Capital
Debt capital market issuance volumes expected to remain ‘relatively stable’ in 2025
Financials, with strong issuances in the last 3 years, could remain major issuers in the Singapore dollar market in 2025, says portfolio manager SINGAPORE’S debt capital market bounced back...
MAS review group exploring use of seed capital for equities market: Gan Kim Yong
The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) equities market review group is studying how to make optimum use of seed capital to attract more commercial capital.This will ensure that government...
S-Reits’ secondary fundraising rebounds in 2024; more may tap capital markets next year
Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) have been more active in their equity fundraising (EFR) in 2024, with the total amount raised from private placements and preferential offerings rebounding...
Hong Kong’s HKBN gets rival takeover interest from I Squared Capital
HONG Kong telecommunications company HKBN said on Monday (Dec 2) it has received a rival non-binding indication from US private equity firm I Squared Capital for a possible takeover.The...
Returning capital is often not the only reason companies buy back their shares in the market
Some firms conduct share buybacks purely to support the vesting of awards under their share-based remuneration schemesThis column received some negative feedback last week, following its take on DBS...
CLI to acquire initial 40% interest in SC Capital Partners for S$280 million
CAPITALAND Investment (CLI) has agreed to buy an initial 40 per cent stake in Singapore-headquartered real estate investment manager, SC Capital Partners, for S$280 million.The deal is slated to...
Singapore banks optimistic about earnings, capital returns amid yet another quarterly results beat
They also see upsides to net interest margins during a Trump 2.0 presidency, as expected inflationary policies may result in higher interest ratesSINGAPORE banks are optimistic about their earnings...
DBS share buyback raises questions on capital management as counter hits all-time high
The buyback follows the move by Singapore’s largest lender to issue bonus shares in February to return capital to shareholdersDBS has been active on the capital-management front in recent...
