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SIT and Seatrium open Punggol lab to train 1,700 in marine AI

Research at the lab will focus on energy efficiency and AI-enabled remote analytics.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.41%; Top stock is SGX

SGX is the top stock with a 4.95% increase.

AI boom and falling rates trigger upgrades to Singapore GDP outlook

Major financial institutions have raised Singapore’s growth outlook to as much as 3.6%.

Vin’s Holdings forecasts H2 2025 net profit improvement

Full unaudited 2025 results will be released on 1 March.

Singapore individual health premiums hit $189.7m in Q4 2025

IPs cover 3 million of 3.34 million individual health lives.

Nearly eight in 10 Singaporeans flag surging Lunar New Year costs

A survey reveals that 26% of givers plan to increase ang bao outlays.

Singapore takes 74% of SEA PE deal value as regional activity dips

Total deal value in Southeast Asia declined 43% year-on-year.

MetaOptics joins Stanford SystemX Alliance to fuel US expansion

The company aims to advance metalens design capabilities with partnership.

FSL Trust posts $8.7m full-year profit, ends 2025 debt-free

Its net profit for the second half stood at $6.5m.

Life insurance premiums hit $6.53b in 2025 as Q4 sales rise 13%

The growth was attributed to an increase in the annual premium business.

CDL Hospitality REIT raises $100m in perpetual debt to slash borrowings

The 4.00% securities under a $1.5b programme have no fixed redemption date and semi-annual payouts.

Sasseur unit secures $117m onshore facility agreement for loan refinancing

The five-year loan refinances part of the REIT’s secured onshore borrowings.