Singapore has established Singapore Payments Network Limited (SPaN), a new not-for-profit entity designed to oversee and streamline the country’s key national payment schemes. Operational by end-2026, …
Singapore crypto crackdown set to spark moves to Hong Kong and Dubai
Hong Kong and Dubai are expected to be the main beneficiaries of a crackdown in Singapore on crypto exchanges, with unlicensed players being forced to close or move their operations by the end of the …
Only 6% of Singapore consumers want to live longer: Manulife
Although Singapore consumers expect to live to an age of 79, the survey respondents also think that at least 12 of those years will be spent living with illness.
Billionaire Charoen’s Frasers Property, Partners Offer Top Bid Of $387 Million For Plot At Former Singapore Turf Club
Frasers Property has been stepping up residential developments to tap into pent-up demand for luxury homes in Singapore. Last November, it partnered with Sekisui House to redevelop a serviced …
Thailand’s 3rd wealthiest billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s consortium offers $380M bid for prime Singapore land
A consortium including Frasers Property, controlled by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has outbid eight competitors with a SGD491.5 million (US$386 million) offer for a prime land lot in …
Japan’s NTT lodges listing prospectus for Reit, set to be Singapore’s largest IPO in four years
SINGAPORE] Japanese telco Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) is spinning off some of its data centres into a Singapore-listed real estate investment trust, or S-Reit, marking what is likely to be …
From India-Pakistan to Iran and Ukraine, a new era of escalation: Peter Apps
As India’s defense chief attended an international security conference in Singapore in May, soon after India and Pakistan fought what many in South Asia now dub “the four-day war”, he had a simple …
Billionaire Charoen’s Frasers Property, Partners Offer Top Bid Of $387 Million For Prime Singapore Plot
Frasers Property has been stepping up residential developments to tap into pent-up demand for luxury homes in Singapore. Last November, it partnered with Sekisui House to redevelop a serviced …
A Business Hub for Central Asia’s Elite? What to Expect From Alatau
While Tokayev’s vision of a futurist Singapore-style city is slowly getting started, it takes a different development approach than Astana did. Still, questions over financing and local impact persist …
Maiden plot in Singapore’s Bukit Timah Turf City snags nine bids as developers jostle for first-mover advantage
SINGAPORE: A consortium led by Frasers Property, Sekisui House and CSC Land Group (Singapore) has submitted a top bid of S$491.5 million in a hotly contested tender exercise for the first residential …