Entrepreneurship

Choose Hard Things and Build Real Strength
Mental health isn’t just therapy and time off. It’s also doing the hard reps your mind wants to skip. My stance is simple: training yourself to do hard things...
BofA Tower gets Chicago’s biggest mortgage bond deal since Covid
[NEW YORK] A mortgage loan for Chicago’s Bank of America (BOA) Tower is being refinanced with US$700 million in bonds, a rare bright spot for the city’s beaten-down real...
TPG, Warburg weigh US$500 million stake in India-rooted Sirion
[MUMBAI] TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus are in early talks to buy a stake in Sirion Labs, a Partners Group Holding-backed software business managing and automating contracts, according to...
Creative Technology interim CEO and executive chairman Tan Jok Tin to step down in Jan 2026
Tan has been in the interim role since July, when Freddy Sim stepped down as chief for health reasons[SINGAPORE] Creative Technology on Friday (Nov 21) announced that its interim...
Deutsche Bank’s DWS cuts Asia private credit team: sources
Despite the retreat from Asia private credit, DWS sees alternatives driving growth and plans hires in Singapore[SINGAPORE] DWS Group, an asset management arm of Deutsche Bank, has dismissed its...
Mandarin Oriental posts ‘stable’ underlying net profit for Q3
[SINGAPORE] Hotel group Mandarin Oriental , which is undergoing a privatisation bid from its majority shareholder Jardine Matheson , posted a “stable” underlying net profit for the third quarter...
European arms makers retreat as Ukraine peace plan gains traction
[BRUSSELS] European defence shares fell to their lowest levels since late August on Friday (Nov 21), pausing their strong run this year, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he...
Indian rupee slides to record low, central bank likely intervenes near 89.50/USD
[MUMBAI] The Indian rupee weakened to a lifetime low against the greenback on Friday (Nov 21), pressured by shrinking risk appetite amid fading expectations of a Federal Reserve rate...
Japanese logistics firm Nippon Express expands footprint in Singapore
Move enables it to meet increasing demand for logistics services amid development of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone [SINGAPORE] LOGISTICS company, Nippon Express (NX) opened an expanded 100,000 sq...
Founder of India’s top broker Groww joins billionaire financial elites
Keshre is the twelfth billionaire to emerge from India’s financial services industry in recent years[MUMBAI] The initial public offering of Groww, India’s answer to Robinhood Markets, was the culmination...
Maybank Q3 profit up 3.3% at RM2.6 billion
[SINGAPORE] Maybank’s net profit for the third quarter ended Sep 30 rose 3.3 per cent to RM2.62 billion (S$828 million), from RM2.54 billion in the same period a year...
Bank of Japan drops fresh hints of near-term rate hike as yen slides
The remarks keep alive the possibility of a rate hike as soon as its next policy meeting on Dec 18 and 19[TOKYO]The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will discuss at...