The Business Times (Singapore)

The Business Times is a financial daily newspaper in Singapore that publishes in English. It is owned by Singapore Press Holdings and is the sole daily publication in Singapore dedicated exclusively to business and finance news. During the week, it is printed as a broadsheet, while on weekends, it is available in a more compact format.

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#28446

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#145

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Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund looks to invest abroad, with sights set on energy assets

2 days ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Elisa Valenta

[JAKARTA] Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund, Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara), is exploring global investment opportunities as part of its strategy to strengthen the country's position in the international market. And one potential target, said its chief investment officer (CIO), is the energy sector in the United States.
Oil price rollercoaster hammers South-east Asia's top energy counters

2 days ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Elisa Valenta

[KUALA LUMPUR & JAKARTA] Oil and gas stocks (O&G) across Malaysia and Indonesia are giving up recent gains, following a volatile two-week rally driven by escalating tensions between Israel and Iran that had sent crude prices briefly surging. The two markets, home to South-east Asia's most actively traded energy counters, offer a clear snapshot of how regional investors are responding to geopolitical swings in global oil prices.
Indonesian coal miners on shaky ground as global demand falters, rules tighten

4 days ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Elisa Valenta

[JAKARTA] Indonesian coal miners are hurting from falling prices and softening demand from giant consumers India and China. This is even as a global supply glut and stricter regulations at home are further denting margins, adding salt to the wound. Profits go southThe steep decline in coal prices has thrown a spanner in the works for Bukit Asam, a major state-owned mining company.
Sustainable investors hold their ground as energy, defence stocks surge

6 days ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Natalie Koh

[SINGAPORE] Regional wars, tariff threats and the US' pro-fossil fuel policies have sent defence and energy stocks soaring in 2025, but not all is lost for investors committed to sustainable and responsible investing, experts told The Business Times. Markets were closed on Jun 22, when US President Donald Trump ordered an attack on Iranian nuclear sites, but investors are bracing for a further spike in oil prices and rush to safe havens.
So you've taken over your family restaurant

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Howard Chua-Eoan

RESTAURANTS are delicate things - especially mom-and-pop operations. Among the smallest of small businesses, the most successful attract customers with a combination of low costs, intense deliciousness, do-it-yourself charm and pure gumption. The hawker stands of Southeast Asia are famous examples of this.
BlackRock launches absolute return hedge fund for retail investors in Singapore and Hong Kong

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Natalie Koh

[SINGAPORE] BlackRock has launched an Asia-Pacific-focused absolute return fund for retail investors in Singapore and Hong Kong, the world's largest asset manager - with US$11.6 trillion in assets under management - announced on Wednesday (Jun 18). The fund, titled the Systematic Asia Pacific Equity Absolute Return Fund, employs a market-neutral strategy that is designed to be resilient to volatility in the broad equity markets by taking long and short positions in select stocks.
Odette is No 25 on World's 50 Best Restaurants list; top spot goes to Maido in Peru

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Jaime Ee

THREE-Michelin-starred Odette continues to be Singapore's only entrant in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list, despite slipping one rung to 25th position. Announced in a star-studded ceremony in Turin, Italy on Jun 19, the annual ranking of top restaurants around the world saw Odette joining Asian counterparts such as Gaggan (Bangkok), Wing (Hong Kong) and Potong (Bangkok).
Will he or won't he? How to parse Donald Trump's daily show

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Simon Kuper

IN 1929, two French historians founded a journal called Annales d'Histoire economique et sociale and began writing a new kind of history. Their predecessors had chronicled the doings of kings and presidents: wars, treaties and personality clashes. Annales historians dismissed most of that as trivial "events", mere "headlines of the past".
Is Singapore ready for 'fractional leaders'?

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Paige Lim

[SINGAPORE] In October 2022, marketing executive David Lim was laid off by his employer HappyFresh, a Jakarta-headquartered online grocery platform that was an early casualty of South-east Asia's funding winter. Lim, who was a senior vice-president of marketing and managing director based in Indonesia, returned to Singapore to figure out his next career move. Despite offers of a full-time position as chief marketing officer (CMO), he turned them down in favour of a more unconventional route.
Are we heading for a multi-currency world?

1 week ago | businesstimes.com.sg | Christopher Smart

IF EVER there were a country that needed to borrow at preferential interest rates, it is the US with its mounting debts, ageing demographics and evaporating fiscal discipline. If ever there were a country deliberately undermining the reserve currency status that keeps its borrowing costs low, it is the US with its selfish trade agenda, overreaching sanctions and poisonous politics.