Entrepreneurship
Jardine Matheson Holdings names Lincoln Pan as CEO-designate as group managing director John Witt retires
[SINGAPORE] Hong Kong-based conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings on Thursday (May 29) announced the appointment of Lincoln Pan as chief executive-designate, as group managing director John Witt will retire from...
Stocks to watch: IHH Healthcare, Keppel, Jardine Matheson, Cordlife
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (May 30).IHH Healthcare: The integrated healthcare operator on Thursday posted a 33 per...
Europe: Shares ease as trade uncertainty lingers after court blocks Trump’s tariffs
EUROPEAN shares eased on Thursday as initial relief that a US trade court had blocked some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs fizzled out.The continent-wide Stoxx 600 index closed 0.19...
The First-time Homebuyer’s Guide to a Smooth Mortgage Process
Buying your first home is an exciting milestone, but it can also be overwhelming with all the decisions to make and steps to follow. Among the most crucial is...
The Myth of the Young Entrepreneur: Why Experience Matters
We’ve all heard the romanticized tales of teenage dropouts who build tech empires from their garages and become billionaires before they’re old enough to rent a car. This narrative...
Singapore stocks rise after US court blocks Trump’s tariffs; STI up 0.1%
[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Thursday (May 29), after a US trade court on Wednesday blocked US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs from going into effect.In Singapore,...
NTT Docomo to buy SBI’s online bank for 420 billion yen in cut-throat market
[TOKYO] NTT Docomo is buying SBI Holdings’ online bank in a 420 billion yen (S$3.7 billion) deal to shore up the Japanese mobile carrier’s financial offerings in a hyper-competitive...
Phillip Securities initiates coverage on dividend-focused Reit ETF trading at ‘attractive’ valuation
[SINGAPORE] Phillip Securities Research has initiated coverage on the Phillip SGX APAC Dividend Leaders REIT ETF (Pareits) with an “accumulate” call and a target price of S$1.095.In a report...
Sony says spinoff will give financial arm its own fundraising capabilities
It is the first partial spinoff by a company in Japan with a direct listing – the first in Japan in more than two decades – set for Sep...
As listcos head for the door, are private markets the answer for investors?
[SINGAPORE] Private markets have grown increasingly popular in recent times in South-east Asia, with Singapore accounting for 45 per cent of the private equity market in deal value and...
