Singapore
GE2025 results expected to have limited impact on Singapore stocks, say market watchers
[SINGAPORE] While Saturday’s General Election (GE) offers a welcome signal for investors who value political stability, market watchers say its impact on the stock market is likely to be...
Singapore shares close higher ahead of GE2025; STI up 0.3%
[SINGAPORE] Stocks on the local bourse ended higher on Friday (May 2), a day before Singaporeans head to the polls.The Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.3 per cent or 12.63...
Singapore stocks rise on Wednesday, snapping four-day losing streak; STI up 0.7%
Across the broader market, gainers beat decliners 288 to 177, after 971.8 million securities worth S$1.4 billion change hands[SINGAPORE] Equities on the Singapore bourse rose on Wednesday (Apr 30),...
Goldman sees central banks buying more renminbi, won, Singapore dollars
[SYDNEY] South Korea, Singapore and China’s currencies are likely to be the biggest Asian beneficiaries as central banks look to diversify their reserves away from the US dollar, according...
Singapore investors buy 2.5 tonnes of bullion in Q1, the highest since 2010
[SINGAPORE] Investors’ appetite for gold bars and coins remained strong in the first quarter of 2025. At 2.5 tonnes, the demand was up 35 per cent year on year,...
Salman Haider named head of Asean, CEO of Eastspring Singapore
This is in addition to his current role as chief distribution officer of the business[SINGAPORE] Eastspring Investments, the asset management business of Prudential, announced on Wednesday (Apr 30) that...
Indonesia’s state banks eye bigger share of growing wealth market in Singapore
[JAKARTA] Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) and Bank Mandiri, Indonesia’s state-owned banks, are pulling out all the stops to make their mark in Singapore’s competitive wealth management sector.This comes as...
“Diamonds in the rough”: New types of M&A players eye smaller SME deals in Singapore, Asean
[SINGAPORE] New types of buyers are emerging for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Unlike traditional private equity (PE) firms, these niche players are open to smaller deals and have...
