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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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 Q1 earnings fall 30.9% to A$10.5 million
Revenue is down 27.5% year on year at A$190.4 million
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