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Indonesia’s US$65 Billion Stock Market Shock: Who Really Moves Global Markets?

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Indonesia’s stock market suffered its steepest single-day decline since January 1998 on 16 October 2026, with the Jakarta Composite Index plunging 11.57%. The sell-off wiped an estimated US$60 billion to US$65 billion off the market value of Indonesian equities in a single session. But the story goes beyond a dramatic stock market crash. At the

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The AI Boom Is Being Repriced: What Does It Mean for Singapore Stocks?

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Singapore’s recent stock-market sell-off may look like a banking story. But beneath the decline in DBS, OCBC and UOB is a much bigger global debate: how much are investors willing to pay for growth when bond yields are rising and the AI boom is demanding enormous amounts of capital? Singapore’s stock market has spent much

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Singapore’s Wealth Boom Has a Hidden Bottleneck: Can DBS, UOB and OCBC Turn the Talent War Into Profits?

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Singapore’s wealth management industry has a growth problem that money alone cannot solve. Demand for private banking services is expanding, banks are pursuing ambitious assets-under-management targets, and international financial institutions are competing to strengthen their presence in the Republic. Yet one of the industry’s most important resources remains difficult to scale: experienced relationship managers who

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MAS Surprises Markets: What the Singapore Policy Pause Means for DBS, OCBC, UOB and REITs

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s decision to leave monetary policy unchanged on 14 October caught much of the market off guard. MAS Has Paused Its Tightening Cycle. But Singapore Investors Should Not Assume the Worst Is Over. Seventeen of the 20 economists in a Bloomberg poll had expected the central bank to tighten further by

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SGX’s New AI Stock Play: Can TSMC, SK Hynix and China Tech SDRs Put Singapore on the Global Investment Map?

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Singapore Investors Can Now Access More of the AI Boom. But Is SGX the Real Winner? Singapore investors have another way to participate in the global artificial intelligence boom. On 16 October 2026, the Singapore Exchange introduced five new Singapore Depository Receipts, or SDRs, tracking TSMC, SK Hynix, Montage Technology, Zhongji Innolight and Z.AI. The

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Temasek’s Middle East Expansion: Could Gulf Capital Become Singapore’s Next Growth Engine?

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Temasek opening offices in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi may look like a relatively small geographical expansion for a S$518 billion investment company. It isn’t. The more interesting question is what Temasek wants to do with the relationships those offices create. The Singapore investment company plans to establish its first physical presence in the Middle East

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DBS, OCBC and UOB Have Fallen Sharply: Are Singapore Stocks Finally Cheap?

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The sharp correction in DBS, OCBC and UOB has raised an important question for Singapore investors: are the banks becoming attractive buying opportunities, or is the market signalling a more challenging period ahead? With the three banks accounting for a substantial share of Singapore’s equity market, their next move could have a significant impact on

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