 236, with...
CCCS seeks feedback on recommendation to extend block exemption order for liner shipping agreements
THE Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is seeking public feedback for its recommendations to the Minister for Trade and Industry regarding the block exemption order (BEO) for...
Singapore conducts ship cargo loading during methanol refuelling in regional first
IN A first for South-east Asia, Singapore showed on Monday (May 27) that cargo can be loaded onto a ship even as it is being refuelled with methanol, similar...
Musk’s xAI raises US$6 billion in bid to challenge OpenAI
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised US$6 billion to accelerate its challenge to his former allies at OpenAI.The Series B round, announced in a blog post on...
China defies global copper squeeze with near-record production
THE global copper market is gripped by fears of a shortage, which has propelled prices to record levels and sparked a US$49 billion takeover battle. But in China, the...
