Entrepreneurship
PSA, Japan’s Mitsui OSK to set up roll-on, roll-off terminal in Singapore
Move is part of the Japanese shipping firm’s regional strategy to expand its automotive business [SINGAPORE] Japanese shipping firm Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has formed a joint venture with...
Gold demand in Singapore jumps 48% to a record 9.6 tonnes in 2025
Appetite for the metal grew the fastest in the city-state among South-east Asia countries[SINGAPORE] Investors in Singapore seeking safe haven assets and portfolio diversification piled into gold in 2025,...
SIA and Malaysia Airlines tie-up formalised after Malaysian approval
[SINGAPORE] A joint business partnership between Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines was formalised on Thursday (Jan 29), following Malaysian authorities’ approval earlier this month.Potential initiatives in the tie-up include...
Forced TikTok US sale may fuel ByteDance’s expansion into Asia: analysts
Other emerging markets have also been identified as potential beneficiaries of the divestment[SINGAPORE] The forced sale of ByteDance’s TikTok in the United States was intended to curb the Chinese...
STI could hit as high as 6,500 on extended rally, says JPMorgan, giving its top picks
Small and mid-cap stocks could ‘stage a catch-up rally’ amid ‘strong catalysts’[SINGAPORE] As the Straits Times Index (STI) nears 5,000 points this week, an extended rally could drive the...
Singapore, Asia markets end largely higher after Fed pause and MAS hold as focus shifts to earnings
Investor attention is shifting towards fundamentals and AI-linked growth themes in the region[SINGAPORE] Markets in Asia broadly gained ground on Thursday (Jan 29) after the US Federal Reserve opted...
From Meta to Samsung, global tech unleashes spending to chase AI
Memory manufacturers are reallocating production lines towards lucrative HBM to satisfy the needs of AI data centresPublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 12:48 PM[SEOUL] The world’s largest tech firms...
Apac institutional investors maintain conviction on private markets: Aviva Investors
Majority of institutional investors in Apac, or 49%, are expecting to increase allocations to private markets[SINGAPORE] Institutional investors in Asia-Pacific (Apac) have the strongest conviction on private markets, with...
Apac investors most bullish globally on private markets, with nearly half planning to raise allocations
Long-term return expectations and confidence in the illiquidity premium are driving sustained interest[SINGAPORE] Institutional investors in Asia-Pacific (Apac) have the strongest conviction on private markets, with only 9 per...
One of China’s richest battery tycoons builds US$50 billion empire
CAO Renxian is one of China’s richest men in an industry the world cannot live without, yet almost no one outside the business knows his name. That obscurity may...
