Real Estate
Proportion of female directors at top 100 SGX companies surpasses 25% target in 2024
[SINGAPORE] The proportion of female directors in the largest 100 Singapore-listed companies hit 25.1 per cent last year, up from 23.7 per cent in 2023, the latest edition of...
The First-time Homebuyer’s Guide to a Smooth Mortgage Process
Buying your first home is an exciting milestone, but it can also be overwhelming with all the decisions to make and steps to follow. Among the most crucial is...
US: Wall St opens higher after court blocks most Trump tariffs
Published Thu, May 29, 2025 · 09:45 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (May 29) after a federal court ruled against most of US President...
India bank frauds triple to 360 billion rupees as credit scams swell
The rise in cases underscores the challenges being faced by the banking regulatorPublished Thu, May 29, 2025 · 06:36 PM[MUMBAI] Bank frauds in India jumped threefold last year, with...
Keppel appoints ex-DBS CEO Piyush Gupta as deputy chairman from Jul 1
[SINGAPORE] Keppel has appointed former DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta as deputy chairman and non-executive independent director of its board, effective Jul 1. Gupta will also be appointed a...
NTT Docomo to buy SBI’s online bank for 420 billion yen in cut-throat market
[TOKYO] NTT Docomo is buying SBI Holdings’ online bank in a 420 billion yen (S$3.7 billion) deal to shore up the Japanese mobile carrier’s financial offerings in a hyper-competitive...
Sony says spinoff will give financial arm its own fundraising capabilities
It is the first partial spinoff by a company in Japan with a direct listing – the first in Japan in more than two decades – set for Sep...
What are private markets, and what risks should investors take note of?
[SINGAPORE] Private markets have grown increasingly popular in recent times in South-east Asia, with Singapore accounting for 45 per cent of the private equity market in deal value and...
