India

SINGAPORE (June 6): Ascendas-Singbridge, the urban development and business space solutions provider, has launched Ascendas India Logistics Programme with investment company Temasek as its principal investor.

SINGAPORE (May 14): The trustee-manager of Ascendas India Trust (a-iTrust) has entered into a forward purchase agreement to acquire two buildings in Navi Mumbai, India for a total of 9.3 billion Indian rupees ($186 million).

SINGAPORE (May 9): Phillip Capital is upgrading its call on Sembcorp Industries to “buy” with a lower target price of $3.83 compared to $3.86 previously due to the higher expected return from the counter’s last closing price of $3.06.

MUMBAI (Apr 25): Bharti Airtel agreed to merge a unit with closely held Indus Towers in a deal that creates a US$14.6 billion ($19.4 billion) telecom tower operator that would be the largest outside China.

SINGAPORE (Apr 25): IHH Healthcare is upping is bid for a stake in Indian healthcare provider Fortis Healthcare with a revised proposal that includes, among others, an immediate primary equity injection of 650 crore rupees ($130 million) by way of issuing

SINGAPORE (Mar 5): CIMB is maintaining its “neutral” call on the agribusiness sector while maintaining its average crude palm oil (CPO) price forecast of RM2,700 per tonne ($913.33) for 2018.

SINGAPORE (Feb 26): Analysts are optimistic on the outlook of Sembcorp Industries (SCI) post the outcome of its strategic review, even as the group last week reported a 84.6% decline in its 4Q earnings to $22.8 million as its marine segment continued to d

SINGAPORE (Jan 18): BreakTalk Group's wholly-owned subsidiary BreadTalk has signed a franchise agreement with Bakekneads, a member of the Som Datt Group of Companies, to establish the BreadTalk bakery chain in Delhi and National Capital Region (Delh

SINGAPORE (Jan 4): Sarine Technologies and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Galatea, are taking legal action against an unnamed manufacturer in Surat, India, for the deliberate under-reporting of rough stone weights and underpayment of amounts owed to Galatea

(Dec 26): The growing importance of Asia’s major economies will continue in 2018 and beyond, according to a league table that sees the region dominating in terms of size in just over a decade.