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CNA938 Rewind – Singapore property changes: New licence rules for agents, HDB wait-out period scrapped
Singapore is rolling out major changes to its property sector, including new licence renewal requirements for property agents, the removal of the 15-month HDB wait-out period for private homeowners, …
Hongkong Land To Acquire Singapore’s Wheelock Place From Wharf For $900 Million
The deal marks the first purchase for Hongkong Land’s Singapore Central Private Real Estate Fund, lifting the fund’s assets under management to $7.3 billion.
Asian property giant Hongkong Land to acquire Singapore’s 21-story building for $900M
Hongkong Land, one of Asia’s largest commercial property owners, will acquire Singapore’s Wheelock Place, a mix-used property, for about SGD1.1 billion (US$900 million).
Ant International Opens First Middle East Office in Saudi Arabia in Drive to Expand Regional Partnership
The Singapore-headquartered company aims to introduce cutting-edge financial and digitisation technology to support digital transformation for the business community in the region and beyond. Ant …
Ant International Opens First Middle East Office in Saudi Arabia in Drive to Expand Regional Partnership
The Singapore-headquartered company aims to introduce cutting-edge financial and digitisation technology to support digital transformation for the business community in the region and beyond. Ant …
HSBC commits to proprietary AI in Singapore as agentic treasury goes mainstream
HSBC AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore, announced July 27, 2026, will build proprietary agentic treasury AI systems using the bank’s own transaction data — at a moment when 52% of financial …
Indonesia faces test of central bank independence after governor’s shock exit
By Ankur Banerjee, Rae Wee and Gayatri Suroyo SINGAPORE, July 27 (Reuters) – Just as a fragile calm was returning to Indonesian markets, the abrupt resignation of the central bank chief has reignited …
Hong Kong Property Investor Gaw Capital Buys Prime Tokyo Mall For Over $1 Billion
Gaw Capital has formed a joint venture with Singapore’s Patience Capital Group to purchase and manage Tokyu Plaza Ginza. Gaw Capital Partners, the real estate private equity firm controlled by Hong …
Can Better Financial Advice Close Singapore’s Protection Gap? FWD Bets So
FWD Singapore and Ascend Asia have signed a long-term strategic partnership to expand insurance and investment access across retail, mass affluent, and high-net-worth segments.