FROM BUSINESS TIMES
7 hours 16 minutes ago
AZALEA Asset Management, an indirect subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, is launching a new series of bonds backed by private equity (PE), of which S$250 million is expected to be open for retail subscription.
Genevieve Cua
12 hours 46 minutes ago
RHB on Thursday upgraded OCBC to "buy" from "neutral", with a higher target price (TP) of S$12.50 from S$9.50 previously. At least two other research houses also raised their targets on the counter.
Vivienne Tay
18 hours 12 minutes ago
UOB, a strong player in the small- and medium-sized enterprises space, does not see concentrated risks in its loan book, estimating credit costs for the year at 30-40 basis points.
Kelly Ng
19 hours 11 minutes ago
UOB, a strong player in the small- and medium-sized enterprises space, does not see concentrated risks in its loan book, estimating credit costs for the year at 30-40 basis points.
Vivienne Tay
21 hours 11 minutes ago
VACCINATIONS and steady moves by the United Kingdom government to relax the lockdown measures in the coming weeks have boosted the sterling.
Neil Behrmann
1 day 11 hours ago
SINGAPORE'S second-largest lender OCBC joined DBS in an improved outlook on asset quality, on the back of an "orderly and very well-managed" exit from Covid-19 relief programmes that is "better than expected", said its top executive on Wednesday.
Vivien Shiao
1 day 18 hours ago
DBS has partnered with global fashion retailer Inditex, which owns brands such as Zara, Pull&Bear and Bershka, in a cotton-procurement financing programme, in an effort to scale India's organic-cotton industry.
Kelly Ng
1 day 19 hours ago
OCBC'S net profit for its fourth quarter fell on a drop in overall income, which more than offset an 11 per cent reduction in expenses, it said on Wednesday.
Michelle Zhu
1 day 21 hours ago
THE impact of climate change is continuing unabated, and Singapore and South-east Asia stand at the point end of its impact. HSBC Global Research recently reported that of the 20 global cities most vulnerable to rising sea levels, 15 are in Asia - including five in Asean.
PHILIP KUNZ
2 days 7 hours ago
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has not found significant funds from Myanmar companies and individuals in banks in Singapore as part of its regular surveillance of the banking system, it said on Tuesday.
Nisha Ramchandani
2 days 16 hours ago
EUROPEAN asset manager Amundi has launched three flagship funds for retail investors in Singapore. All three funds hold either four or five-star Morningstar ratings as at Jan 31, 2021.
Michelle Zhu
2 days 18 hours ago
GREAT Eastern Holdings on Tuesday reported a 19 per cent increase in net profit to S$341.3 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2020, from S$287 million a year ago.
Michelle Zhu
2 days 21 hours ago
THE maximum central clearing tenor for over-the-counter Singapore Overnight Rate Average (Sora) derivatives by global clearing house LCH has been extended to 21 years from 5.5 years previously.
Michelle Zhu
2 days 21 hours ago
WHILE the applause gets louder for the rising interest in sustainable investing - that is, investing according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles - calls for safeguards against greenwashing are also growing in volume.
Kelly Ng
3 days 7 hours ago
WONG Kee Joo, most recently HSBC's Asia-Pacific head for global liquidity and cash management, will take over as the bank's Singapore CEO from June 1, according to an internal memo seen by The Business Times on Monday.
Sharanya Pillai
3 days 11 hours ago
GLOBAL logistics property player GLP has obtained its first sustainability-linked (SL) loan of US$658 million from 10 undisclosed banks that participated in the deal.
Vivienne Tay
3 days 13 hours ago
DIGITAL payments services firm MC Payment made its Catalist debut on Monday morning following the successful completion of the reverse takeover (RTO) of Artivision Technologies on Feb 18.
Vivienne Tay
3 days 14 hours ago
THE maximum central clearing tenor for over-the-counter Singapore Overnight Rate Average (Sora) derivatives by global clearing house LCH has been extended to 21 years from 5.5 years previously.
Michelle Zhu
3 days 21 hours ago
INVESTMENT into the region may be down thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, but UOB's foreign direct investment (FDI) advisory team still sees strong interest from companies according to Ian Wong, head of group international management at UOB.
Mindy Tan
3 days 21 hours ago
INCOME from lower-risk investments is a highly prized attribute, but it is elusive. As at mid-December an estimated US$18 trillion of government debt is negative yielding globally, of which investment grade debt's share is 27 per cent.
Genevieve Cua
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