Renald Yeo

Renald Yeo

JOURNALIST

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

Mark Lee, chairman of the Singapore Business Federation (left, standing) at the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat on Jul 6.

Indonesia’s long-term draw intact despite market, currency jitters, says new SBF chairman

Singapore PM Lawrence Wong (left) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at a joint press conference at the State Palace in Jakarta for the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat.

Singapore, Indonesia seek closer energy and sustainability cooperation to power up green ties

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (left) at Jakarta’s State Palace with Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto.

Singapore, Indonesia vow closer cooperation, call for free passage through Strait of Hormuz

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s trip to Jakarta comes shortly after his two-day official visit to Timor-Leste last week.

PM Wong to visit Jakarta on Monday for annual leaders’ retreat with Indonesia’s Prabowo

As at Mar 31, 2026, DBS’ CET1 ratio stood at 16.9%.

DBS completes US$1 billion significant risk transfer deal, a first for Singapore bank

Higher rates generally support profitability by lifting interest income earned on loans and other assets, analysts say.
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Higher-for-longer US rates could boost Singapore banks’ earnings beyond 2026: analysts

Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji, senior vice-president of field engineering and one of Databricks’ seven co-founders, says that the roles on hire span the “full gamut” of sales, engineering, marketing and other functions.

US startup Databricks to raise Singapore headcount by up to 50% as AI demand grows

Asia is where there will be "corporate and policy conversations" about energy security, says Bernard Mensah, president of international at Bank of America.

Middle East conflict pushes Asia into next phase of energy rethink: Bank of America

SJ Heng, senior director of commerce at Heineken Asia-Pacific, says that a beer's brand is "not determined by the postal code of the brewery".

Tiger Beer lines up new products as Singapore operations’ role shifts from brewing to innovation

Citi's Mridula Iyer (left) and Kanika Thakur say firms are thinking about diversifying supply chains, building inventory buffers and optimising working capital.

Citi sees Asian clients seeking more trade finance, risk support amid Middle East war