News
Manulife US REIT reports lower occupancy rate in Q1
																					
							The REIT recently sold a property for $173.55m.
						
					
					
				Franklin Templeton gets approval to launch first retail tokenised fund in Singapore
																					
							Investors will be able to access the fund with a minimum investment of US$20.
						
					
					
				SGX securities market turnover rises to $40.6b in April
																					
							SDAV also rose 59% YoY to $1.9b.
						
					
					
				Singapore firms deploy AI to counter shrinking margins
																					
							The government now expects GDP growth as low as 0-2% in 2025.
						
					
					
				City Developments approves share purchase mandate
																					
							The offer price for each preference share will be $0.78 in cash.
						
					
					
				URA proposes five sites for conservation
																					
							This will be part of the Draft Master Plan 2025, one of the key SG60 programmes.
						
					
					
				Sri Trang Agro-Industry posts $26.7m net profit in Q1
																					
							It was driven by higher selling prices of natural rubber (NR) and gloves.
						
					
					
				Cariflex inaugurates new $461m latex plant in Singapore
																					
							The plant supports growing demand in markets such as non-surgical medical gloves.
						
					
					
				AEM posts 71.4% QoQ net profit drop in Q1
																					
							Net profit fell from $11.7m to $3.3m.
						
					
					
				Sinarmas Land defends IFA valuation in Lyon Investment privitisation offer
																					
							SGXRegCo is questioning how the IFA derived the 20% to 22% holding discount figure.
						
					
					
				Rex Int'l records over 11,438 barrels of oil from Norway, Oman operations
																					
							Its Norwegian subsidiary contributed 9,442 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
						
					
					
				Golden Agri-Resources net profit jumps 47% in Q1
																					
							It was driven by higher crude palm oil (CPO) prices.
						
					
					
				Geo Energy’s income jumps 63% in Q1
																					
							Sales doubled during the same period. 
						
					
					
				Genting Singapore profit down 41% to $145m in Q1
																					
							On a quarterly basis, earnings rose 2%.
						
					
					
				Nam Cheong’s Q1 net profit sinks 94% YoY
																					
							The decline was due to reduced income and increased finance costs.
						
					
					
				 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
						 
								 
								 
						 
						 
				 
								 
								 
								 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                
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