Renald Yeo

Renald Yeo

JOURNALIST

Renald writes about banks for The Business Times. Before that, he tracked macroeconomic trends and SME struggles.

The Jakarta centre joins an existing network spanning Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Nanjing and Hongqiao in Shanghai.

Singapore’s lawyers, accountants follow businesses abroad, with Jakarta the latest stop

2026-09-04T11:54:19.000Z
Chow Wan Thonh, head of coverage for Singapore and Asean, says firms now put greater emphasis on building more resilient supply chains across several markets.

StanChart sees China-Asean growth accelerating as ‘China Plus N’ strategy takes hold

2026-09-04T03:06:50.000Z
UBS’ Exclusive Manager Access Fund Program will first be offered to global wealth-management clients in Singapore and Hong Kong, and then to those in Taiwan.

UBS opens institutional fund strategies to Asia’s wealthy – with US$5 million buy-in

2026-09-03T01:00:00.000Z
Dominique Boer’s appointment comes as UOB steps up its regional wealth push, with the group aiming to double its wealth management income by 2030.

UOB Private Bank appoints UBS’ Dominique Boer as Asean market head

2026-09-01T02:17:45.000Z
The programme aims to equip accountancy and corporate finance workers with practical skills to use AI effectively and responsibly.

More than 15,000 sign up for national accounting body’s AI programme in two months

2026-08-28T06:00:25.000Z
Under the qualification arrangement, eligible ICAI members will be exempted from all six foundation-level modules of the Singapore Chartered Accountant Qualification.

Singapore, India accounting bodies take ‘stepping stone’ towards mutual recognition of qualifications

2026-08-21T09:37:57.000Z
Lim Soon Chong, group head of global transaction services at DBS, says the lender has processed about S$10 billion in tokenised payments cumulatively over the past two years.

DBS expects tokenised finance investment to catch up with traditional payments, custody in 2-3 years

2026-08-21T08:15:50.000Z
Tan Choon Hin, currently the bank’s deputy chief risk officer, will begin in his new role on Sep 1.

UOB names Tan Choon Hin to new Asean, Greater China role

2026-08-18T04:26:09.000Z
Jacquelyn Tan, UOB’s head of group personal finances, says digital wealth will play a ‘meaningful’ role in the lender’s wealth growth.

UOB’s digital wealth sales, transactions jump almost 50% as clients invest more online

2026-08-16T23:00:00.000Z
DBS was the first of the three banks to report its Q2 results on Thursday (Aug 6), followed by OCBC and UOB on Friday.

5 takeaways from Singapore banks’ Q2 results – diverging outlooks, China tax rules emerge as new watchpoint

2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z