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Frasers Centrepoint Trust prices S$200 million perpetual securities at 3.98%
[SINGAPORE] Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s (FCT) trustee HSBC Institutional Trust Services has priced S$200 million subordinated perpetual securities at 3.98 per cent under its S$3 billion multicurrency debt issuance programme....
US: Wall St indexes open higher after Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement
Published Tue, Jun 24, 2025 · 09:43 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday (Jun 24) as President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and...
Big US banks expected to ace stress tests, boost dividends
[NEW YORK] The biggest US lenders are expected to clear the Federal Reserve’s annual health check this year, showing they have ample capital that can be used to boost...
Indonesia’s sovereign wealth funds Danantara loans US$405 million to flag carrier Garuda
Garuda will receive about US$111 million of the funding, with the remainder going to Citilink for maintenance of about 15 grounded jetsPublished Tue, Jun 24, 2025 · 05:33 PM[JAKARTA]...
Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund Danantara loans US$405 million to flag carrier Garuda
Garuda will receive about US$111 million of the funding, with the remainder going to Citilink for maintenance of about 15 grounded jetsPublished Tue, Jun 24, 2025 · 05:33 PM[JAKARTA]...
Citi appoints Nathan Swami as new head of markets for Singapore
He has more than 17 years of experience working with the bank in Singapore, primarily within the Apac trading division[Singapore] Citi on Tuesday (Jun 24) named its head of...
Toyota crashes Indonesia’s used-car party with $120m bet
It’s an alliance everyone saw coming.After decades of dominating Indonesia’s automotive industry, Toyota and Astra are joining forces for the country’s used-car market. The Japanese automaker shelled out US$120 million for...
Jensen Huang starts selling Nvidia stock under US$865 million plan
Published Tue, Jun 24, 2025 · 10:05 AMNVIDIA Corp chief executive officer Jensen Huang has started selling the chipmaker’s stock, his first transactions under a plan that allows him...
Nissan’s new CEO faces investor grilling over job cuts, losses and mounting debt
NISSAN Motor chief executive officer Ivan Espinosa’s first shareholder meeting will be overshadowed by tough questions over tariffs, funding and a mid-term plan to turn around the struggling Japanese...
Oil settles down 7% after Iran attacks US military base in Qatar, not tankers 
[HOUSTON] Oil prices settled down more than 7 per cent on Monday, losing more than US$5 a barrel after Iran took no action to disrupt oil and gas tanker traffic through the...
MAS turns down ex-NTUC Income CEO’s request to meet chairman Gan Kim Yong over Allianz matter
[SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Monday (Jun 23) that it has rejected former NTUC Income chief executive Tan Suee Chieh’s request to meet chairman Gan Kim...
Japanese megabanks weigh Middle East evacuations, JPMorgan limits travel
[TOKYO/NEW YORK] Several major Japanese banks are considering evacuating staff from the Middle East and Wall Street giant JPMorgan has restricted employee travel in the region as tensions escalate. The...