What Has Happened The United States began imposing a 12.5 per cent tariff on a range of Singapore exports from Friday, 24 July, following the conclusion of a Section 301 investigation by the US Trade Representative (USTR) into 60 trading…
A Convergence of Pressures Markets are not merely nervous. They are navigating three simultaneous stress tests — an oil shock, a bond market repricing, and an earnings season that will either justify or demolish the AI valuation premium that has…
The numbers are striking. Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports climbed 20.7 per cent year on year in June 2025, and behind that headline figure lies a story that is both impressive and structurally narrow — one where a single sector is…
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has announced a temporary ban on new listings of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds, alongside a sharp increase in the minimum deposit required for retail investors to trade such products — a regulatory reversal that follows…
South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix priced its American depositary share offering at $149.00 per ADS on Friday, raising $26.5 billion in one of the largest stock market debuts in history, as the company moves to capitalise on surging…
Temasek Holdings wants to more than double its exposure to artificial intelligence-related assets, raising the share of AI investments in its portfolio from 6 per cent today to as much as 15 per cent by March 2031. The state investor…
Two warehouse operators at Keppel Distripark learned a costly lesson in June: market share does not determine liability under Singapore’s competition law. The High Court’s June 30 judgment reinstating the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore’s (CCS) original ruling against…
The Project at a Glance Sunset Development is planning a 255-unit single-family residential neighbourhood called Canopy within Bishop Ranch, the mixed-use campus in San Ramon, California. The project marks a significant step in the site’s long-term transformation from a predominantly…
Three of South Korea’s most powerful conglomerates have committed to a combined 297 trillion won — roughly $195 billion — in industrial investment across the country’s southeastern Yeongnam region. The scale is striking. The strategic logic behind it is worth…
Property Educator Pocketed S$2.7 Million in Commission Before Scheme Collapsed A 55-year-old Singapore property agent who ran paid investment courses used her company to funnel clients into an unlicensed Australian housing scheme, leaving 347 investors with combined losses of S$16…
