Angela Tan

Angela Tan

Angela Tan is BT’s senior correspondent, with a focus on China and Asean. Her work covers a wide range of topics from local business issues to international economic trends and government policies. She previously covered corporate scandals, fraud and bankruptcies. She was awarded Securities Investors Association Singapore (Sias) Financial Journalist of the Year for 2018 and 2019.

Krishna Srinivasan, Director, Asia Pacific Department at IMF (centre) says the size and persistence of spillovers on the region 's GDP depend on the type of shock confronting China.

Supply shock-induced slowdown in China could shave Asia’s growth by 1.3%: IMF 

A supply shock-induced slowdown in China could shave Asia’s growth by about 1.3 per cent in the medium term, said a senior...

DBS' Q3 net profit up 17%

DBS' Q3 net profit up 17%

DBS Group on Friday said its net profit for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2014 was at S$1 billion, up 17...

Update: Court rules development charges not payable for 3 former Malayan Railway plots of land in Singapore

Update: Court rules development charges not payable for 3 former Malayan Railway plots of land in Singapore

THE Arbitral Tribunal has ruled that development charges on three former Malayan Railway (KTM) sites in Singapore in Tanjong Pagar, Kranji and...

Update: DBS' Q3 net profit up 17% on broad-based growth

Update: DBS' Q3 net profit up 17% on broad-based growth

DBS Group on Friday said its net profit for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2014 was at S$1.01 billion, up 17...

Court rules development charges for 3 former Malayan Railway land in Singapore not payable

Court rules development charges for 3 former Malayan Railway land in Singapore not payable

THE Arbitral Tribunal has ruled that development charges on three former Malayan Railway (KTM) sites in Singapore in Tanjong Pagar, Kranji and...

The Asian Development Bank cut China’s growth forecast for 2022 to 3.3 per cent from 5.0 per cent, as Beijing pursues a zero-Covid strategy that has devastated the world’s second-largest economy.

ADB raises Asean growth forecast for 2022, but cuts 2023 outlook on worsening outlook

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised up its 2022 growth projection for South-east Asia to 5.1 per cent from 4.9 per...

Logos of Swiss bank UBS and Credit Suisse in Zurich, Switzerland

Clients rebalancing portfolios to deal with Credit Suisse fallout, say wealth managers

SINGAPORE’S wealth managers say their clients are making portfolio adjustments in reaction to recent banking instability, but inflows continue to be strong.

In 2020, SGX signed a wide-ranging agreement with China Central Depository and Clearing Co, (CCDC) to strengthen and promote Singapore and China’s bond markets.

SGX sees greater demand for capital raising by businesses expanding into S-E Asia

SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) is seeing an increased demand for capital raising by businesses expanding into South-east Asia, chief executive officer Loh Boon...

Lennon Lee, Partner, Financial Services Tax Leader, PwC Singapore.
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Hong Kong plays catch-up to Singapore in fierce battle for family offices

HONG Kong is pulling all stops in its latest budget to attract the world’s richest family offices as it battles Singapore’s rising...

(From left) Mr Chong Jiun Yeh, CIO, UOBAM, Mr Vana Bulbon, CEO, UOBAM Thailand, Ms Lim Suet Ling, CEO, UOBAM Malaysia and Mr Ari Adil, CEO, UOBAM Indonesia, speaking at a panel during UOB Asset Management’s Annual Investment Outlook 2023 on 28 February 2023.

Asean an investment sweet spot, Indonesia a ‘sitting jackpot’: UOBAM

WHEN it comes to investment opportunities, Asean is in a “very sweet spot”, with Indonesia – home to five out of the...