The Business Times

In tomorrow’s #BTLifestyle: 🎭 Theatre practitioners such as Janice Koh, Chong Tze Chien, Adib Kosnan talk about working in isolation, pivoting to new platforms whether digital or film, and most of all, the joy of the cr…

September 30 evening round-up: 1. New office set up to accelerate green bond efforts: Lawrence Wong bt.sg/oZv7 2. Global inflation adding to Singapore business, consumer woes bt.sg/oZv8 3. Singapore eyeing R&D in mmWave…

'YOLO' generation of investors is ready for anything, even a crash Outsiders may dismiss investors under the age of 35 as dangerously optimistic, but they generally see themselves as better informed than their elders and…

COMMENTARY: IOI's lone bet on Marina View is on an endemic future, 7 years on Being the only bidder in a government land tender does not mean the winner is being foolhardy. bt.sg/oZFx

September 30 morning round-up: 1. Should there be more transparency around pricing at property launches? bt.sg/oZCE 2. Straits Trading shareholders' club a commendable initiative, but it should re-think co-investment pla…

Unpaid by Evergrande, supplier sells Porsche and home to rescue his business His case is typical of countless suppliers left on the hook by China Evergrande, based in nearby Shenzhen, which was the country's top-selling…

September 29 evening round-up: 1. Singapore office rents bottom out in Q3, upward trajectory likely: Knight Frank, JLL bt.sg/oZjY 2. Dyson posts 6% rise in FY2020 revenue; kickstarts £2.75b investment programme bt.sg/oZV…

Four contractors roped in to finish five BTO projects after Greatearth went bust This means the almost 3,000 buyers of the five affected projects - Sky Vista @ Bukit Batok, Senja Heights and Senja Ridges in Bukit Panjang…

BT’s Top Stories from Last Week: 1. Temasek to take up 49% of Sembmarine rights issue; compliance offer expected bt.sg/oZVf 2. The global housing market is broken, and it's dividing entire countries bt.sg/oZUh 3. Peter T…

GIC-backed Amplitude is all amped up CEO Spenser Skates tells BT why a direct listing avoids the 'crazy' arbitrage of a typical IPO: bt.sg/oZHD The company is now worth US$5 billion: bt.sg/oZrA

Sembcorp on a corporate journey to go from brown to green It aims for its sustainable solutions portfolio to comprise 70% of the group's net profit by 2025, up from around 40% in 2020. bt.sg/oZHB

ICYMI: Lian Beng says Covid-19 government grants helped boost remuneration for key execs Building contractor Lian Beng Group has disclosed that government grants received had factored into higher remuneration payable to…

September 29 morning round-up: 1. Market perks up for investment-grade Singapore-dollar perpetual bonds bt.sg/oZrY 2. Singapore law firms offering up to S$10,000 in pay to snare new, junior lawyers bt.sg/oZrg 3. Hongkong…

Charting a new centre Will special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) help to turn Singapore into a tech IPO hub? Callum Lang, CEO of MBH Corporation PLC thinks we shouldn't be blinded by the occasional success story…

September 28 evening round-up: 1. Singapore's population shrinks 4.1% y-o-y to 5.45m in June 2021 due to Covid-19 bt.sg/oZDj 2. Singapore should step up to help emerging countries with net-zero transition, says BlackRock…

All eyes on whether China will bail out Evergrande or allow controlled detonation Evergrande may have temporarily averted a default on its coupon payment last Thursday, but all eyes are on how Beijing intends to handle t…

Users in Singapore can no longer buy or trade crypto on Binance.com from Oct 26 From Oct 26, users in Singapore will no longer be able to deposit fiat money, trade or purchase crypto via Binance.com, the global crypto bo…

September 28 morning round-up: 1. Singapore's power gencos fall under scrutiny amid spike in spot electricity prices bt.sg/oZEm 2. Is pivoting to property a good strategy for companies diversifying? bt.sg/oZEs 3. Propert…

PODCAST: In this sixth episode of WealthBT, brought to you by Ascend by Prudential, wealth editor Genevieve Cua speaks to Angeline Alexander, Prudential’s head of high net worth and affluent segments, about how to balanc…

COMMENTARY: Stop slaughtering F&B as the sacrificial lamb We lost while pivoting from dine-in to delivery models and lost again when pivoting back. We lost while witnessing unmanaged KTV businesses and wet markets turn i…

September 27 evening round-up: 1. Singaporeans aged 35-54 hit hardest by Covid-19 pandemic: Prudential bt.sg/oZuY 2. Contractors may face contractual disputes, claims as Covid-19 legal respite ends bt.sg/oZug 3. Singapor…

How to stop personal debt from snowballing What makes a sustainable debt reduction strategy? One charity scheme nudges debtors into 'savings mode' more quickly with helpful principles to stop the spiral. #moneyplaybook b…

Cryptocurrencies bounce back from China crackdown Cryptocurrencies traded firmly on Monday, having rebounded from selling driven by an intensifying crackdown on the asset class in China, as buy-the-dip speculators swoope…

StashAway launches three tech-focused thematic portfolios The themes are technology enablers, the future of consumer tech, and healthcare innovation. Compared to diversified equity funds, thematic funds carry more risk g…

The CHIJ old girl now in charge at Rolls-Royce With Rolls-Royce working on its first pure electric car and pursuing a more understated design direction to leave opulence behind, Irene Nikkein might have arrived with perf…

Singapore Medical Group has its heart set on regional growth, amid cautious optimism "We are looking to significantly increase our market share in Australia, leapfrogging from our current fourth position in the market to…

September 27 morning round-up: 1. Rising risks of early MAS tightening in October as economy recovers bt.sg/oZBp 2. CDL's sale of Sincere an anticlimactic end to a deal that was supposed to be a game changer bt.sg/oZBG 3…