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Hong Kong bourse seeks to woo South-east Asia, Middle East firms for second listings
The Hong Kong stock exchange plans to attract listed companies in South-east Asia and the Middle East, in particular, for second listings…
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Australia’s ASIC initiates probe into bourse operator ASX
RALIA’S securities regulator said on Monday that it has launched an investigation into Australian bourse operator ASX’s governance,…
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Australia’s ASX shares slide as regulator launches probe into ‘serious failures’
SHARES of Australian bourse operator ASX dropped on Monday after the country’s securities regulator launched an investigation into the…
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Navigating private credit – how it compares with T-bills and publicly issued bonds
Private credit is rapidly gaining traction among retail investors as regulators around the world are giving these individuals more access…
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Hedge funds reap cash from investors ‘starved’ of Japan exposure
Nick Bird’s OQ Funds Management opened a Japan quantitative hedge fund in September. Within weeks, it raised the maximum US$250 million…
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Russell 2000 looks set for a catch-up with large-cap indices
The Russell 2000 is a stock market index widely recognised as the leading benchmark for small-cap stocks in the US market. The small-cap…
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Fed on hold leaves Wall Street asking what it will take to cut interest rates
With US Federal Reserve officials signalling an extended hold on interest rates, investors and economists will look to chair Jerome Powell…
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Could Kering’s New CEO Come From the Auto Sector?
Could Kering recruit an executive from the automobile industry to lead its turnaround? The French luxury group declined all comment Sunday…
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Martine Rose’s Market Place Celebrated London’s Creativity and Fetish
LONDON — Martine Rose’s spring 2026 show venue was full of surprises. The designer invited guests to St. Marylebone Jobcentre, where one…
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Unified Monitoring and Auditing for Hybrid IAM in Banking: How Grafana, CloudWatch, and Elasticsearch Power Real-Time Security and Compliance
As financial institutions accelerate digital transformation and adopt hybrid cloud infrastructures, managing identity and access across…
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Google Breaks Ties with 'Scale AI' Following Meta's Power Move as AI Data War Escalates
After Meta invested $14.3 billion to acquire a 49% stake in Scale AI, another tech giant, Google, decided to end its partnership with the…
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Perennial explores Reit listings in China with ‘aggressive’ expansion in medical, eldercare sectors
Property playerPerennial Holdings is exploring real estate investment trust (Reit) listings in China – one for commercial properties and…
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A ‘village’ where Alzheimer’s patients move about freely: Perennial’s new care model in China
[XI’AN] Near the scenic Qinling mountains of Xi’an is a life-sized replica of a typical Chinese town. It features residential blocks, a…
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Fu Yu’s independent directors resign, leaving the CEO as the only director
All of Fu Yu Corporation’s independent directors have resigned, indicated bourse announcements on Sunday (Jun 15). Independent directors…
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Oracle's Larry Ellison Becomes World's 2nd Richest, Surpassing Zuckerberg and Bezos
Oracle co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison has surged to the No. 2 spot on the global billionaire rankings, overtaking tech giants Mark…
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BT boss Kirkby expects AI to deepen job cuts, FT reports
Group chief executive Allison Kirkby said advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could deepen significant job cuts under way at the…
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Taiwan imposes technology export controls on Huawei, SMIC
Taiwan has blacklisted Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), dealing another major blow to the…
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China’s biotech moment ignites a 60% stock rally that beats AI
China’s biotechnology stocks have shaken off a four-year slump to be among the hottest performers in Asia this year and funds are tipping…
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Oil market, long numb to war risk, confronts weekend of worry
The past two years of escalating tensions in the Middle East have taught oil traders to be sanguine about the risk of disruption to oil…
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New World sells 138 Hong Kong homes at discount within hours
New World Development and its partners sold 138 apartments in a few hours at a new project after pricing the homes at a discount to lure…
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DBS, OCBC, UOB lead weekly buyback consideration tally
Over the five trading sessions from Jun 6 to 12, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks with net institutional outflow of S$80…
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Diversified S-Reits’ operating performance remains resilient amid market uncertainties
Diversified real estate investment trusts (Reits) hold a mixture of assets across multiple sub-sectors such as industrial, retail, office…
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Musk pins Tesla's comeback on robotaxis after retreat from feud
TESLA already had a lot riding on its highly anticipated robotaxi launch long before Elon Musk decided to swing a wrecking ball through…
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Who is Alexender Wang? 28-year-Old, 'Scale AI' CEO Chosen to Lead Meta's $14.3B 'Superintelligence' Bet
In a major move, technology giant Meta has not only acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI by investing $14.3 billion but has also recruited its…