Markets & Investing
Wing Tai Holdings 50% profit drop in H1 2025
Earnings per share also dropped from $2.24 to $1.32.
Singapore cap rates remain stable in Q4 2024
In APAC, consumer spending has surged during the Q4 festive season, benefitting the retail sector.
Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments to establish casino, bank in Timor-Leste
The company signed two cooperation agreements with Timor-Leste on 8 February.
First REIT Trust’s DPU down 4.8% YoY in FY2024
The total distributable amount fell by 4.1% YoY.
NetLink NBN Trust’s 9M 2025 profit drops 12.9% YoY
Profit for the period was $74.1m.
CICT’s retail, office segments to grow due to strong rental reversions: DBS
Its property value increased by 6.2% YoY to $26b following year-end valuations.
Net Pacific Financial Holdings warns of higher net loss in Q4 2024
The depreciation of AUD against HKD contributed to the loss.
Singapore IPOs raise $45.9m in first 10.5 months of 2024
The listings are in the Consumer, Industrial Products, and Life Sciences & Health Care industries.
Nibertex to scale production after pre-Series A funding round
This will allow Nibertex to meet the growing demand in the textiles market.
SEEDS appoints 20 new partners to drive $300m deep tech investments
It will set aside $150m over the next three years to drive another $300m through its private sector partners.
CapitaLand China Trust net property income dips 5.8% in 2024
This is despite the 13.7% growth from three malls that were refreshed.
CapitaLand Ascott Trust CEO acquires 500,000 more shares
Her stake in the company increased to 0.018%.
Equity and tech funding surge 528% YoY in January
On a monthly basis, the funding trend rose 253.3%.
CICT’s NPI up 1.3% YoY in H2 2024
DPU for FY2024 rose 1.2% YoY to $0.1088.
Lendlease REIT’s net property income down by 19.8% YoY in H1 2025
This is due to the absence of supplementary rent from the lease restructure of Sky Complex.
Temasek, CenterSquare to launch commercial real estate debt co-investment vehicle
The investment vehicle will be invested in high-quality subordinate real estate loans.
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