FOLLOWING DBS's robust Q1 earnings on record fee income and lower provisions, RHB and Jefferies are raising their target prices for the bank, citing strong business momentum and a high loan growth guide as reasons for the optimism on South-east Asia's largest bank.
TOKYO: Finance ministers and central bank governors from China, Japan and South Korea on Monday (May 3) vowed "targeted" measures for those countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and committed to foster fiscal and financial stability. In a joint statement issued after a virtual meeting ...
SYDNEY: Australian television and newspaper firm Seven West Media signed multi-year content deals with Facebook and Google as tough new media laws enabled the industry to secure new revenue sources and adapt to the Internet age. The top-rating free-to-air broadcaster and publisher of Perth city's ...
UOB Asset Management's (UOBAM) two China-focused funds - United China-A Shares Innovation Fund and United China-A Shares Consumption Upgrade Fund - have pulled in more than S$1 billion in assets under management (AUM) in less than two years.
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Monday (May 3) it had raised about S$2 billion through sale-and-leaseback deals for 11 of its planes to help bolster liquidity as it grapples with the pandemic-related plunge in travel. The airline said it would continue to explore other ways to raise ...
SINGAPORE: Cryptocurrency Ether hit a record high of US$3,017 on Monday (May 3), extending last week's rally in the wake of a report that the European Investment Bank (EIB) could launch a digital bond sale on the Ethereum blockchain network. Ether rose 2 per cent on the Bitstamp exchange to hit...
GREAT Eastern posted a net profit of S$437.6 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2021, 12.9 times that of S$33.9 million posted the year prior.
SINGAPORE: When the pandemic made working from home the default, clashing Zoom meetings became a regular occurrence for Mr David Tan and his wife, who live in a 914sqft four-room Housing & Development Board (HDB) flat. They had to settle in separate nooks of the flat, which was often...
Teams are no longer for life and it is breeding an emptiness that won’t be fixed once we’re back in the workplace, says the Financial Times' Pilita Clark.
Make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits. That’s the message some US employers and insurers are sending with a new wave of care options.
