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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 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 per cent 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, industry veteran 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 of end-2025, Singapore’s 41 Reits and property trusts boasted a combined market capitalisation of S$104 billion, representing close to 10 per cent 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

Grab’s Class B shares grant its key executives greater voting power – a common practice among US tech companies that allows founders to retain control.

Grab shareholders agree to double voting power of Class B ‘super-voting’ shares

The company will also repurchase up to US$400 million of its shares over the next four months

Disciplinary action could also be taken against the company's directors and executive officers if Shanghai Turbo does not comply with the notice.

SGX RegCo directs Shanghai Turbo to convene FY2024, FY2025 AGMs by Aug 31

Failure to comply will be deemed a contravention of mainboard rules

A potential inflow of wealth from the Middle East could help Singapore's banking trio as interest rates soften and net interest margins inevitably face compression this year.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

DBS, OCBC, UOB could benefit as the Middle East’s ultra-rich relook where to park their billions

The three local lenders have all spent years expanding their private banking capabilities to capture a growth in global wealth flows

Anthropic says it could lose “multiple billions of dollars” in revenue this year from its fallout with the US government.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Will GIC and Temasek’s investments in blacklisted AI firm Anthropic backfire?

Not necessarily; corporate governance – not unconstrained profit – could be the new alpha generator

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