Plus, Brookfield finalises a mammoth dividend recap and a British activist investor rattles corporate Singapore

U.S. Focus will fall on Trump’s inauguration. Monday is a public holiday in the U.S. but policy announcements are widely expected to result in volatility across financial market

Harris, 60, is expected to meet with foreign leaders and US service members stationed in  Singapore, Bahrain and Germany throughout the five day trip, which is slated to last from Jan. 13 to Jan.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, admitted to having limited knowledge about

SINGAPORE, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The yen was poised on Friday for its strongest weekly performance in over a month as expectations grow that the Bank of Japan will raise rates next week, putting the dollar on the back foot ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.

With the upcoming Trump 2.0 administration and the ongoing South China Sea dispute, building peace requires more multilateral, regional and subregional cooperation, says the Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Philippines Enrique Manalo.

The JS-SEZ brings to mind the unsuccessful Iskandar Economic Zone and Forest City. Still, Malaysia’s Minister of Economy Rafizi Ramli says things will be different this time.

UBS expects the S&P 500 to reach 6,600 by the end of this year. In comparison, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan see the S&P 500 rising to a more measured 6,500 by year-end. Standing on the bullish side are Bank of America, which forecasts 6,666, and DWS, which predicts 7,000.

US President-elect Donald Trump has issued a deadline to get Israeli hostages out of Gaza before his inauguration on January 20th. Meanwhile, the UAE is in discussions with the US and the Israeli governments on a post-war Gaza.