DBS cuts executive pay on banking outages; posts record earnings in 2023

DBS cuts executive pay on banking outages; posts record earnings in 2023

DBS Group Holdings suffered an outage in its digital services on March 29, 2023. Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — DBS Group reported record earnings for the full year in 2023, but cut compensation for its senior management to “hold them accountable” for a number of digital disruptions that year. Chief Executive Piyush Gupta received … Read more

Mitsui Fudosan hits record high as Elliott reportedly demands share buyback

Mitsui Fudosan hits record high as Elliott reportedly demands share buyback

Shares of Mitsui Fudosan surged to an all-time high on Monday after a report said U.S. activist investment firm Elliott Management had demanded the company launch a massive stock buyback program. Japan’s largest property developer jumped as much as 11.8% in early afternoon trading to hit a record 4,100 yen. The Financial Times reported that Elliott Management had … Read more

India’s finance minister touts unlikely export growth

India’s finance minister touts unlikely export growth

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the media after the interim budget on February 1, 2024 in New Delhi, India.  Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday the country’s exports remained strong despite slowing global demand, explaining that these economic issues will be a key focus ahead of … Read more

Evergrande’s liquidation crisis won’t be Lehman moment: China Beige Book

Evergrande’s liquidation crisis won’t be Lehman moment: China Beige Book

China Evergrande Group’s logo is displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken on September 27, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images A liquidation order to property giant China Evergrande liquidation crisis this week deepened concerns about China’s struggling real estate sector — but analysts say the spillover will likely be … Read more

Evergrande’s liquidation crisis won’t be China’s Lehman moment: Leland

Evergrande’s liquidation crisis won’t be Lehman moment: China Beige Book

China Evergrande Group’s logo is displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken on September 27, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images A liquidation order to property giant China Evergrande liquidation crisis this week deepened concerns about China’s struggling real estate sector — but analysts say the spillover will likely be … Read more

India set to be world’s third largest economy in 2027: finance ministry

India set to be world’s third largest economy in 2027: finance ministry

A pedestrian speaks on a mobile phone as he watches a digital screen relaying the budget speech by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai on February 1, 2021. PUNIT PARANJPE | AFP via Getty Images India could become the world’s third-largest economy by 2027 with … Read more

How ‘quiet luxury’ is subtly taking over investor portfolios

How ‘quiet luxury’ is subtly taking over investor portfolios

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – NOVEMBER 25, 2022: Karin Teigl is seen wearing Hermès yellow leather mini Kelly, Baum & Pferdgarten green leather jacket, Lumina beige cropped turtleneck sweater and vintage checked green yellow pants. Jeremy Moeller | Getty Images Quiet luxury was one of last year’s biggest viral fashion trends on social media — but unlike … Read more

Evergrande shares halted after Hong Kong court orders liquidation

Evergrande shares halted after Hong Kong court orders liquidation

NANJING, CHINA – AUGUST 18, 2023 – Aerial photo shows a residential area of Evergrande in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, Aug 18, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Getty Images Shares of China Evergrande were briefly halted after plunging over 20% in early trading on Monday after a Hong Kong court ruled to … Read more

Singapore’s central bank leaves policy unchanged in first quarterly meeting of 2024

Singapore’s central bank leaves policy unchanged in first quarterly meeting of 2024

The Merlion statue in Singapore, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg via Getty Images Lionel Ng | Bloomberg | Getty Images Singapore’s central bank left its policy unchanged on Monday in its first quarterly monetary policy decision of 2024. The Monetary Authority of Singapore said it will also maintain its exchange rate policy … Read more

China property stocks jump as Beijing takes steps to boost liquidity in the beleaguered sector

China property stocks jump as Beijing takes steps to boost liquidity in the beleaguered sector

A newly built property is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Dec 15, 2023. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s property stocks jumped after the country’s central bank announced measures that would help boost the liquidity available to property developers. The move will ease a lingering cash crunch for … Read more