The Business Times

Start your day with BT ☕️: 1. Property: Sukanto Tanoto’s eldest son buys Fernhill Road bungalow for S$21 million 2. Markets: Current higher yields on Singapore Savings Bonds and Treasury bills unlikely to last: analysts…

Malaysia drops 1MDB-related charges against ex-PM Najib and Treasury official Court grants a discharge not amounting to an acquittal because of procedural delays and failure of prosecution to disclose key documents.

Household debt on the rise but may be cushioned by wage, financial assets growth: MAS Households’ financial assets grow 8% on the year. ➡️ In the MAS' annual Financial Stability Review, it also found that most Singapore…

Citi appoints ex-BlackRock portfolio manager Kate Moore as CIO Kate Moore will replace Steven Wieting, who has been interim CIO for the six months since the resignation of David Bailin in May, after 15 years at the bank.

Rental rates remain key factor in influencing industrial space location choices: NUS Cost considerations far outweighed other issues such as quality and condition of space – 62.5 per cent felt this was key; and access to…

PODCAST: Income Insurance is committing a staggering S$1 billion in climate transition financing. Howie Lim finds out why from David Chua of Income Insurance. #btpodcasts This episode is brought to you by Income Insuranc…

Demand rises on latest Singapore Savings Bond, with 10-year average return of 2.81% The December tranche receives S$164.8 million in applications, for the S$600 million on offer.

Household debt on the rise but may be cushioned by wage, financial assets growth: MAS Households’ financial assets grow 8% on the year.

Ng Yu Zhi’s billion-dollar nickel trading was ‘pure fiction’, prosecution alleges He is said to have forged several key documents so as to spin a convincing tale that the investment scheme was supported by physical nicke…

Singapore real estate players markedly more upbeat in Q3: NUS poll There is growing concern among property players in Singapore over an excessive supply of new properties launched, an NUS survey found.

StanChart CEO Bill Winters’ love-hate relationship with trade wars, conflict “I wake up every morning a little bit afraid to look at my phone and see what has happened overnight, and I go to bed at night a little bit afr…

Trump’s threatened tariffs pose a win-lose conundrum for Singapore US tariffs could hurt demand for Singapore-made goods, although Singapore may emerge as a relative beneficiary of supply chain shifts.

Singapore Post in exclusive talks for Australia business sale Singapore Post’s Australian business had posted a revenue of S$574.8 million in the half year ending Sept 30, up from S$398.8 million a year earlier.

Stocks to watch: SingPost, Elite UK Reit SingPost said that it was in exclusive talks with a third party for a potential sale of its Australia business; Elite UK Reit is divesting Hilden House in Warrington, England, for…

Start your day with BT ☕️: 1. Property: Singapore real estate players markedly more upbeat in Q3: NUS poll 2. Singapore: Trump’s threatened tariffs pose a win-lose conundrum for Singapore 3. Companies: StanChart CEO Bill…