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Opinion & Features
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Spacs are making a comeback on Wall Street, but Singapore should look the other way

2026-07-14T10:06:45.000Z
Grab is proposing to double the voting rights of its Class B shares from 45 votes to 90, a move that could entrench founder and CEO Anthony Tan’s voting rights close to 75%.
Companies & Markets
THE SHARPE EDGE

A (dual) class act to follow in SGX’s path to dual listings

2026-03-22T23:00:00.000Z
"A Nasdaq listing will accelerate our mission to build the ‘Finternet’ for underserved consumers and SMEs across Africa and Asia,” says group CEO Dennis Ng.
Companies & Markets

Singapore digital infrastructure company EFGH to pursue US listing via Spac

2025-12-05T12:55:54.000Z
In April, tearoom chain Chagee debuted on the Nasdaq after raising US$411 million in the biggest IPO of a Chinese firm in the US this year.
Global Enterprise
NEWS ANALYSIS

Chinese firms set for record US listings, undeterred by geopolitics

2025-08-05T11:16:45.000Z
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick was the former chairman and chief executive officer of Cantor Fitzgerald, which leads the pack of Spac IPO bookrunners this year, underwriting around a dozen transactions. The company is now chaired by his son Brandon.
Opinion & Features

Spacs are back. What could go wrong this time?

2025-06-26T08:00:00.000Z
Group CEO Sebastian Toke (left) and group chairman Jacky Choo of GCL Asia.
Companies & Markets

Singapore video game company’s Nasdaq listing values it at US$1.2 billion

2025-02-14T14:55:14.000Z
The de-SPAC deal offers little relief for a stalled market, as 13 other SPACs await listings amid Hong Kong's stricter rules impacting liquidity and demand.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Hong Kong’s first de-Spac listing still leaves sector in limbo

2024-10-31T16:40:04.000Z
The deal is a lifeline for Aiways, which halted production at its Shangrao plant last summer as a fierce EV price war in China squeezed automakers’ margins.
International

Chinese EV maker Aiways to go public in US via deal with Hudson Acquisition Spac

2024-05-15T10:14:29.000Z
Sentiment today indicates more bulls in the market ahead.
Opinion & Features
COMMENTARY

Gauging sentiment is crucial, and there are hard and easy ways to do it

2024-05-05T21:00:00.000Z
Lionsgate had last year agreed to spinoff its studio in a deal valued at about US$4.6 billion, including debt, to create a new public firm for its film and television assets, which include about 18,000 titles.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Lionsgate Studio raises PIPE amount to US$225 million ahead of closing SPAC deal

2024-04-12T14:21:00.000Z
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