Aspial

Aspial Lifestyle raises S$84.8 million at S$0.402 apiece

S$60 million is from a private placement while S$24.8 million will be obtained from a preferential offering

Aspial Lifestyle – which has the Maxi-Cash, Lee Hwa and Goldheart brands in its stable – plans to deploy the bulk of the funds towards strategic growth initiatives.

Aspial Lifestyle proposes S$84.8 million rights and placement issue to fund pawnbroking, lending businesses

Under the preferential offering, 61.7 million new shares will be offered to eligible shareholders

Aspial Lifestyle, which has the Maxi-Cash, Lee Hwa and Goldheart brands in its stable, saw its net profit grow to S$80.7 million in FY2025.

Aspial Lifestyle moving to SGX mainboard on May 4 after meeting public float requirement

Parent Aspial Corp divests 10 million shares, raising subsidiary’s public float above 15%

The consumer lifestyle group says the notes are part of its S$300 million multicurrency medium-term note programme.

Aspial Lifestyle prices S$28 million in fixed-rate notes due 2029 at 5.1%

Net proceeds will be used to refinance existing borrowings and fund investments, among others

Aspial Lifestyle, which has the Maxi-Cash, Lee Hwa and Goldheart brands in its stable, saw its net profit grow to S$80.7 million in the FY2025 ended December, from S$14.4 million in FY2021.

Aspial Lifestyle proposes transfer to SGX mainboard

The group is eyeing access to equity and debt capital markets in a move aimed at supporting its future funding requirements

Majority-owned Aspial Lifestyle’s full-year profit more than doubled, leading to it paying a H2 dividend of S$0.008 per share.

Aspial Corp H2 profit rises 34% on subsidiary’s strong performance but no dividend declared

For the full year, the group’s net profit surges 514% to S$21.5 million, up from S$3.5 million.

UOB forecasts gold to rise to US$5,400 per ounce by the fourth quarter of this year.

Singaporeans flock to gold despite record-high prices ahead of Chinese New Year

Analysts attribute recent spikes in retail demand to wealth-preservation seeking rather than festive buying

Bullion retailers and pawnbrokers, whose inventory values are directly tied to spot prices, lost ground.

SGX-listed gold-linked counters fall on precious metal’s decade-worst plunge

Market watchers expect volatility in the yellow metal to continue in the near term 

Aspial says that the privatisation will offer greater flexibility to manage AF Global and optimise capital resources without the costs and regulatory restrictions associated with a listing on the Singapore Exchange.

Aspial Corp, Koh family-linked entity move to privatise AF Global for S$31.8 million as it sells stake in Knight Frank Singapore

The offeror, AFG Investment, is looking to acquire a 27.35% stake in the mainboard-listed hospitality player for S$0.11 per share