Benjamin Cher

Benjamin Cher

CORRESPONDENT

Benjamin is a correspondent with BT’s Companies and Markets team. He covers the tech and venture capital ecosystem in Southeast Asia. He was previously with Garage, BT’s startup and venture capital portal, and The Edge Singapore.

Nam Lee's managing director Eric Yong was interviewed by CPIB over allegations in a whistleblowing report.

Nam Lee’s managing director interviewed by CPIB over whistle-blower report

The allegations in the report are the same as those in a previous whistle-blower report from FY2024

Zhai Lingyun, executive chairman of Cordlife has stepped down.

Cordlife’s executive chairman steps down

[SINGAPORE] Cordlife announced that its executive chairman Zhai Lingyun has stepped down in a bourse filing on Thursday (Oct 30).

Yangzijiang Financial received conditional approval to list Yangzijiang Maritime from SGX.

Yangzijiang Financial receives conditional approval to list YZJ Maritime

It also discloses that it has further capitalised some US$1.5 billion of receivables from its maritime investment segment

Sheng Siong reported higher earnings on increased store count and better sales mix.

Sheng Siong reports 12% increase in Q3 earnings to S$43.7 million

Earnings per share up 11.9% at S$0.0291 for period, from S$0.026 in Q3 2024

Keppel said it is targeting over S$500 million more in monetisation deals in the next few months.

Keppel vows to use part of cash unlocked in asset monetisation to reward shareholders

Net profit for Keppel’s core business rises over 25% in 9M FY2025

In response to SGX queries, Ascent Bridge has released the original wording of its resigning directors.

Ascent Bridge cites possible defamation lawsuit for not releasing directors’ resignation letters in full

The company reproduces the original content in response to SGX RegCo queries

Ngee Ann City made the bulk of Q1 FY2026 revenue contribution for Starhill Global Reit.

Starhill Global Reit’s net property income edges up 0.2% to S$37.9 million in Q1 FY2026

The Reit’s improved performance was mainly driven by stronger contributions from its Singapore retail and Malaysia segment

Hong Leong Asia owns a 48.7% stake in China Yuchai International.

Director of Hong Leong Asia unit resigns amid probe by authorities in China

Wu Qiwei, a former board member of China Yuchai International, is suspected of ‘serious violations of discipline and law’

Civmec’s order book stands at about A$1.2 billion as at Sep 30.

Civmec Q1 earnings fall 30.9% to A$10.5 million

Revenue is down 27.5% year on year at A$190.4 million

(From left) HSBC's senior leaders Jonathan Yip, Gilbert Ng, David Sabow and Neil Falconer at the launch of HSBC Innovation Banking with the bank's clients. The lender will set aside US$1.5 billion to support this new banking segment.

HSBC brings startup-focused Innovation Banking to Singapore, allocates US$1.5 billion to finance high-growth companies

Lender will execute a go-to-market strategy that covers both entrepreneurs and venture capital firms