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Hong Kong to maintain US dollar peg despite geopolitical tensions
[ad_1] Published Mon, Jun 9, 2025 · 03:02 PM[SHANGHAI] Hong Kong will maintain its currency peg to the US dollar, the financial hub’s leader said in an interview published on...
Income Insurance chairman Ronald Ong to retire from role after seven years at helm
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Income Insurance chairman Ronald Ong,69, will retire from his role after seven years at the helm, the company announced on Monday (Jun 9).The board has begun a succession...
Asia: Markets rally ahead of latest China-US trade talks
[ad_1] [HONG KONG] Stocks rallied on Monday (Jun 9) on hopes that a fresh round of China-US trade talks later in the day will ease tensions between the economic superpowers,...
Japan confirms GDP contraction, backing Bank of Japan’s cautious stance
[ad_1] [TOKYO] Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter, a revised estimate confirmed on Monday (Jun 9), weakness that supports the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) cautious stance and keeps political...
China says it may speed up rare earths application approvals from EU
[ad_1] [SHANGHAI] China is willing to accelerate the examination and approval of rare earth exports to European Union firms and will also deliver a verdict on its trade investigation of...
‘Very clever’; ‘lost confidence’: Shareholders react to OCBC’s latest exit offer for Great Eastern
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] OCBC on Friday (Jun 6) made a conditional exit offer at S$30.15 per share for the 6.28 per cent stake in Great Eastern it does not own, in...
Private assets giant Brookfield expects alternative investments to replace public markets in 25 years
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Bruce Flatt, the billionaire chief executive officer of Toronto-based Brookfield, is understandably bullish on the prospects of alternative investments. The Canadian investment giant has, after all, amassed more than...
China’s copper boom under threat as miners test bargaining power
[ad_1] [BEIJING] The unrelenting expansion of Chinese copper processing capacity over the past few years has now become a global headache, as smelters scramble to secure the ore they need...
Demand for AI-related talents increasing globally across sectors
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] It has been an active market for global roles in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), with several top-level appointments being reported in recent months. Akshay Mendon, Singapore head...
ECB’s Schnabel says now is right time to boost role of euro
[ad_1] [DUBROVNIK] European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel sees a favourable moment now to strengthen the euro’s global role as investors turn to Europe.
There is a “window of...
