Entrepreneurship

Japfa to delist from SGX on Jun 6
The agri-food company said privatisation would provide the offerors and management with greater flexibility to manage and grow the existing business [SINGAPORE] The agri-food company Japfa will be delisted...
US farm sentiment at four-year high as Trump seeks trade deals
[CHICAGO] American farmer sentiment jumped to a four-year high, with growers betting on rising crop exports as the Trump administration pushes for more trade deals from Vietnam to Italy....
HPE posts strong revenue growth, sees reduced tariff impact
[NEW YORK] Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) reported quarterly revenue that topped estimates and said it expects a reduced impact from tariffs on its business this year.Sales increased 6 per...
US: Stocks advance on hopes of China trade deal
Published Wed, Jun 4, 2025 · 06:09 AM[WASHINGTON] Wall Street stocks bounced on Tuesday as investors hoped for upcoming trade deals to cool tensions from US President Donald Trump’s punishing global...
Grand Venture Tech’s Q1 after-tax net profit up 27.7% to S$2.6 million
[SINGAPORE] Manufacturing-service provider Grand Venture Technology (GVT) on Tuesday (Jun 3) posted a first-quarter net profit after tax of S$2.6 million for the three months ended Mar 31, up...
The privatisation offer for this small Catalist company could cause SGX some discomfort
[SINGAPORE] Amid a flurry of delistings from the Singapore Exchange (SGX), one more privatisation offer – especially that for a small Catalist player – should not make much of...
Singapore stocks climb on the prospects of Trump-Xi talks this week; STI up 0.1%
Gainers beat losers 313 to 192 with 1.1 billion securities worth S$1.3 billion changing hands[SINGAPORE] Local stocks ended Tuesday (Jun 3) higher as investors anticipated possible trade talks between...
Protect investors, but give private market fund managers flexibility, industry players tell MAS
[SINGAPORE] The transparency of private market funds, the amount they charge in fees, and the methods of valuation were among key points raised in the feedback given by industry...
Julius Baer focuses on costs as CEO sets ‘realistic’ goals
The Zurich-based wealth manager will seek 130 million Swiss francs (S$205 million) in cost reductions to 2028Published Tue, Jun 3, 2025 · 04:05 PMJULIUS Baer is stepping up its...
China’s Temu and Shein want to crack Europe, but the US is too big to quit
HUANG Lun was one of the original architects of his Guangzhou-based company’s push into the US market, helping it to sell underwear and yoga pants via the online commerce...
Bank of Japan urged to keep or slow bond taper pace from fiscal 2026
[TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) received a sizeable number of requests to maintain or slightly slow the pace of tapering in its bond purchases from fiscal year 2026...
Australia cracks down on crypto ATMs as scams, fraud uncovered
There are now more than 1,800 machines in the country compared to just 23 in 2019, according to Austrac dataPublished Tue, Jun 3, 2025 · 10:03 AM[MELBOURNE] Australia’s financial...