https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ THE BUSINESS TIMES - Find latest business and financial news including analysis and opinion on top business stories, stock markets in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and global market news and more at The Business Times. en-US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/favicon.ico https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/private-banks-intensify-efforts-build-singapore-talent-bench-wealth-sector-booms Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:45:36 +0000 Renald Yeo Companies & Markets Banking & Finance /companies-markets/private-banks-intensify-efforts-build-singapore-talent-bench-wealth-sector-booms Lenders are hiring more relationship managers as well as stepping up internal development https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/looking-beyond-looming-ceo-succession-should-uob-potentially-pursue-transformative-merger Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Leslie Yee Opinion & Features Banking & Finance Columns Companies & Markets /opinion-features/looking-beyond-looming-ceo-succession-should-uob-potentially-pursue-transformative-merger The third-ranked local bank may soon need to scale up for long-term sustainability https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/capital-markets-currencies/dbs-downgrades-sgx-hold-lowers-target-price-s20 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:05:56 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Capital Markets & Currencies Companies & Markets /companies-markets/capital-markets-currencies/dbs-downgrades-sgx-hold-lowers-target-price-s20 The bank trims earnings forecasts, flagging cooling securities turnover and moderating derivatives growth https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/family-offices-kept-captive-relationship-managers-turn-independent-advisers-direct-deals Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Benicia Tan Jean Low Companies & Markets /companies-markets/family-offices-kept-captive-relationship-managers-turn-independent-advisers-direct-deals The extent of this shift largely depends on a family office’s scale, say industry players https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/trouble-paradise-bali-runs-low-fuel-sparking-long-lines-pumps Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:18:49 +0000 Elisa Valenta Asean International /international/asean/trouble-paradise-bali-runs-low-fuel-sparking-long-lines-pumps Shortages from distribution woes and high demand threaten the province’s tourism economy https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/indias-rupee-recovery-faces-test-oil-prices-capital-outflows Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:10:44 +0000 Jasmine I S Global Capital Markets & Currencies Companies & Markets International New Articles /international/global/indias-rupee-recovery-faces-test-oil-prices-capital-outflows Currency’s rebound comes after Reserve Bank of India’s curb on US dollar demand https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/capital-markets-currencies/stocks-watch-kore-us-reit-parkway-life-reit-raffles-education-vins-holdings Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:42:55 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Capital Markets & Currencies Companies & Markets /companies-markets/capital-markets-currencies/stocks-watch-kore-us-reit-parkway-life-reit-raffles-education-vins-holdings [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Oct 14): https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/parkway-life-reit-buys-three-nursing-homes-france-us43-5-million Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:27:56 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Property /property/parkway-life-reit-buys-three-nursing-homes-france-us43-5-million Its aggregate leverage is expected to increase to about 35.3% https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/city-plaza-owners-private-talks-after-close-s970-million-en-bloc-tender Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:04:26 +0000 Chong Xin Wei Property Commercial & Industrial /property/city-plaza-owners-private-talks-after-close-s970-million-en-bloc-tender No formal bids have been made; EOIs have been submitted and discussions are ongoing https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/wealth/wealth-investing/markets-can-absorb-current-yields-which-are-still-pretty-normal-says-franklin-templeton-ceo Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:55:31 +0000 Genevieve Cua Wealth & Investing New Articles Wealth /wealth/wealth-investing/markets-can-absorb-current-yields-which-are-still-pretty-normal-says-franklin-templeton-ceo However, Jenny Johnson has some reservations over Magnificent Seven stocks due to ‘trickier’ risk proposition https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/beauty-world-plaza-collective-sale-s165-million Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:11:20 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Property /property/beauty-world-plaza-collective-sale-s165-million The mixed-use development site ‘offers redevelopment and asset enhancement potential’, says ETC https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/smes/imda-expands-digital-support-smes Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:51:43 +0000 Ranamita Chakraborty SMEs Singapore /singapore/smes/imda-expands-digital-support-smes Small and medium-sized enterprises can leverage data and AI through partnerships with tech firms https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/wasting-money-spending-tokens-companies-still-search-ai-use-cases-worthwhile-roi-says-broadcoms-hock Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:37:37 +0000 Tan Nai Lun Benicia Tan Companies & Markets New Articles /companies-markets/wasting-money-spending-tokens-companies-still-search-ai-use-cases-worthwhile-roi-says-broadcoms-hock Both he and Intel CEO Tan Lip-Bu suggest that capital could be AI’s next biggest bottleneck https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/esg/singapore-lithium-battery-recycling-startup-neu-battery-materials-raises-us7-6-million Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:48:30 +0000 Janice Lim ESG Companies & Markets Energy & Commodities /esg/singapore-lithium-battery-recycling-startup-neu-battery-materials-raises-us7-6-million The latest funding round’s close coincides with the launch of the firm’s newly commissioned recycling facility https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/banking-finance/cgsi-upgrades-dbs-add-raises-target-price-s79-50 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:59:18 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Banking & Finance Companies & Markets /companies-markets/banking-finance/cgsi-upgrades-dbs-add-raises-target-price-s79-50 Brokerage cites best-in-class return on equity and an attractive dividend yield https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/jardine-matheson-raises-2026-earnings-guidance-high-us5-65-share Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:58:52 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Companies & Markets /companies-markets/jardine-matheson-raises-2026-earnings-guidance-high-us5-65-share It also acquires the remaining 50% of Gammon Construction it did not already own for US$330 million