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US: Wall Street opens higher as Fed meeting week begins; Tesla climbs
[NEW YORK] Wall Street indexes opened slightly higher on Monday (Sep 15), setting the stage for a week dominated by the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting, while Tesla shares gained...
StanChart Singapore’s H1 profit climbs 12.4% to nearly S$1 billion
The rise in earnings comes amid a boost in fee and commission income, as well as forex income[SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered (StanChart) Singapore’s net profit climbed 12.4 per cent year...
Fading Labubu frenzy wipes US$13 billion from Pop Mart shares
[HONG KONG] The cooling frenzy over Labubu dolls has brought one of the world’s biggest stock rallies to a halt, erasing billions of US dollars from the value of...
BYD’s US$45 billion stock wipeout raises doubts on China outlook
At the same time, rivals including Geely Automobile Holdings and Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology are gaining ground[HONG KONG] BYD faces pressure to restore investor confidence after a US$45 billion stock...
Brookfield in talks to buy Yes! Communities from Singapore’s GIC in US$10 billion deal, FT reports
Denver-based Yes! manages tens of thousands of factory-built affordable homes in the US[SINGAPORE] Brookfield Asset Management is in talks to acquire Yes! Communities from Singapore’s GIC in a deal...
Yuan’s gradual advance may offer boost to emerging currencies
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...
SGX’s new index needs clear differentiators to avoid being ‘just another index’, say analysts
While it can raise the profile of larger non-STI stocks and attract fund products, analysts call for more clarity on criteria for inclusion[SINGAPORE] A new index due to be...
Politics drive investment divide in South-east Asia’s top markets
POLITICAL upheaval is driving a split in South-east Asia’s financial landscape, as investors bet that the worst may finally be over in Thailand but only just getting started in...
S-Reits deliver double-digit total returns in Q3 as investors await rate cuts
[SINGAPORE] Real estate investment trusts in Singapore (S-Reits) rebounded strongly in the third quarter to date, with the iEdge S-Reit index delivering total returns of 10.3 per cent since...
Ticket reseller StubHub’s IPO 20 times oversubscribed, source says
[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)...
