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Renald Yeo

Renald Yeo

JOURNALIST

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

emailyrenald@sph.com.sg
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Singapore stocks fall 0.9% on Thursday as banks drag; Seatrium rises on earnings

The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index slips 0.6% to 1,517.79

Net interest margin narrows by 29 basis points to 1.86% from 2.15% previously.

OCBC’s new CEO Tan Teck Long pivots to Asean, wealth integration in new growth road map 

For 2026, he expects total income to be ‘stable to growing’, in part contributed by double-digit wealth growth

Tan Teck Long, group CEO of OCBC, says the focus for M&A opportunities will be on Asean markets.

OCBC favours special dividends over buybacks for excess capital, says new CEO

Lender seeks to reward its long-term shareholder base, says Tan Teck Long

Sofia Hammoucha, Global Head of Trade and Working Capital, Standard Chartered Bank
THE BANKER

Tokenisation key to ‘next frontier’ of trade finance: StanChart’s Sofia Hammoucha

The ‘key priority’ is to solve, embrace, invest and deliver on the new technology, she says

Leong Yung Chee, chief financial officer of UOB, says the provisions will allow UOB to 'navigate any potential issues'.

Buffers for Greater China, US exposures ‘more than adequate’ as bad-debt formation slows in Q4: UOB

New non-performing asset formation was S$599 million in Q4, slowing from S$838 million in Q3

Wee Ee Cheong, deputy chairman and chief executive officer, UOB, says trade, capital flows and cross-border investments continue to expand in Asean.

UOB upbeat on ‘resilient’ Asean trade despite US tariff uncertainty, drop in Q4 profit

Fourth-quarter earnings decline 7% to S$1.4 billion; lender declares H2 dividend of S$0.71 a share

Siddharth Dahiya, Global Head of Emerging Market Debt at Aberdeen

Emerging-market bonds poised for ‘very strong run’ after years of outflows: Aberdeen

Drivers include the improved credit ratings of these economies and potential Fed rate cuts

Singapore's post-election Budgets over the years.
BRUNCH

An in-depth look at 5 of Singapore’s post-election Budgets

Budget 2026 follows the first general election helmed by Singapore’s fourth-generation leadership. How does it compare with other Budgets at the start...

From January 2027, new EP applicants outside the financial services sector will face a higher qualifying salary of S$6,000, up from S$5,600.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

SMEs unlikely to face sharp cost increases from EP, S Pass salary hikes, but offshoring interest may grow

A key way for SMEs to adapt to higher costs is to offshore parts of their operations, say industry observers

AT DBS, AI has compressed work that previously took months or even years into a matter of weeks.

DBS says AI push is paying off as it shifts from efficiency tool to growth engine

The time savings from the technology can be redeployed towards business expansion, says chief Tan Su Shan

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