Singapore
CIMB rolls out FX platform for SMEs in ASEAN markets
CIMB rolls out FX platform for SMEs in ASEAN markets
Key features include guaranteed best exchange rates in ASEAN for Singapore dollar conversions to Malaysian ringgit.
Singlife, Fullerton launch SGD share class of China Equities fund
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing mainly in China A-shares.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.28%; Top stock is DFIRG USD
DFIRG USD is the top stock with a 1.15% increase.
How will M1 acquisition affect telco market
This may be a lost opportunity for other players.
ISDN Holdings’ net profit declines by 66% in H1
This is attributed to unrealised foreign exchange losses in its energy business.
COTD: Singapore shophouse transactions up 5% in Q2 2025
The total transaction value surged 179% to $332.9m.
Temasek Trust’s catalytic vehicle leads fundraising to scale marine carbon removal
The financing is to support Equatic’s first 100-kilotonne CDR commercial facility.
Singapore Flyer operator Straco’s net profit drops 49% YoY in H1
Slow leisure spending weighed on the company’s profits.
YKGI Limited’s profit fell by 20.6% in H1
Earnings per share stood at $0.46.
Keppel REIT issues $300m perpetual securities at 3.78%
This is under its $2b multicurrency debt issuance programme.
Older buyers, HDB resales to fuel 2025 private home demand: Savills
Sales drop to lowest quarter in over four years on fewer launches.
Keppel DC REIT to dispose NetCo bonds, shares in $79.2m deal
KDCREIT first subscribed to the bonds on December 2021.
PropNex doubles H1 net profit to $42.26m on higher revenue
It has proposed a cash dividend of 5 Singaporean cents per share.
Bumitama Agri’s H1 net income jumps 47.8%
Revenue was also up 28.2% during the same period.
UOB strengthened deposit franchise, saw more bad loans in Q2
Its NPL formation was elevated in Q2, according to UOB Kay Hian.
Rex International records 13,710 barrels of oil per day in July 2025
This was yielded from operations in Norway, Oman, and Germany.
MoneyMax records profit growth of 76.4% YoY in H1 2025
Its revenue also jumped by 31.2% YoY.
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