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BHP makes renewed takeover approach to Anglo American: sources
[MELBOURNE] BHP Group has made a renewed takeover approach to Anglo American, the London-listed miner that is itself seeking to reshape the industry with an acquisition of Canada’s Teck...
Investors eye holiday season turbulence amid AI and rate cut doubts
A crucial uncertainty set to dog markets in coming days is whether the Fed will cut rates at its Dec 9 to Dec 10 meeting[NEW YORK] Stock market investors...
Beyond property development: Far East Orchard leans on student accommodation for recurring income
[SINGAPORE] When real estate veteran Alan Tang took over as group chief executive officer of Far East Orchard (FEOR) on Jan 1, 2020, few could have foreseen how quickly...
World-beating stock rally creates new headaches in South Korean market
Up 61% so far in 2025, Kospi is on track to post their strongest gains in a quarter century[SEOUL] The words ‘Kospi 4,000’ have been glowing in gaudy yellow...
JPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley client data may be exposed by vendor’s hack: report
SitusAMC sys the affected data included corporate information tied to some clients’ dealings with the company[NEW YORK] Client data for JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Morgan Stanley and other major banks...
Making SGX small and mid-caps great again: MAS-appointed fund managers could lead charge
Many of 240 such stocks neglected despite robust fundamentals; nine funds named so far under S$5b scheme to energise local equity could spark re-rating[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s 240 small and mid-cap...
Making SGX small and mid-caps great again: MAS-appointed funds can lead the charge
Many of 240 such stocks neglected despite robust fundamentals; nine funds named so far under S$5b scheme to energise local equity could spark re-rating[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s 240 small and mid-cap...
More than 6 in 10 retail investors in Singapore hold crypto, but allocation size conservative: survey
[SIINGAPORE] Sixty-one per cent of retail investors in Singapore own cryptocurrency, but crypto allocation remains low, as crypto makes up less than 10 per cent of most portfolios.These findings...
Meta buried ‘causal’ evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
[SAN FRANCISCO] Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to...
Investing? Look beyond the S&P 500, says The Library of Mistakes’ founder
BT exclusive: The concept dedicated to the study of financial history comes to Singapore in 2027[SINGAPORE] In the 1820s, more than 200 people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from...
Positive momentum for office S-Reits as vacancy rates ease and rents climb
[SINGAPORE] In the third quarter of 2025, the Urban Redevelopment Authority reported a modest tightening in office vacancy rates, easing to 11.2 per cent from 11.4 per cent in...
Institutions net sellers of Singapore stocks, reversing previous week’s net inflow
[SINGAPORE] Over the five trading sessions from Nov 14 to 20, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflow of S$131 million. This partially reversed the...