https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ THE BUSINESS TIMES - Find latest business and financial news including analysis and opinion on top business stories, stock markets in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and global market news and more at The Business Times. en-US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/favicon.ico https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/mas-sgx-must-address-our-ipo-problem Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:05:55 +0000 Ben Paul Opinion & Features Companies & Markets Wealth Wealth & Investing /opinion-features/mas-sgx-must-address-our-ipo-problem If we are to have a vibrant IPO scene, firms have to perform well after their offerings into the long term https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/sec-should-protect-investors-not-private-funds Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:03:56 +0000 Opinion & Features Banking & Finance Companies & Markets /opinion-features/sec-should-protect-investors-not-private-funds There are reasons these investments have been off-limits to ordinary investors, and those issues still exist https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/whats-ailing-group-medical-benefits-market-integrated-shield-plans-offer-clues Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:04:28 +0000 Genevieve Cua Opinion & Features New Articles Wealth Wealth & Investing /opinion-features/whats-ailing-group-medical-benefits-market-integrated-shield-plans-offer-clues Rising premiums and costs are putting employers in a quandary https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/limits-chinas-trade-concessions-europe Sun, 18 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features /opinion-features/limits-chinas-trade-concessions-europe Beijing’s agreement to curb hybrid car imports into Europe is a calculated compromise to preserve access https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/newsletters/esg-insights/issue-216-singapores-multi-fuel-bunkering-bet-listed-companies-hazy-haze-risk Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Kenneth Lim ESG Insights Columns ESG Newsletters Opinion & Features /newsletters/esg-insights/issue-216-singapores-multi-fuel-bunkering-bet-listed-companies-hazy-haze-risk This week in ESG: Singapore to conduct ethanol bunkering pilot; no visible haze in listed companies’ climate risks https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/good-class-bungalow-market-activity-picks-pace-realistic-pricing Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Kalpana Rashiwala Opinion & Features Features New Articles Property Residential /opinion-features/good-class-bungalow-market-activity-picks-pace-realistic-pricing Wealthy buyers keen to snag trophy assets at fair market value https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/wealth-accumulates-attention-does-not Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/wealth-accumulates-attention-does-not More assets create more decisions precisely when there is less time available to make them https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/asia-must-seize-opportunities-securing-its-food-future Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/asia-must-seize-opportunities-securing-its-food-future Diversifying protein sources is one way forward https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/ai-boom-threatened-epidemic-unreliable-numbers Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/ai-boom-threatened-epidemic-unreliable-numbers Investors can no longer put their trust in data https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/global-debt-crisis-looming Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:33:59 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/global-debt-crisis-looming Reform must prevent refinancing difficulties from becoming insolvency crises https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/how-your-ai-agent-may-level-playing-field-against-companies Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:19:21 +0000 Opinion & Features /opinion-features/how-your-ai-agent-may-level-playing-field-against-companies As AI agents negotiate on consumers’ behalf, replacing work inside firms, the contest of the next decade is over who keeps the... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/south-east-asias-new-battery-dependency-needs-close-attention Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/south-east-asias-new-battery-dependency-needs-close-attention Asean faces concentration risks across energy storage supply chains. Regional coordination is ever more urgent https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/smaller-board-lots-cant-fix-market-run-three-banks Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Jude Chan Opinion & Features Columns Companies & Markets /opinion-features/smaller-board-lots-cant-fix-market-run-three-banks Ten-share lots make it cheaper to buy stocks, but the small and mid-cap counters that need it do not benefit https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/if-europe-goes-war-fallout-will-be-felt-east-asia Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/if-europe-goes-war-fallout-will-be-felt-east-asia The continent appears to be preparing for a possible conflict with Russia by 2030 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/south-korea-solved-its-food-waste-problem-making-recycling-irritating Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/south-korea-solved-its-food-waste-problem-making-recycling-irritating Our habits will not change without inconvenience https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/coe-review-gap-between-luxury-and-mass-market-cars-isnt-only-one-worth-bridging Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:35:12 +0000 Derryn Wong Singapore Opinion & Features /singapore/coe-review-gap-between-luxury-and-mass-market-cars-isnt-only-one-worth-bridging Commercial vehicles and motorcycles, whose prices vary significantly within their categories, merit a closer look https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/bank-bosses-are-too-optimistic-about-ai-boom Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:02:20 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/bank-bosses-are-too-optimistic-about-ai-boom Credit and equity markets are still priced for something close to perfection from the current capex explosion https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/global-economic-recovery-built-shaky-foundations Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Global Columns International Opinion & Features /international/global/global-economic-recovery-built-shaky-foundations The US’ economy looks healthy, but not all other economies are doing as well https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/looking-beyond-looming-ceo-succession-should-uob-potentially-pursue-transformative-merger Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Leslie Yee Opinion & Features Banking & Finance Columns Companies & Markets /opinion-features/looking-beyond-looming-ceo-succession-should-uob-potentially-pursue-transformative-merger The third-ranked local bank may soon need to scale up for long-term sustainability https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/why-houthis-are-striking-saudi-arabia Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/why-houthis-are-striking-saudi-arabia Attacks on Riyadh’s soil suggest the Yemeni civil war is spreading beyond its borders https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/starbucks-can-sell-china-not-china-risk Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/starbucks-can-sell-china-not-china-risk Is this how the coffee giant preserves its place in an important but increasingly difficult market? https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/new-eesg-playbook-where-energy-economic-imperative Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/new-eesg-playbook-where-energy-economic-imperative Business decisions are inextricable with sustainability goals in today’s environment https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/development-finance-needs-more-one-currency Tue, 13 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/development-finance-needs-more-one-currency The renminbi is an increasingly attractive currency in which to denominate new borrowing https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/singapores-wealth-management-success-should-extend-everyday-families Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/singapores-wealth-management-success-should-extend-everyday-families The world-class financial judgment that the Republic has must be made more widely available https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/asias-green-transition-next-phase-must-also-emphasise-market-building Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/asias-green-transition-next-phase-must-also-emphasise-market-building The region's focus must go beyond scaling climate finance to fostering the ecosystem that deploys it https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/huge-lurking-leverage-ai-hyperscalers Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/huge-lurking-leverage-ai-hyperscalers While equity investors look to sunny futures, creditors are scrutinising liabilities like data centre leases https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/line-between-public-servants-and-private-property Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:34:46 +0000 Leslie Yee Opinion & Features Columns Property Residential /opinion-features/line-between-public-servants-and-private-property A recent report suggests civil servants disproportionately bought homes near planned but yet-announced MRT stations https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/economic-shock-s-almost-too-hot-handle Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/economic-shock-s-almost-too-hot-handle El Nino deals a new blow to supply chains and prices that central bankers must now reckon with https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/whats-special-about-negotiating-agreements-mining-critical-minerals Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:14:36 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/whats-special-about-negotiating-agreements-mining-critical-minerals Investors know more about the value of these materials than host governments do https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/can-imf-adapt-world-transformed-debt-and-ai Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Opinion & Features Columns /opinion-features/can-imf-adapt-world-transformed-debt-and-ai High public debt, AI and non-bank financial institutions are reshaping economic systems