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#BTOPINION: With Sers and Vers, HDB homes can trump private leasehold homes In this week's #THELEVELGROUND, BT writes that through the combination of Sers and Vers, land lease decay can be better mitigated for owners of…

Edtech startups bank on continuing demand for online learning Last week, news emerged that Temasek-backed unicorn Unacademy had let go of about 1,000 staff over the past few weeks. Has interest in online education tapere…

Indonesia, Malaysia see record trade surplus in March as commodity prices surge amid Ukraine war Among the most dramatic increases were Indonesia’s coal exports, which rose 150 per cent on a yearly bases to US$3.9 billio…

Singapore and New Zealand to collaborate on climate change, green economy: PM Lee, Ardern PM Lee said this new area of collaboration will see the 2 countries work on initiatives on energy transition technology, carbon ma…

UOB Malaysia appoints first female CEO Ng Wei Wei succeeds Wong Kim Choong, who will relinquish his current position as chief executive after leading the bank since 2012.

Rare freehold landed site in Orchard area expected to draw offers of over S$300m The bungalow is an iconic mansion steeped in rich heritage, where numerous notable figures in Singapore’s history have resided. The propert…

#BTOPINION: Time to double down on S-Reit investments amid MAS ‘double barrel’ policy tightening In the latest #HOCKLOCKSIEW, BT writes that investors seeking a hedge against inflation should take another look at Singapo…

Ferrero, Cargill among latest to suspend palm oil purchases from Sime Darby Sime Darby has attracted the ire of large companies such as Ferrero, The Hershey Company and General Mills due to alleged use of forced labour p…

China slowdown threatens Singapore trade as exports ease again in March While Singapore's trade sector is expected to stay above-water in the medium term, its pace of growth may slacken as an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in…

SIA, CAAS post positive numbers as aviation sector recovers from Covid-19 impact In its March 2022 operating results, SIA also noted that the group’s passenger capacity measured in available seat-kilometres reached 51 pe…

Tesla plans to partly resume production in Shanghai plant soon To bypass the current restrictions in local districts or residential compounds, the company will issue a special certificate for those on call, and will arra…

Students learn to become the next investing powerhouse At a time of intense market volatility and mounting interest in alternative assets, some young people in Singapore are banding together to learn how to become the ne…

New private home sales rise 20.7% in March: URA Including executive condominiums (ECs), which are a public-private housing hybrid, sales reached 702 units, a 22.3 per cent rise from that of February.

SP Group to invest S$40-60m in Singapore's first brownfield district cooling system at Tampines This comes as owners of 8 of 14 buildings there – including CapitaLand, Ascendas Reit, Frasers Property and OCBC – have deci…

#BTOPINION: Sabana Reit tussle shifts to the pros and cons of its distribution reinvestment plan In the latest #MARKTOMARKET, BT delves into Sabana Reit's distribution reinvestment plan (DRP) and chief executive of Saban…

Surbana Jurong eyes larger slice of Indonesia's trillion-dollar renewable energy sector Currently, 80 per cent of the country's energy requirements is generated by fossil fuels with 60 per cent coming from coal. "The pot…

Exchanges looking to private arena as capital markets evolve Experts told BT such trends are likely to persist, with the growing size of private markets and exchanges looking to stay relevant as more companies opt to sta…

South Korea lifts most Covid precautions as new cases dip to 2-month low A midnight curfew on restaurants and other businesses was scrapped, along with a cap of 10 people allowed to gather. From next week, people will be…

Singapore's highly automated 5th desalination plant opens on Jurong Island Equipped with the latest proven water technologies, the new plant can produce up to 30 million gallons, or 137,000 cubic metres of water daily, t…

Asean logistics sector could get tech boost as Alibaba unit looks to region for growth Observers say that fast-growing South-east Asia is a natural port of call for Alibaba's Cainiao network arm, as growth slows amid gra…

Sixth Avenue Centre relaunched for collective sale at S$85m reserve price Cushman & Wakefield had originally launched a tender for Sixth Avenue Centre in November 2021. Previously, the property had also been put up for c…

Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday; unveils business restart plan "The State Council Working Group, the municipal party committee and municipal government have asked that the turning point of the epidem…

Lakepoint condo up for en bloc again with unchanged S$640m reserve price The last tender had closed without a bid on Dec 22, 2021. Owners of the Jurong condominium development then entered a “private treaty negotiation p…

Singapore exports grow by 7.7% in March as gold shipments lift trade ESG highlighted higher exports of non-monetary gold, which was higher by 86.5 per cent year on year; pharmaceuticals (17.9 per cent); and measuring ins…

Singaporeans expect headline inflation will rise to 9-year high at 4.1%: poll After adjusting for potential behavioural biases, overall headline inflation expectations increased to 5.7 per cent in March 2022 from 3.1 per…

#Topline: GSS Energy amps up electric dreams with motorbike venture Group CEO Sydney Yeung said the SGX-listed firm's ambitions in the EV market extend far beyond having its electric motorcycles zipping around the roads…

Amazon 5% fuel-inflation fee has sellers poised to raise prices The surcharge, which is scheduled to kick in on Apr 28, will apply to US sellers who use the Fulfillment by Amazon service that stows, packs and ships produ…

Singapore aims to be Asia’s busiest international airport Most of the shops at the two Changi terminals that are operating have reopened and business partners like SIA and ground handling and catering outfit SATS are hir…