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Schroders picks Singapore for global digital assets hub
International investment manager Schroders has chosen Singapore as the base for its new Global Digital Assets Centre of Excellence. The centre will focus on applying tokenisation – which…
Disney’s Dana Walden Talks Juggling Linear and Streaming Assets Amid Shifting Sands in Pay TV
Disney has found its distribution equilibrium when it comes to managing linear and streaming TV assets. Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney Entertainment, outlined the company’s strategy of…
Young investor demand for alternative assets is reshaping Wall Street’s playbook
Wall Street has a new favourite investor. They are young, they are affluent and they’re sceptical that traditional markets can deliver wealth over the long haul. Shaped by financial crises…
Despite softer retail outlook, most S-Reits with Singapore retail assets record double-digit positive rent reversions
Seven Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) with local retail assets have recorded improvements in revenue and net property income (NPI), supported by improved operating…
Weaker greenback raises risk of currency mismatch for Asian insurers holding USD assets
A mismatch between the currencies in which insurers’ assets and liabilities are held can put pressure on their capital and ability to fulfil the liabilities. This is the issue currently…
Boustead Singapore reviews assets for potential sale to Reit for listing
No certainty that any transaction will materialise as a result of this process, says the engineering and technology group Boustead Singapore is conducting strategic reviews for the sale of…
Elite UK Reit to acquire three UK government-leased assets for £9.2 million
The manager of Elite UK Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) announced on Tuesday (Jun 10) that the Reit has entered into a conditional sale-and-purchase agreement to acquire three freehold…
Asia healthcare assets risk overvaluation as private investors scoop them up
As private equity (PE) investors pour money into Asian healthcare, some observers are concerned thatthis sector could soon overheat. Some recent deals this year include KKR’s US$400…
MoneyHero expands into digital assets in partnership with OSL
This is to satisfy Hong Kong’s growing interest in digital assets and increasing demand for diversified financial solutions MoneyHero Limited, a leading personal finance aggregation and…
Private assets giant Brookfield expects alternative investments to replace public markets in 25 years
Bruce Flatt, the billionaire chief executive officer of Toronto-based Brookfield, is understandably bullish on the prospects of alternative investments. The Canadian investment giant has,…
Keppel divests S$80 million of assets as part of multi-billion dollar monetisation programme
Asset manager Keppel is divesting its stakes in a New-York based company and an integrated agricultural logistics park in China to unlock more than S$80 million from the monetisation of…
S-Reits with Singapore office assets post resilient Q1 2025 amid positive rent reversions and high occupancy
Singapore-listed office real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) reported a broadly resilient performance in the first quarter of 2025, underpinned by positive rental reversions, stable…
UBS’s Iqbal Khan sees rich customer demand for alternative assets
Wealthy customers of UBS Group are looking to buy more alternative assets as they seek to diversify investments during a volatile period for markets and global trade, according to the…
Cyclical, structural factors can affect current advantage of US dollar assets although outlook is stable for now: MAS chief
The outlook for the structural advantage of US dollar assets looks to be relatively stable at present, said Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) chief Chia Der Jiun at the Qatar Economic…
Monetary Authority of Singapore MD says US$ assets irreplaceable
Factors that the market are paying attention to include any prospect for slower growth and higher inflation in America as well as cues on its fiscal trajectory and policies that could…
Wanted: C-suiters and specialists to serve ultra-rich as they pivot to alternative assets
As demand for alternative assets is heating up in Singapore, so too is the need to hire more staff versed in the field. Leading recruitment agencies saw more openings for such roles in the…
Norway wealth fund CEO sees potential in real estate, renewable assets
Real estate and renewable assets are becoming more attractive in the face of stock market volatility, according to the head of Norway’s US$1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund. “The world is…
Deutsche Bank sees more China clients moving out of US assets
The outlook for European markets has improved due to Germany’s approval of a landmark spending package and scope for more interest-rate cuts by the European Central Bank Chinese…
CapitaLand Investment launches first retail Reit in China with assets worth 2.8 billion yuan
CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced on Thursday (Apr 17) that it intends to launch its first real estate investment trust (Reit) in China, to be named CapitaLand Commercial C-Reit…
CapitaLand Investment launches its first retail Reit in China with assets worth 2.8 billion yuan
CapitaLand Investment (CLI) is moving to list its first real estate investment trust (Reit) in China with two major malls valued at 2.8 billion yuan (S$499 million). The listing on the…
Shell mulls sale of European, US chemicals assets: WSJ
SHELL is considering a potential sale of its chemicals assets in Europe and the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The…
Centurion’s planned Reit will do the ‘heavy lifting’ of its assets: CEO
The group hopes to ‘rationalise its assets’ in a way that will help them to grow bigger PURPOSE-BUILT accommodation operator Centurion Corporation said on Thursday (Feb 27) that the…
Blackstone in talks to sell China logistics assets in divestment
BLACKSTONE is in advanced talks to sell three logistics projects in China to Ping An Insurance (Group), according to sources familiar with the matter, in a major exit from the business…