Business
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Fixed income funds top Asian inflows in 2025 as investors seek stability and yield
[SINGAPORE] Fixed income funds topped net inflows in 2025 among Asian investors prioritising stability and yield, based on data from funds network Calastone released on Tuesday (Jan 20). Net inflows…
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Asian investors favour fixed income for stability and yield in 2025 amid global uncertainty
[SINGAPORE] Fixed income funds topped net inflows in 2025 among Asian investors prioritising stability and yield, based on data from funds network Calastone released on Tuesday (Jan 20). Net inflows…
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Trust Bank launches retail trading platform for US stocks and ETFs, offering in-app fractional investing
Since admitting investors from its waitlist in November 2025, 10,000 customers have opened trading accounts [SINGAPORE] Digital lender Trust Bank on Tuesday (Jan 20) launched its in-app trading platform, becoming…
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Private Chinese wealth fuels Singapore office market as vacancies drop: JLL
Private Chinese capital is still actively pursuing opportunities in Singapore, even as institutional Chinese capital recedes [SINGAPORE] The prime office sector in Singapore is a “top pick” for real estate…
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Indonesia’s rupiah hits record low on central bank independence worries
[SINGAPORE] Indonesia’s rupiah hit a record low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors fretted about the country’s central bank independence after President Prabowo Subianto nominated his nephew to join…
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These Singapore winners can benefit from AI boom, power crunch: Morgan Stanley
[SINGAPORE] The US “shale revolution” is about to export a windfall to Singapore, helping defray the cost of powering the artificial intelligence boom. A “glut” of new LNG supply from…
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China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged for eighth straight month
[SHANGHAI] China left benchmark loan prime rates unchanged on Tuesday for the eighth consecutive month in January, matching market expectations. Leaving the rates steady suggests policymakers are in no hurry to deliver…
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India needs ‘eight to 10’ large banks, Axis Bank CEO says
The country currently has 12 state-run banks and 21 large and mid-sized private banks [MUMBAI] India will need “at least eight to 10” large banks to support economic growth as…
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South Korea bourse CEO sees Kospi at 6,000, vows to cut ‘zombie’ firms
The index’s surge over the past 12 months is the best among more than 90 global equity indexes tracked by Bloomberg [SEOUL] The world-beating rally in South Korean stocks is…
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Citi downgrades European equities to neutral after Trump’s tariff threats
[SINGAPORE] Citi downgraded continental Europe on Tuesday to “neutral” for the first time in over a year, saying the latest step-up in transatlantic tensions and tariff uncertainty dented the near-term…
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How Europe could ‘weaponise’ US$10 trillion of US assets over Greenland
The most tangible reaction from the EU so far has been a proposal to halt approval of its July trade deal with America [LONDON] As Europe considers how best to…
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Jumbo Group to acquire leasehold interest in Tai Seng Street property from Boustead Industrial Fund
[SINGAPORE] Jumbo Group is proposing to acquire a leasehold interest in a 26 Tai Seng Street property owned by Boustead Industrial Fund (BIF), a private real estate trust set up…
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MSCI rule shift may spur US$2 billion exit from Indonesian stocks
[JAKARTA] Global funds may withdraw more than US$2 billion from Indonesian equities in coming months if MSCI proceeds with a change to its indexing methodology, underscoring concerns about the investability…
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UK mulls Australia-style ban on social media for children
[LONDON] Britain is considering a range of measures to better protect children online, including an Australian-style ban on social media for those below a certain age and tougher guidance for…
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Stocks to watch: SGX, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust, Boustead Singapore, Jumbo Group
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Jan 20): Singapore Exchange (SGX) : The SGX will expand its current suite of…
