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SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has launched a perpetual issue on Monday, its second such deal this year.

SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has launched a perpetual issue on Monday, its second such deal this year.

Japanese officials are checking their country into the cash addiction clinic. Ditching banknotes could generate a big one-off boost to economic activity, plus permanently upgrade productivity. But the government will have to give stronger encouragement to elderly consumers, polite bankers and reluctant merchants to change their...

THE cash-on-delivery model remains dominant for many businesses in Singapore - especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - despite the risks in handling cash and the resources needed to verify payments and reconcile collections against invoices.

IN THE near future, investors may just need to fork out US$1,000 to invest in wholesale bonds, compared with the hefty minimum of US$200,000 currently.

PEOPLE have a love-hate relationship with the futures markets. Futures are either financial drivers of rapid economic growth, turbocharging small amounts of capital to outflank entrenched barriers to innovation, or - to a populist - they are demonic pits where speculators manipulate prices and corrupt honest real...

UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) beat market estimates with an 8 per cent rise in third quarter net profit to S$1.12 billion from S$1.04 billion a year ago, boosted in part by a robust showing from its wealth management unit.

UNITED Overseas Bank posted a net profit of S$1.12 billion for the third quarter, rising 8 per cent from S$1.04 billion for the year-ago period, on the back of stronger client franchise income and trading and investment income.

SPOKESPERSONS from PhillipCapital and Maybank Kim Eng have confirmed with The Business Times that brokers faced disruptions trying to access their trading platforms on the morning of Oct 24.

DBS will look to boost its coverage of Asean and throw its weight behind regional supply chains of global multinational corporations (MNCs) and emerging startups based out of Singapore, the bank's head of institutional banking group Tan Su Shan has said.