The Business Times

PODCAST: The current market conditions have decimated many people’s savings and particularly the sandwich class: adults who have to care for dependent children and ageing parents. How can they revitalize their retirement…

Hard-won lessons from my personal investment mistakes Diversify, stay the course, don’t panic. Easy to say or write, but these are cold comfort when your portfolio is mired in red. Be prepared to bite the proverbial bull…

En bloc candidate Chuan Park receives offer of S$860m, lower than reserve price Based on the EOI offer price of S$860 million, owners of residential units could stand to receive sales proceeds ranging from S$1.11 million…

Singapore civil servants to get mid-year bonus of 0.35 month, up from 0.3 month in 2021 Junior officers will get an extra one-time payment of S$200 for in grades equivalent to MX13(I) and MX14, compared with S$350 in the…

#BTOpinion: Fed rate hikes spell trouble for investors In the latest #MarktoMarket, BT dives into why the Fed’s quantitative tightening and interest rate hikes could slow economic growth, cast uncertainty over earnings f…

Sembmarine doubles down on merger narrative after minority shareholder revolt The proposed combination also offers the best way forward for Sembmarine to play a long-term role in meeting the changing needs of its O&M cus…

Crypto, houses, sneakers, Rolexes: How FOMO drove the economy It’s fast becoming clear that crypto was just another collectible pumped up by the same forces inflating the market for Yeezys and Birkin bags — a lot of mone…

Wealthy Chinese setting up family offices in Singapore see it as springboard to Asean Before setting up his family office in Singapore, Chinese billionaire Liang Xinjun, with a net worth of US$2.2 billion, had three doub…

Zilingo co-founders look to management buyout to avoid liquidation A group that includes Zilingo founders Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor have floated an offer to invest US$8 million in a new entity that will acquire assets…

Agencies strive to boost headcount - but up to half of 30,000 agents may be dormant Number of resident households up 21% from 2012 to 1.39 million in 2021, triggering fears of insufficient quality property agents to serv…