Markets & Investing

Share buyback value jumped 138.76% to $117m in May

20 stocks bought back a total of 45 million shares.

ARA Asset Management's assets jumped 93% after Cromwell acquisition

It now owns 19.5% of the Australian company's shares.

PropNex Realty eyes $40m IPO

It is targeting to raise its market cap to $250m.

SGX market cap dropped $1.5b in battle against Indian bourse

NSE filed a lawsuit to block its new derivatives products.

Nearly 4 in 5 ultra-rich Singaporeans engage in sustainable investing

They are motivated to "do good" and earn profits at the same time.

CPF scheme funds lost 1.65% in Q1

They were hit by geopolitical uncertainty stemming from US-China trade tensions.

SIAS axes Midas Holdings' transparency award

Members of the company's board approved several illegal and bogus loans.

SGX bows out of India futures launch amidst lawsuit

It will wait for the results of the lawsuit, which is headed into arbitration.

SGX-NSE talks for cross-border trading fall apart

The exchanges couldn't agree on issues such as timing, regulation, and resources.

Chart of the Day: 4% of overseas investment in China flowed from Singapore

Majority of Singapore's overseas investment ends up in developing countries like China.

Daily Briefing: Blackstone buys La Quinta resort from GIC; PE firms struggle to fill space for directors

And here's why Malaysian PM Mahathir can't fully reject the high-speed rail project with Singapore.

GIC steps up as most active Asian PE investor

It had completed 11 deals in the first quarter of 2018.

Chart of the Day: See developing economies' largest investments in Singapore

Companies from the British Virgin Islands invested the largest at US$60b.