Singapore’s wealth boom is raising the bar for aspiring private bankers

US Fed hikes rates amid stubborn inflation; signals further tightening in coming months

Quarter of Singtel special discounted shares sold ahead of CPF Board transfer

Economy & Policy

Is Singapore ready for inclusive workplaces? ‘I don’t think we are’: HR institute’s chief

Singapore, Asia markets shrug off US Fed rate hike

With a data centre boom under way, semiconductor, tech and digital players are racing to get a piece of the growing AI pie.

Asean Business

INSIDE ASEAN: MALAYSIA

Beyond servers: Malaysia targets bigger share of AI economy

The key driver for the use of the renminbi in South-east Asia has shifted from policy to commercial rationale, says StanChart’s Ng.

Global Enterprise

Beyond trade: The renminbi’s next act in Asean

Singapore

Tourism board launches tender for mixed-use Orchard development at former SCGS site

Singapore

Economists keep strong NODX outlook after August’s 46.2% surge, led by AI boom

EN BLOC SALE
Trendale Tower back on market at S$168 million guide price
COMMENTARY
Singapore’s covered bond boom is largely a DBS story
BROKER’S TAKE
UOBKH cuts STI target, downgrades banks
NO PULLBACK
Chipmaker stocks will weather any AI slowdown
APAC EXPANSION
Anthropic to open Singapore office in October
‘NO MONEY’
mm2 Asia, subsidiary owe S$213,000 in CPF arrears
FINTECH DEAL
Grab buys 60% of Atome for US$1.5 billion
ULTRA-LUXE HOMES
Fujian gang’s S’pore condos on auction block
HUMAN CAPITAL
Can a ‘portfolio life’ meet the longevity challenge?
NEW RULES
China tightens travel curbs on tech security concerns
FRONTIER TECH
Trump dismisses calls for more AI safeguards
BUILDING RESILIENCE
Asia’s energy infrastructure should be stress-tested

BREAKING NEWS

Career

THRIVE NEWSLETTER

When your parent becomes your business partner

2026-09-17T08:20:46.000Z

Huawei accelerates launch of new AI chip to take on Nvidia

2026-09-17T08:13:25.000Z

UPDATED 18 minutes ago

Asean Business

Vietnam’s FTSE upgrade looms, but foreign investors need more convincing

2026-09-17T08:04:52.000Z

International

Indonesia steps up E20 bioethanol push in bid to cut oil imports

2026-09-17T08:01:10.000Z

HSBC cuts back US$38,000-per-kid school perk for some Hong Kong bankers

2026-09-17T07:27:06.000Z

Buying homes near unannounced MRT stations: What informed the decision?

2026-09-17T07:26:41.000Z

International

China's Xi calls for 'bigger, stronger' advanced manufacturing sector

2026-09-17T06:47:39.000Z

Property

SINGAPORE PROPERTY

Malaysian developer Eco World tops bids for Sin Ming area housing plot with S$1,612 psf ppr offer

2026-09-17T06:33:57.000Z

UPDATED an hour ago

COMPANIES & MARKETS

Huawei accelerates launch of new AI chip to take on Nvidia

2026-09-17T08:13:25.000Z

UPDATED 18 minutes ago

HSBC cuts back US$38,000-per-kid school perk for some Hong Kong bankers

2026-09-17T07:27:06.000Z

Hong Kong Monetary Authority raises rate for first time in three years

2026-09-17T06:14:45.000Z

Energy & Commodities

Singapore’s gold hub plan gets lift with DBS vault expansion

2026-09-17T04:48:37.000Z

Telcos, Media & Tech

Snap tries to sell consumers on the idea of US$2,195 smart glasses

2026-09-17T04:12:03.000Z

US Fed hikes rates amid stubborn inflation; signals further tightening in coming months

2026-09-17T04:05:05.000Z

UPDATED 4 hours ago

OPINION & FEATURES

THINKING ALOUD

AirAsia’s funding woes test how far Malaysia will go to protect its budget champion

Anita Gabriel

How AI could help – or hurt – Asia’s energy future

Woochong Um

STI constituents must report Scope 3 emissions in 2027. The burden mostly falls on unlisted firms

Benjamin Soh

ASEAN BUSINESS

Suahasil Nazara was appointed deputy finance minister in October 2019, a position he retained after President Prabowo took office in 2024.

Asean Business

BT EXPLAINS

Who is Suahasil Nazara, the technocrat now holding Indonesia’s purse strings?

GLOBAL ENTERPRISE

Glencore said on Tuesday it had ended all business with Radiant World and associated companies including Sapphire Minmetals.

Global Enterprise

Glencore faces S$2.5 billion lawsuit as it alleges Radiant World fraud

INSIDE THE C-SUITE

Marco Pagliara, head of emerging markets at Deutsche Bank Private Bank, says Singapore is one of the lender’s largest wealth-booking centres outside Germany.

Deutsche Bank’s private bank seeks experienced wealth teams for deeper push into Asia

SGSME

From left: Jefferson Chen, co-founder, group chairman and CEO of Advance Intelligence Group; Byung Joon Han, co-founder, CEO and board director of Silicon Box; Caecilia Chu, CEO and co-founder of YouTrip; Lim Hock Chee, CEO and co-founder of Sheng Siong Group; Praveen Kumar Jain, chairman and co-founder of Valency International.

Singapore

Five winners of EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 Singapore Awards named

PODCASTS

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Strategy over sentiment: why the old property playbook no longer works

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What oil, yields, and AI capex boom are really telling us

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Investing in an era of AI, techflation and higher bond yields

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