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SGX CEO Loh Boon Chye’s pay rises 3.3% to S$7.82 million in FY2025
[ad_1] The pay hike is driven by increases to cash bonuses and long-term incentives that he received for the financial year[SINGAPORE] Singapore Exchange (SGX) chief executive officer Loh Boon Chye...
Yuan’s gradual advance may offer boost to emerging currencies
[ad_1] CHINA’S new-found tolerance for steady yuan appreciation looks set to re-accelerate a rally in emerging-market (EM) currencies, as investors brace themselves for lower US interest rates.Supporting such expectations is...
SingPost launches new retail postal service to US in response to import rule changes
[ad_1] The service offers two flat-rate packaging options, with upfront calculation of duties and taxes[SINGAPORE] Singapore Post (SingPost) will from Monday (Sep 15) launch a new postal service to the...
Blockchain billionaire emerges from Figure’s post-IPO surge
[ad_1] [NEW YORK] It took him a few tries, but Mike Cagney is now a billionaire.Shares of blockchain-based lender Figure Technology Solutions have soared almost 40 per cent since Thursday’s...
Ticket reseller StubHub’s IPO 20 times oversubscribed, source says
[ad_1] [BENGALURU] Ticket reseller StubHub, which delayed its US listing in April amid market volatility, has drawn over 20 times as many orders for its planned initial public offering (IPO)...
Emerging market investor inflows are a 2026 story, BOA says
[ad_1] [HONG KONG] Emerging markets are likely to receive heavier inflows early next year as more evidence on the resilience of these economies fuels a further shift from US assets,...
Drugmakers fall on report US to claim Covid shot killed kids
[ad_1] [WASHINGTON] Vaccine makers’ shares fell after a report that US President Donald Trump health officials plan to link Covid shots to the deaths of around two dozen children in...
Oil gains weighed down by US demand worries
[ad_1] [HOUSTON] Oil prices rose on Friday (Sep 12) after a Ukrainian drone attack suspended loadings from the largest port in western Russia, but gains were capped by concerns about...
Gunvor hires Singapore specialists as it expands precious metals business into physical trading
[ad_1] [LONDON] Global commodity trading house Gunvor is expanding its precious metals business from trading derivatives into physical metal and has hired specialists in the London and Singapore trading hubs,...
FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbots of Alphabet, Meta and others
[ad_1] THE US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday said it is seeking information from several companies including Alphabet, Meta Platforms and OpenAI that provide consumer-facing AI-powered chatbots, on how these...
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs on boosted rate-cut bets
[ad_1] [NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit intraday record highs at the open on Wednesday (Sep 10), after cooler-than-expected producer inflation data boosted bets on interest-rate cuts...
Johor fastest-growing South-east Asian data centre hub; Singapore expansion remains ‘constrained’
[ad_1] The city-state’s ‘strict planning controls’ are leading global tech firms to look north: Knight Frank report[SINGAPORE] Johor is the fastest-growing data centre hub in South-east Asia, with aggregate supply...