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OFFSHORE SINGAPORE: THE 50+ DIRTY COMPANIES NOW EXPOSED
The A-Z of Shame: Fugitives, Crypto Crooks, and the $3 Billion Trail of Dirty Money
February 2026 โ It is the dirty secret of the cleanest city in Asia. For years, Singapore marketed itself as the safe harbor for the world’s wealth. But a massive new data leak and investigation update has ripped the lid off the offshore swamp, exposing more than 50 companies and 15 individuals at the heart of the city-state’s worst financial scandals.
This is the definitive roll call of shame. From the fugitives of the $3 billion money laundering case** who fled with suitcases of cash, to the crypto bros who stole **S$266 million from ordinary people, to the e-commerce empire that collapsed leaving S$200 million in unpaid debtsโhere are the names, the companies, and the crimes.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: THE ROGUES’ GALLERY
Category Count Dirty Companies from $3B Case 10+ AmazingTech (Crypto Fraud) Group 1 main + related Qoo10 (E-Commerce Collapse) 1 main + subsidiary ICIJ Leaks – New Offshore Shells 35+ Criminal & Fugitive Individuals 15+ TOTAL EXPOSED ENTITIES 50+
PART ONE: THE FUGITIVES AND THEIR SHELLS
The $3 Billion Money Laundering Case โ The Ones Who Got Away
When the police raided luxury bungalows in August 2023, the masterminds were already gone. SU BINGHAI and XU HAIKA fled on August 15, 2023, leaving behind a web of shell companies stuffed with dirty money. Here are the corporate ghosts they left behind.
The Fugitives
ยท SU BINGHAI โ Controlled 6 companies, owned shares in 8 others. Fled. Still wanted. ยท XU HAIKA (Xu Haita) โ Cambodian national. Sole director of Rong Hai Development. Fled with Su. ยท WANG MANZU โ Wife of Su Binghai. Shareholder in multiple shell firms. ยท XU HAINAN โ Relative of Xu Haika. Had US$144.9 million seized. ยท WANG DEHAI โ Co-owner. Already convicted.
The Dirty Companies
Company Name The Money NEW FUTURE HOLDINGS S$2.5 million – Su’s holding pen HERITAGE 81 S$29.5 million – Su’s cash box RONG HAI DEVELOPMENT S$500,000 – Xu’s personal shell
The Blacklisted Eight
Eight companies are now formally blacklisted. Three are still under active seizure. The rest were struck offโbut only after the money was moved.
PART TWO: THE CRYPTO PREDATORS
AmazingTech Pte Ltd โ The S$266 Million Heist
AMAZINGTECH PTE LTD, trading as Tokenize Xchange, was supposed to be the future of finance. Instead, it became a S$266 million black hole.
The Players
Name Role What They Did HONG QI YU Director, Founder, CEO Charged with fraud. Left customers with nothing. ERIN KOO KEE HOON COO (and wife) Now being sued for S$60.5 million.
The Numbers That Matter
Metric Amount What customers lost S$266.3 MILLION What’s left to pay them S$2.6 MILLION The shortfall S$263.7 MILLION Lawsuit damages sought S$60.5 MILLION
Timeline of Theft
ยท July 31, 2025: Hong charged with fraudulent trading. ยท August 15, 2025: Judicial management. ยท September 30, 2025: Company wound up. Money gone.
PART THREE: THE E-COMMERCE EMPIRE THAT IMPLODED
Qoo10 Pte Ltd โ The S$200 Million Hole
QOO10 PTE LTD was a household name. Founder KU YOUNG-BAE built an empire. Then the payments stopped.
The Players
Name Role Current Status KU YOUNG-BAE Founder, CEO South Korean. Under investigation. Hiding?
The Bloodbath
Metric Amount Creditor claims S$198+ MILLION What liquidators found S$34,650 Korean subsidiaries debt S$123 MILLION (to 60,000 merchants)
How It Died
ยท April 2024: Merchants start screaming about unpaid payments. ยท September 12, 2024: Police finally open investigation. ยท September 23, 2024: MAS shuts down payment services. ยท November 11, 2024: High Court pulls the plug.
