Singapore

Stock Exchange of Thailand President Pakorn Peetathawatchai, left, and SGX CEO Loh Boon Chye speak to the media on Monday in Bangkok. (Photo by Francesca Regalado)
Markets

SGX, SET look to double cross-offerings amid market slump

Thailand and Singapore exchanges search for regional tie-ups to boost liquidity

27 November 2023
Technology-driven health care models are generating investor interest in India as a shortage of medical professionals continues to haunt the sector.
DealStreetAsia

India-focused HealthQuad on road to raise $300m fund

Sources say company has been talking to investors in India and abroad

27 November 2023
The number of single-family offices in Singapore nearly tripled between 2020 and the end of 2022. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Finance

Singapore family office inquiries slow amid money laundering probe

Despite lull, 'push factors' still motivate rich Chinese to set up in city-state

24 November 2023
Singapore is putting in place measures to protect cryptocurrency retail investors.
Cryptocurrencies

Singapore to enforce more crypto rules to protect retail investors

Central bank to ban incentives for customers and limit credit card purchases

23 November 2023
Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port on July 16. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Economy

ASEAN economies await a cloudy 2024 amid export worries

Trade-oriented countries are 'not out of the woods' yet after 2023's slowdown

22 November 2023
Singapore's business district. The city-state's GDP growth is slower than nearby economies in Southeast Asia. (Photo by Hiroki Endo)
Economy

Singapore pegs 2024 GDP growth between 1% and 3%

City-state expects electronics demand recovery after 1.1% expansion in Q3

22 November 2023
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. subsidiary OCBC Indonesia will acquire 99% of the issued ordinary shares in PTBC; it also intends to pursue the remaining 1% from other shareholders. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)
Finance

Singapore's OCBC to buy Indonesia's Bank Commonwealth

Above $140m deal to bring lender deeper into Southeast Asia's largest economy

16 November 2023
Sea's Shopee leads the Southeast Asian e-commerce market but faces rising competition.
Companies

Singapore's Sea slips back into the red as growth slows

Tech group focuses on e-commerce investment to fend off TikTok, other rivals

14 November 2023
Standard Chartered's new blockchain unit Libeara is partnering with fund platform solutions player FundBridge Capital to create the first tokenized Singapore-Dollar Government Bond Fund for professional investors.
Finance

StanChart launches blockchain unit, eyes Singapore bond fund

Bank's wholly-owned 'Libeara' platform comes on heels of Asian crypto push

14 November 2023
Solar panels in Indonesia. Southeast Asia is drawing interest from climate funds.
DealStreetAsia

Climate funds rush to invest in Southeast Asia

Singapore-based Aera VC has raised $50m as it targets industrial decarbonization

14 November 2023
SC Capital Partners is expanding its data center business, as seen here in this artist's depiction. (Photo courtesy of the company)
Property

Singapore's SC Capital to build Osaka data centers for $660m

Real estate investor looks to capture Japanese demand for backup sites

14 November 2023
Keppel CEO Loh Chin Hua speaks to Nikkei Asia on Nov. 7 in Tokyo. (Photo by Jun Takai)
10 November 2023
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong of the PAP. Scoring a decisive victory in the next election is going to be crucial for the nation's incoming prime minister. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)
Politics

Singapore's next leader Wong to face crucial test in election

First prime minister in 20 years must 'buttress trust' of voters, experts say

10 November 2023
Superapp operator Grab, headquartered in Singapore, slashed its costly consumer incentives by 22% on the year in the third quarter. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Companies

Singapore's Grab logs first adjusted profit, decade after founding

Superapp operator targets positive free cash flow next year

9 November 2023
A man looks at his smartphone along Marina Bay amid the COVID-19 outbreak: Singapore's "fake news" law allows the government to order online falsehoods to be taken down.
Opinion

Singapore has recognized the real danger of disinformation

Hamas attack and anti-vaccination campaigns show need for safeguards

9 November 2023
Regenerative AI has the potential to transform business activity, says Hiroyuki Yamada, a co-chair at KPMG Japan. (Photo by Tomoki Mera) 
7 November 2023
Parliament House in Singapore. The Significant Investments Review Bill would require both local and foreign companies to seek official approval for major changes in control of certain as-yet-undefined entities.
Politics

Singapore plans to screen major investments in 'critical entities'

New law would apply if deemed 'necessary in the interest of national security'

6 November 2023
DBS Group Holdings CEO Piyush Gupta said the bank will hire new tech talent to bolster its systems and make its network more flexible.
Finance

Singapore's DBS explains digital banking outages amid hefty profits

CEO Piyush Gupta promises multiple fixes following five big recent disruptions

6 November 2023
A technician works on culturing fish cells at Umami Bioworks. (Photo by Rei Araki)
Food & Beverage

Japan-Singapore team aims to bring lab-cultured fish to tables in 2027

Maruha Nichiro and Umami Bioworks look to develop more sustainable seafood

6 November 2023
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong is expected to take over the leadership next year, ahead of the 2025 general election.
Politics

Singapore PM Lee to hand reins to deputy Wong by next year

Delayed succession plan to go ahead before 2025 general election

5 November 2023
Singapore aims to have 60,000 charging points for electric vehicles by 2030. (Photo by Mayuko Tani)
Automobiles

Japan's NTT Data to help Singapore improve EV charging efficiency

Software service analyzes usage and energy consumption in real time

4 November 2023
The rush to harness the wind that blows around the South China Sea could increase the geopolitical tensions that already swirl over the strategic body of water.
South China Sea

South China Sea brims with rare earth and renewable power promise

Chinese companies are early movers with wind turbines in disputed waterway

3 November 2023
Singapore asset manager Keppel and Indian real estate developer Rustomjee Group have stakes in a Mumbai residential project named Lavie. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by screenshot from Keppel's website and courtesy of Keppel) 
Property

Singapore's Keppel looks to India amid China's property woes

Temasek-owned asset manager eyes South Asia as Chinese rout continues

2 November 2023
Sapporo Breweries aims to double the amount of beer it sells in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong by 2026 compared to its 2023 estimate.
Food & Beverage

Sapporo and Carlsberg team up in Singapore and Malaysia

The Japanese beer brand is eager to grow its presence in Southeast Asia

1 November 2023
Southeast Asia's digital economy is expected to reach $295 billion by 2025 in gross merchandise value, down from a previous forecast of $330 billion. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Startups

Southeast Asian startup fund returns lag China, India amid tech slide

Google-led report shows region facing pressure to pay back investors

1 November 2023