The Business Times

🎙 PODCAST: Will new home launches feel the chill from higher mortgage rates? Can it still make sense to borrow to buy a home for investment? Senior correspondent Leslie Yee finds out. #btpodcasts #propertybt Listen here…

#BTOpinion: Tourism players hitch a lift as Singapore Grand Prix flags off once more The Singapore Grand Prix has earned the Republic over S$1.5 billion in incremental tourism receipts and for this upcoming race, it is e…

China adds 1t yuan more of stimulus to rescue economy At a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, the State Council vowed to make use of “tools available in the toolbox” to maintain a reasonable policy scale in a timely…

#ThePitch: Over the past 5 years, Love, Bonito's headcount grew from 50 to over 350. What started out as a blogshop is now a fashion label with a global retail and online presence. How does Love, Bonito meet the demands…

Once South-east Asia's most valuable startup, Grab falls US$13b behind GoTo The unprofitable companies are both struggling to convince investors of their moneymaking potential after staging their stock-market debuts in r…

Crypto firm Coinhako is hiring to woo institutions, wealthy The firm's institutional arm has seen more activity and interest from clients like asset-management firms and family offices based in Asia looking to get access…

Frasers Property to preview Sky Eden@Bedok on Aug 27; prices start from S$1.3m Indicative prices will start from about S$1.3 million for a 2-bedroom unit at 657 square feet (sq ft), S$1.7 million for a 3-bedroom unit (89…

#BTOpinion: Singapore needs appropriate laws, enforcement mechanisms to handle debacles like Noble bust Many investors may feel that Noble’s comeuppance had come too late and the penalties meted out also seem less than a…

Lim How Teck steps down as chairman of Temasek-backed Heliconia Capital, months after police arrest This also means Lim would be vacating his position as a member of the group’s audit and risk committee, as well as nomin…

How Chinese private equity firms got scammed by their own sales teams Dozens of small and mid-sized private fund management (PFM) companies in China have come forward to say they’ve been scammed out of salary payments —…

Deals fall through for 22 units at Draycott Eight, Parkview Square in Bugis Observers say this is due mainly to reasons specific to the respective deals, though geopolitical uncertainties and rising interest rates have a…