Tech stocks

K-pop, Chinese games to drive Asia tech sector growth: Macquarie

Baidu, Tencent are among the research firm’s top 2026 Asian tech picks

Zhipu AI chairman Liu Debing (centre) at the company’s listing ceremony at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday (Jan 8).

Chinese tech firms rise in Hong Kong debut as US-China tech race heats up

The trio’s performance will help gauge whether Hong Kong can extend last year’s IPO resurgence

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, head of the Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, at the Future Investment Initiative, in Riyadh. PIF was the single largest dealmaker of 2025 by committing US$36.2 billion.

Sovereign funds push into tech as assets swell to US$15 trillion

They ploughed US$66 billion into investments in AI and digitalisation in 2025, says Global SWF

Clean-energy stocks are among this year’s best performers across regions, with some players' gains exceeding the rally in US tech heavyweights.

Green stocks are big winners as tech boom drives energy demand

Lower interest rates have also improved the outlook for debt-heavy clean-power counters

Early FY2026 estimates for Asian technology companies, excluding Japan, point to earnings growth in the mid-20% range, says Daryl Ho, senior investment strategist at DBS’ chief investment office.

Asia still ‘under-invested’ despite improving profits, attractive valuations: DBS

Stronger income, growth and valuations point to ‘clear and present’ opportunities in Asia, says senior investment strategist

Market players say that potential listees are following UltraGreen.ai’s trading debut closely, to see if SGX is a suitable listing venue.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

UltraGreen.ai’s post-IPO performance is an important gauge of investor interest

It represents the kind of high-tech players that investors have been clamouring to see listed on the local bourse

The SGX-Nasdaq dual-listing bridge will offer companies with market caps of S$2 billion or more the opportunity to list on both exchanges without much additional cost or effort.
MARK TO MARKET

SGX-Nasdaq dual-listing bridge may afford GIC, Temasek bigger role in revitalising local market

MAS says EQDP and the Anchor Fund @ 65 will support fundraising activity and trading liquidity on the new Global Listing Board

DeepSeek showed that there are ways to build cheaper, scaled-down variants of AI, raising the prospect that LLMs will become commoditised.

Behind the AI bubble, another tech revolution could be brewing

Today’s eye-popping valuations are based on the assumption that large language models are the only game in town