Creative

AI driving efficiency up and costs down at creative agencies: advertising mogul Martin Sorrell
AI driving efficiency up and costs down at creative agencies: advertising mogul Martin Sorrell
September 5, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Artificial intelligence (AI) is sweeping across the advertising and marketing industry – and challenging the traditional agency model where too much time and manpower are spent producing commercials...
Freddy Sim to step down as Creative CEO for health reasons; Tan Jok Tin to serve as interim CEO
Freddy Sim to step down as Creative CEO for health reasons; Tan Jok Tin to serve as interim CEO
June 30, 2025
[SINGAPORE] The chief executive officer of Freddy Sim, 67, will step down from his role on Jul 11 for health reasons, shortly after taking on the top job in...
Freddy Sim to step down as Creative CEO for health reasons; Tan Jok Tin to serve as interim CEO
Creative Technology CEO Freddy Sim to step down for health reasons; Tan Jok Tin will serve as interim CEO
June 30, 2025
[SINGAPORE] The chief executive officer of , Freddy Sim, will step down from his role on Jul 11 for health reasons, shortly after taking on the top job in...
Stocks to watch: Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Sinarmas Land, Creative, Econ Healthcare
Stocks to watch: Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Sinarmas Land, Creative, Econ Healthcare
May 19, 2025
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (May 19). Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT): The acquisition of Northpoint City’s south wing...
Creative appoints Sim Wong Hoo’s younger brother as CEO
Creative appoints Sim Wong Hoo’s younger brother as CEO
May 16, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Creative Technology has named Freddy Sim, the younger brother of its late founder Sim Wong Hoo, as chief executive officer (CEO). The appointment is effective from Friday (May...
Bankers get creative to sign M&A deals in Trump’s trade war
Bankers get creative to sign M&A deals in Trump’s trade war
April 20, 2025
[New York] After US President Donald Trump’s tariffs sent global markets sideways, Silicon Valley private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and chipmaker Intel added some new terms to a...
Buyout firms get creative on Gulf trips in bid for bigger checks
Buyout firms get creative on Gulf trips in bid for bigger checks
April 14, 2025
[ABU DHABI] The giants of private equity have spent years trying to cozy up to Middle Eastern wealth funds to secure massive checks. US President Donald Trump’s burgeoning trade...
Creative Technology CEO Song Siow Hui retires
Creative Technology CEO Song Siow Hui retires
February 28, 2025
CREATIVE Technology chief executive Song Siow Hui, 70, is retiring from his role as of Friday (Feb 28), and the company is now on a “global search” for its...
Stocks to watch: DBS, Suntec Reit, Frasers Property, Hutchison Port, Zheneng Jinjiang, Creative Tech
Stocks to watch: DBS, Suntec Reit, Frasers Property, Hutchison Port, Zheneng Jinjiang, Creative Tech
February 10, 2025
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Feb 10). DBS: The lender posted net profit for the fourth quarter that was...
Creative H1 loss widens to S.1 million on higher expenses
Creative H1 loss widens to S$6.1 million on higher expenses
February 7, 2025
Uncertainty over import tariffs by the US and potential retaliatory measures from affected countries may affect consumer demand, says the group on its outlookHOME-GROWN electronics company Creative Technology saw...