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Nomura to shut branch in China as it scales back wealth business
The closure comes four years after Nomura announced the opening of the office in late 2021, when it was pushing to expand in areas that…
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Farfetch Pushes Into South Korea, One of the World’s Biggest Luxury Markets
LONDON— Farfetch is pushing into South Korea, one of the world’s hottest luxury markets, through an integration with the R.Lux app,…
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J Balvin’s Vision Comes Into Focus With Eyewear Brand, Nrgy
J Balvin is bringing energy to eyewear. The global musician is adding eyewear design to his list of talents, which currently goes beyond…
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Oil prices hold gains ahead of US-China trade talks
Inflation data from China on Monday morning will give a reading of domestic demand in the world’s largest crude importer Oil prices held…
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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…
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Income Insurance chairman Ronald Ong to retire from role after seven years at helm
Income Insurance chairman Ronald Ong, 69, will retire from his role after seven years at the helm, the company announced on Monday (Jun…
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Asia: Markets rally ahead of latest China-US trade talks
Stocks rallied on Monday (Jun 9) on hopes that a fresh round of China-US trade talks later in the day will ease tensions between the…
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‘Most unloved bonds’ turn routine US auction into crucial test
Global investor pushback against long-term government debt is turning what normally would be a routine US bond auction into one of the…
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Gold falls on strong US jobs data and improved trade outlook
Gold prices fell on Monday (Jun 9) as a stronger-than-expected US jobs report cooled expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal…
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CapitaLand Investment expands fund with Japan asset acquisition at 30 billion yen
CapitaLand Investment (CLI) on Monday (Jun 9) announced that it secured additional capital commitments from new and existing institutional…
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Japan confirms GDP contraction, backing Bank of Japan’s cautious stance
Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter, a revised estimate confirmed on Monday (Jun 9), weakness that supports the Bank of…
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China says it may speed up rare earths application approvals from EU
China is willing to accelerate the examination and approval of rare earth exports to European Union firms and will also deliver a verdict…
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‘Very clever’; ‘lost confidence’: Shareholders react to OCBC’s latest exit offer for Great Eastern
OCBC on Friday (Jun 6) made a conditional exit offer at S$30.15 per share for the 6.28 per cent stake in Great Eastern it does not own, in…
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BYD unleashes an EV industry reckoning that alarms Beijing
The price war engulfing China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has sent share prices tumbling and prompted an unusual level of…
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Stocks to watch: OCBC, CapitaLand Investment, Sasseur Reit, Thakral
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Jun 9). OCBC: The bank has made a…
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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…
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Geely chairman says global auto industry faces ‘serious overcapacity’
Chinese automakers that have been building plants abroad include BYD, Chery Auto and Great Wall Motor Geely’s chairman and founder Li…
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US, China to resume trade talks with focus on rare earth exports
Top trade negotiators from the US and China are set to hold fresh talks in London on Monday (Jun 9), offering a glimmer of hope that the…
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Cristiano Ronaldo tears & Lamine Yamal's nemesis - has Nations League win saved Roberto Martinez?
This marks the first trophy of Portugal manager Roberto Martinez's international career, after failing to win anything with Belgium's…
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Demand for AI-related talents increasing globally across sectors
It has been an active market for global roles in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), with several top-level appointments being…
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Nasdaq 100 sees mixed signals amid trade optimism and technical divergence
The Nasdaq 100 Index has seen a strong rally from April through early June 2025, buoyed by optimism surrounding US-China trade…
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GEH, OCBC’s proposals a victory of sorts for minorities who have held out, endured suspension
When Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) and its controlling shareholder OCBC put forward a two-pronged plan last week to resolve the insurer’s…
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Little known sweet potato producer Zixin Group could be a treat for investors
Catalist-listed Zixin Group is hardly considered a household name on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The company describes itself as “a…
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Goldman CIO service suddenly catches on in Japan after 10 years
It took more than a decade of trying, but Goldman Sachs last year landed the first client for its business of helping institutions manage…