Markets & Investing

Temasek buys China Construction Bank shares

The purchase involved 4.4 billion shares and as much as $2.8 billion.

Temasek buys China Construction Bank shares

The purchase involved 4.4 billion shares and as much as $2.8 billion.

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch investment banker hired by Temasek

Tan Chong Lee was appointed amidst a reshuffling of Temasek’s top dealmaking team.

Singapore is top destination for Aussie companies

And 58% of Aussie businesses are interested in expanding across the South-East Asian region.

Asian Liquidity Stress Index drops to record low of 9.7% in August

The index has been between 11% and 13% since the start of the year, and was at 11.4% in July.

Singapore Exchange securities volume surges 31% to $41.4b in August

And exchange traded fund turnover more than doubled to $1.18b.

Mapletree acquires Festival Walk for a whopping S$2.9b

The retail mall is Mapletree’s first commercial property acquisition in Hong Kong.

Temasek’s Charles Ong seconded to RRJ Capital

The temporary move took effect on 1 September 2011.

#online@crisis: How to handle social media mishaps

Today, many Singapore businesses are starting to acknowledge the growing impact Social Media has on its bottom line especially in a Crisis...

Actis appoints Vincent Low as director of its Value Creation Group

Prior to joining Actis, Vincent was the General Manager at Momentive Performance Materials from 2006 to 2011.

SGX’s net profit drops 7% to $295m in FY11

The funds raised through its IPOs amounted to a record $14b, placing it sixth worldwide.

Overseas investments in Malaysia amount to a whopping US$3.39b in 2Q11

And guess what countries were the top sources of foreign direct investments in Malaysia?

SGX recommends Davinder Singh to be independent director

SGX also proposes the appointment of Quah Wee Ghee for the same position.

SGX appoints Ai June Schult as head of communications

Ms Schult will begin working on her new role with SGX by 3 October 2011.

You snooze, you lose: Now we know why Manchester United chose Singapore over Hong Kong

The soccer club was attracted to the promise of having its IPO approved in just four weeks.

OUE shares jump amidst investor confusion

This follows news that Golden Concord Asia will be acquiring Credit Suisse's remaining OUE shares.

Singapore shares forecast to rise

This is amidst hopes that the US Federal Reserve will take further measures to stimulate its economy.