Grab

HOCK LOCK SIEW

Grab’s new acquisition in Taiwan could further delay a deal for Indonesia’s GoTo

All attention is likely on issues related to the recent purchase plans

Grab's S$1.1 million support package includes fuel vouchers that were introduced in March, and upcoming increases in monthly cash bonuses and cashback rebates.

Grab, Strides raise fares, unveil driver support measures amid rising fuel costs

Grab’s fuel surcharge will be adjusted to S$0.90 per trip, while Strides’ street-hail fares will rise S$0.01 per distance and time-based unit

Singapore banks’ sustainable loan commitments grew at a slower pace in 2025.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 188: Singapore banks face slower growth in sustainable finance; Grab’s confusing dual-class shares

This week in ESG: DBS, OCBC, UOB release sustainability reports; Grab raises CEO’s voting rights

Grab’s Class B shares grant its key executives greater voting power – a common practice among US tech companies that allows founders such as Anthony Tan to retain control.

Grab shareholders agree to double voting power of Class B ‘super-voting’ shares

The company will also repurchase up to US$400 million of its shares over the next four months

Maybank analyst Hussaini Saifee expects Grab to face less competition because the Taiwan market has only one other dominant player, Uber Eats.
BROKER’S TAKE

Maybank raises Grab’s target price to US$6.48 on proposed acquisition of foodpanda Taiwan

But DBS keeps its rating and target price unchanged for the company behind the superapp

Grab's #MoreWomenCan programme is designed to address the specific needs of its women partners at various life stages, including pregnancy.

Grab launches initiative to provide more support for its women partners in Singapore

Its co-authored study also reveals a total addressable market of 40.7 million women willing to work as driver-partners in South-east Asia 

Grab is targeting to complete the migration of users, merchants and drivers to its app by early 2027.

Grab to buy foodpanda’s Taiwan business for US$600 million

The deal marks Grab’s entry into its first market outside South-east Asia

GrabCab will be raising its metered fares from Mar 30 to May 31.

GrabCab to raise taxi fares temporarily to help drivers amid volatile fuel prices

The adjustment applies only to metered taxi rides, says Singapore-based taxi operator 

As at end-2024, Grab founder Anthony Tan owned just 3.7% of the company's shares, but had 63.2% of voting power.

‘Trust the founder’? Grab’s super-voting share proposal raises governance questions for investors

Shareholders would have to be content as passengers in a vehicle ‘with a permanent driver’, observer says

Grab is proposing to double the voting rights of its Class B shares from 45 votes to 90, a move that could entrench founder and CEO Anthony Tan’s voting rights close to 75%.
THE SHARPE EDGE

A (dual) class act to follow in SGX’s path to dual listings

Some believe that Singapore’s dual-class regime remains a path less trodden simply because it was rolled out in no-man’s-land