The Business Times

Shorting is all the rage for retail investors as stocks plunge After a brutal few months, small-time traders have been trying to recoup losses by betting against the market.

#BTOpinion: Buying a home with a pricey home loan can still make sense A young adult, with no parental help, may need to be extra prudent when signing a home loan in order to bring forward their purchase of a home in whi…

India’s Adani in talks with GIC, Temasek and other investors to raise US$10b: report Adani Group will invest more than US$100 billion over the next decade, most of it in the energy transition business, its chairman Adani…

NFT platform OpenSea’s CFO exits role in another crypto shake-up Brian Roberts, who joined the NFT platform in December after seven years at ride-sharing firm Lyft, said in a LinkedIn post he’ll be an adviser to OpenSea.

Indonesia startups starting to feel effects of universal funding slowdown With profitability rather than growth now top of investors’ minds, growth-stage and later-stage startups are being hit harder as the cash needed t…

Malaysia Parliament dissolved, with elections to be held within 60 days Speculation about Malaysia having an early poll intensified over the weekend, with Ismail Sabri’s meeting with the King on Sunday being his second w…

Family beauty business ‘not all about the money’, says Caudalie co-founder “Revenue, money, profits will be the reward. But it’s absolutely not – it cannot be the goal, it cannot be the obsession...” said Caudalie co-fou…

#BTOpinion: Current digital banking race feels a lot like when QFB licences were given to foreign banks The influx of new players could spur the big banks to raise their game in the crucial digital banking space.

DBS launches three-year apprenticeship programme for poly students Final year polytechnic students will participate in a full-time apprenticeship with DBS for up to 12 months, with opportunities for placement in technica…

Japan reopens to tourists with shuttered souvenir shops, hotel staff shortage Narita Airport, Japan’s biggest international airport some 70 km from Tokyo, remains eerily quiet, with about half of its 260 shops and restau…

Binance blockchain hit by US$570 million hack, exposing crypto vulnerabilities Binance’s chief executive officer (CEO), Changpeng Zhao emphasised that no users had lost money in the hack, but said that so-called cross-ch…

Europe-focused S-Reits at multi-year lows, but Reit managers say their assets can withstand shocks Analysts note that the Europe-focused S-Reits are “looking attractive” as they are trading at multi-year lows in terms of…

Phillip Securities picks banks, property and construction sectors to ride out Q4 volatility Phillip Securities head of research Paul Chew said the research house’s strategy for the coming quarter is “hibernating for wint…