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SINGAPORE - Singapore and Asean investors keen to jump into Australia’s housing market have typically favoured brick-and-mortar investment properties – but private real estate credit funds are gaining traction as an alternative avenue. Mr Alan Greenstein, chief executive officer of Australia’s non-bank lender Zagga, told The Straits Times that strong demand for Australian real estate private credit is seen from institutional investors, family offices and wealth managers across South-east Asia.Unlike investors in Japan or South Korea, those in Singapore and neighbouring countries are more familiar with Australia and have deep...

The scale of makes it clear that the company is preparing for a future where technology drives growth across all business areas. However, such a bold approach also brings risks. Spending too much without seeing immediate returns could hurt earnings, disappoint shareholders, or even slow down other parts of the business. Nevertheless, the long-term opportunity is enormous. AI could help Amazon unlock new revenue streams, improve its core services, and create new business models that weren’t possible before. The stock price, therefore, will likely continue to reflect this balance between short-term financial...

Fund flows - meaning sales of products - in March were “surprisingly resilient.” As a variety of large brokerage firms, including LPL Financial, Charles Schwab & Edward Jones, revamp this year to give financial advisors easier access to sales of alternative investments, investment managers reported that March sales of these products were booming. Money managers such as KKR & Co. Inc. and Blackstone Inc. have long targeted sophisticated institutional investors to sell high risk, high reward investments, from hedge funds to private real estate and credit deals. Over the past...

SINGAPORE – After cyber-security firm CyberSafe chose to set up its security operations control room in Brunei in October 2024, it was up and running in five months instead of an anticipated eight-month timeline.Costs came in at 60 per cent of a similar set-up in Singapore, thanks to lower rent and wage costs. The firm is one of a rising number of Singapore companies looking to invest in Brunei, since the country in 2021 started to diversify its economic reliance on its traditional oil and energy resources. Close to 10...

Aggregate Sale Price: $70.5 million from the sale of two industrial and two retail properties in Canada. Debt to Gross Book Value: 39.2% at March 31, down from 40.2% at December 31. Net Asset Value per Unit: $13.76 at March 31, compared to $13.75 at December 31. Occupancy Rate: 89.1% at March 31, slightly down from 89.2% at December 31. Leasing Activity: New 80,000 sq ft lease in Minnesota and a 99,000 sq ft seven-year renewal in Arizona. Renewal Increase: 4% weighted average increase on 123,000 sq ft of renewals....

Lyon Investments has raised the offer price for Sinarmas Land shares to S$0.375 a share from S$0.31 a share, in an announcement on Saturday (May 10).The closing date has been extended to 5.30 pm on May 29.The revised offer price represents an increase of 21 per cent or S$0.065 over the initial offer price, and is higher than the highest closing price of Sinarmas Land shares for more than six years. The offeror, Lyon Investments, held about 70.3 per cent of the total number of issued shares in Sinarmas Land...

Godwin Chuka, a 55-year-old civil servant, said savings remain his top financial priority in 2025. “Savings come first because you’re sure your money is safe,” he told BusinessDay. “Investing isn’t a bad idea, but with how volatile the economy is, nothing is guaranteed.” If he were to invest, Chuka said he would opt for low-risk federal government securities. Similarly, Juliet Nwamiri, a 25-year-old employee at a corporate firm, told BusinessDay that she is also prioritising savings this year, as she plans to start her own business. “The economy is unpredictable...

More than a third of surveyed Americans view real estate as the best long-term investment, according to a new report by Gallup, a global analytics and advisory firm. Others are more bullish on gold as a long-term investment, the report found.  Here’s what advisors have to say. Some Americans believe real estate and gold are the best long-term investments. Advisors think that's misguided. About 37% of surveyed U.S. adults view real estate as the best investment for the long haul, according to a new report by Gallup, a global analytics...

WASHINGTON — President Trump will be focused on obtaining investments for the US when he travels to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates during his Middle East trip next week, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told The Post. “The relationships are very established,” Wiles said about Trump’s longstanding ties with the respective world leaders. “It’s almost entirely about business deals and investment in the United States by all three countries,” she added during the April 29 interview. “It’s across the board investments, and they’re very substantial.” Trump...

President Bola Tinubu on Friday expressed delights over new initiatives by Qatari investors to explore opportunities in the agricultural sector and assured that Nigeria remains open to strategic partnerships. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, a special envoy from the Amir of the State of Qatar, who is also Minister of state for foreign affairs, had conveyed Amir’s strong interest in expanding bilateral cooperation, announcing that a high-level Qatari business delegation will visit Nigeria in the coming weeks to explore opportunities in agriculture, food security, and other critical sectors. President Tinubu while...