SGX shares fall 6% after 20.5% drop in second-half profit
SINGAPORE - Shares of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) fell sharply on Thursday (Aug 5) after the company reported a 20.5...
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Mapletree Investments issues $600m of fixed-for-life perps at 3.7%
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Mapletree Investments' wholly owned subsidiary Mapletree Treasury Services has launched and priced $600 million of...
Disclosures on climate, assurance of sustainability and board diversity needed for better corporate governance in S’pore
SINGAPORE - Listed firms improved corporate governance standards this year, but investor expectations continue to evolve, and disclosure requirements, including...
Curtain falls on business empire of Ng Yu Zhi, who is behind billion-dollar Envy ‘nickel trading scheme’
SINGAPORE - The curtain has fallen on Ng Yu Zhi's business empire as firms linked to him are in the...
Siglap Shopping Centre relaunched for collective sale at same $120 million price
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Siglap Shopping Centre has been relaunched for collective sale in view of recent trends of...
China typhoons create latest supply chain threat as ports shut
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - Extreme weather in China is becoming the latest challenge to global supply chains, as a heavy typhoon...
STI, regional bourses edge up on back of Wall Street optimism
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Singapore stocks took the cue from Wall Street's overnight gains and rallied in league with...
Jacqueline Poh appointed as new managing director of EDB
SINGAPORE - Ms Jacqueline Poh has been appointed the new managing director of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), effective...
Corporate governance improves at S’pore-listed firms but new areas of concern emerge amid pandemic
SINGAPORE - Companies listed in Singapore continued to improve their corporate governance standards this year, with smaller firms making the...
O.K. Lim’s daughter Lim Huey Ching charged with obstruction of justice
SINGAPORE - Lim Huey Ching, the daughter of former oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin and an executive director of insolvent...