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Jude Chan

Jude Chan

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

Stanislaus Jude Chan - otherwise known as the “big bourse man” - is a senior correspondent at The Business Times, where he writes commentaries on anything related to companies and markets.

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In this economy, the smartest bets might no longer be sitting an ocean away, but are waiting right here at home.

‘Boring’ is the new black: The stars are aligning for a Singapore stock market revival

The benchmark Straits Times Index has outperformed the S&P 500 – in both USD and SGD terms – in recent years

Singtel is injecting life back into a dormant float that makes up 4.4% of its total shares.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Singtel could also be a winner as mom-and-pop investors land surprise S$6,800 windfall

For the group, the real prize is unlocking its own corporate toolkit

The transfer closes a major chapter in Singapore’s financial history, dating back to Singtel’s initial public offering in 1993.

Singtel, CPF Board to transfer legacy discounted shares to investors’ CDP accounts, giving 615,000 shareholders direct control

As a rough gauge, an investor will make a return of about six times on the original investment

Shops in Little India are offering to buy back gold amid the global boom in prices.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

The real shine behind Singapore’s golden ambitions is not in gold’s meteoric price increase

Investors are faring well with listed gold counters hitting fresh highs, but the Republic is also aiming to benefit with the region’s ultimate vault

In August 2025, Keppel proposed to divest M1’s telco business to Simba at an enterprise value of S$1.43 billion.

Keppel, Simba Telecom agree to extend long-stop date for proposed M1 deal

IMDA’s regulatory review remains under way

Full-year revenue rose 2.2% to US$2.23 billion, from US$2.19 billion in FY2024.

Shangri-La Asia posts 30.4% drop in full-year earnings to US$112.3 million

The board recommends a final dividend of HK$0.10 a share for FY2025

To allow S-Reits to punch above their weight, ARA co-founder John Lim believes regulators need to hand them heavier gloves.

What Singapore needs is not more Reits, but bigger ones: ARA co-founder John Lim

The local market must move towards consolidation and aggressive global expansion, says the industry veteran

As at end-2025, Singapore’s 41 Reits and property trusts had a combined market capitalisation of S$104 billion, representing nearly 10% of the stock market.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Ring the bell: Could Singapore be a victim of its own S-Reit success?

What’s in the pipeline of new Reit listings is a welcome sign. But SGX’s deeper challenge is far harder to solve

​Keppel CEO Loh Chin Hua says the group will "not only enable AI infrastructure, but also be an AI-enabled asset manager".

Keppel CEO Loh Chin Hua bets on AI, energy transition to drive S$200 billion ambition

The asset manager expects to cross S$100 billion in funds under management this year

Hong Lai Huat will “take steps to prevent a recurrence” of such incidents.

Independent probe finds ‘no impropriety’ as C-suite drama erupts at Hong Lai Huat

A spat with the CEO’s son was ‘at most, a contributing factor’ to Lai Seng Fatt’s resignation as CFO

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