Share buybacks

INSIDE INSIGHTS

A week of insider buying and company buybacks

Tencent has been repurchasing shares almost every trading day since mid-May.

Tencent ramps up buybacks as share rout wipes out US$309 billion

Samsung is estimated to have to spend 154 trillion won on the bonus, including 40% in taxes.

Samsung Electronics plans 90 trillion won share buyback

Mandarin Oriental, which was delisted from SGX on Jan 20, is among the portfolio companies of Jardine Matheson Holdings.

Jardine Matheson targets 5% annual dividend growth, launches US$500 million share buyback

Over the five trading sessions, 22 primary-listed companies conducted buybacks with a total consideration of S$88.9 million.
INSIDE INSIGHTS

AGT raises Nam Cheong stake; Silchester increases holdings of ComfortDelGro

Among the STI components that will trade ex-dividend this week are DBS and Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust.
MARK TO MARKET

Power of payouts: A big chunk of the STI has just gone ex-dividend. What’s next?

In March, Netflix repurchased 13.5 million shares for about US$1.3 billion.

Netflix buying back US$25 billion in stock after share decline

Adobe is among a group of software companies that investors have soured on over AI’s potential to disrupt their business models.

Adobe announces US$25 billion buyback following share slide

The pullback was the first since the Tokyo Stock Exchange started its corporate governance push in 2023 to boost capital efficiency.

Japanese firms reduce share buybacks for first time since 2020