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ASEAN Business

Vietnam to be promoted to emerging stock market by FTSE in September 2026

GIC's investments centres around semiconductors, AI data centers, and hyperscalers, which are areas "where value has been growing as a result of the demand”, said its chief investment officer, Bryan Yeo (pictured).
Companies & Markets

GIC’s chief investment officer warns of AI bubble risk

Share sales in Hong Kong – comprising IPOs, primary placements and block trades – have raised almost US$23 billion since Jul 1, making it the best quarter in more than four years, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Companies & Markets

Hong Kong and India drive banner year for equity capital markets

Changes to Vietnam's stock market, such as a new trading system and the removal of a pre-funding requirement for foreign institutional investors, could boost investor sentiment.
ASEAN Business

Vietnam stocks pop as foreign investors return on sweetened US trade terms: analysts

“I’m almost certain that 2025 would have been a much stronger year, barring tariffs and Trump, because clients are a bit freaked out also as to what’s happening in the market,” said Aditya Laroia, Singapore CEO at Maybank Securities.
Companies & Markets

Maybank Securities positive on MAS equities review given niche in mid-cap players: CEO Aditya Laroia

DBS' group executive and group head of institutional banking Han Kwee Juan says executives need to be trained to talk about what their businesses look at, why they are growth companies, and why it is exciting to invest in them.
BT Singapore Budget 2025 DialogueSingapore

Singapore’s capital market research scene trapped in ‘chicken-and-egg’ situation: DBS’ Han Kwee Juan

FILE PHOTO: Investors wait for China's stock market to open in front of an electronic board at a brokerage house in Beijing, China, January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Banking & Finance

China pushes insurers to invest billions in latest move to support market

The clear-cut perception of this month’s decision is such that investors are now pricing a 90 per cent chance of it transpiring.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Europe’s equity bankers rush to snag deals ahead of US vote

Transport Minister and Second Finance Minister Chee Hong Tat provides an update on the ongoing equities market review.
Companies & Markets

MAS ready to make bold changes to revitalise equities market: Chee Hong Tat

The Income Insurance Share Liquidity Program is exclusively offered by Phillip Securities, a subsidiary of Phillip Capital, for Income investors to liquidate their shares in the company.
Companies & Markets
BT EXPLAINS

Why Income investors are finding it hard to cash out

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