Great Eastern Holdings (GEH)

SINGAPORE (Nov 28): Singapore Telecommunications is in talks with companies including Grab Holdings Inc to jointly bid for a digital banking licence in the city-state, according to people familiar with the matter.

SINGAPORE (Oct 21): A quick glance at the price-to-embedded values of a couple of life insurance companies shows that they are undervalued versus their historical ratios. In particular, the P/EV ratios of Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) and Prudential are at

SINGAPORE (Aug 1): Great Eastern Holdings, the life insurance group, posted a 29% decrease in 2Q19 earnings ended June to $169 million from $237.6 million a year ago.

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Great Eastern Holdings reported a 68% fall in 4Q18 earnings to $136.8 million from $426.8 million a year ago, mainly due to lower non-operating profit from insurance business. FY18 earnings came in at $740.7 million, 29% lower from a y

SINGAPORE (Dec 11): Great Eastern Holdings is acquiring QBE Indonesia for US$28 million ($38.4 million) in cash to deepen its footprint in Indonesia and build up its general insurance operations into a significant business pillar for the group.

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): Great Eastern Holdings (GEHL) on Friday confirmed it will make a contribution to the B40 Health Protection Fund.

SINGAPORE (Oct 29): Great Eastern Holdings reported 3Q18 earnings of $213.3 million, this was 26% lower compared to the 3Q17 earnings of $287.5 million a year ago as a result of less favourable financial market conditions.

SINGAPORE (June 12): DBS Group Research remains confident that the Singapore office market remains on a multi-year upturn given modest new supply over the next 3-4 years.

SINGAPORE (Mar 8): UOB Kay Hian is reiterating its "buy" on Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp with higher target of $14.95 if the bank decides to divest a 30% stake in Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) (GELM) either through an IPO or trade sale.