PART FOUR: THE ICIJ LEAKS โ THE COMPLETE A-Z OF SHAME
The ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database has dropped a bomb on Singapore. Here are the 35+ new shell companies now exposed. This is the A-Z of dirty money.
A
Company Name What They Are ABACA ENTERPRISE PTE. LTD. Trading shell ASHER DE LIGHT (YHWH) PTE LTD Religious front?
C
Company Name What They Are CREDIT ALPHA PTE LTD Investment shell
D
Company Name What They Are DACOMM ELECTRONICS SERVICES PTE LTD Business front DACON INDUSTRIAL INSPECTIONS (S) PTE LTD Inspection shell DAVID CHONG CONSULTANTS PTE LTD Consultant front
E
Company Name What They Are EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY PTE. LTD. Property shell
F
Company Name What They Are FLEETPAK ENTERPRISES PTE LTD Trading front FREE2FOCUS PTE LTD Mystery shell
G
Company Name What They Are GLOBAL PETROCHEM TRADING PTE. LTD. Oil and gas shell GRACE GLOBAL PRIVATE LIMITED Property front
H
Company Name What They Are HERITAGE 81 S$29.5 million dirty money box HICHENS HARRISON (FAR EAST) PTE LTD Trading shell
I
Company Name What They Are INTECH GAS PTE. LTD. Energy front
J
Company Name What They Are JADE HARVEST INVESTMENTS PTE LTD Investment shell JUDAH DE LIGHT (YHWH) PTE. LTD. Religious front
L
Company Name What They Are LANCASTER GROUP PTE. LTD. Property front
M
Company Name What They Are MAJORESS TRADING PTE LTD Trading shell MERDEKA FUND PTE. LTD. Investment fund (?)
N
Company Name What They Are NATURAL OILS MARKETING ASIA PTE. LTD Commodities front NEW FUTURE HOLDINGS S$2.5 million Su shell
O
Company Name What They Are OPTICS INVESTMENT PTE. LTD. Investment shell
P
Company Name What They Are POH GUAN HO OIL & GRAIN PTE LTD Food/Commodities PREMIER FOOD ENTERPRISE PTE. LTD. Food trading front PRODIGUS CAPITAL PTE LTD Capital shell
Q
Company Name What They Are QOO10 PTE LTD S$200 million failure QXPRESS Logistics arm (also dead)
R
Company Name What They Are RAINMAKER PROJECT DEVELOPMENTโฆ PTE. LTD. Development front RONG HAI DEVELOPMENT Xu’s S$500,000 shell RUCHI OVERSEAS PTE LTD Trading front
S
Company Name What They Are SINAKLAS CORPORATION PTE LTD Mystery shell
T
Company Name What They Are TERRANOVA INVESTMENTS PTE. LTD. Investment shell THIAN BING INVESTMENTS PTE LTD Property front TOKENIZE XCHANGE S$266 million scam
V
Company Name What They Are VANTAGE PACIFIC PTE. LTD. Investment front
W
Company Name What They Are WALLSTREET RESOURCES PTE LTD Trading shell WHEELER RESOURCES (S) PTE. LTD. Investment front WHOLESOME FOODSTUFF GROUP (S) PTE. LTD. Food trading front
Z
Company Name What They Are ZEBULUN DE LIGHT (YHWH) PTE. LTD. Religious front
PART FIVE: THE ENABLERS โ WHO HELPED THEM
No shell company exists without its lawyers and trust companies. Here are the facilitators.
Name Role What They Did ASIACITI TRUST Wealth Management Named in Pandora Papers TRIDENT TRUST COMPANY SINGAPORE Corp Service Provider Licensed. Enabled.
CONCLUSION: THE DIRTY DOZEN (PLUS 38)
Singapore wants to be a clean financial hub. But this directoryโ50+ companies, 15 individuals, and billions in dirty moneyโtells a different story. The fugitives are still free. The victims have lost their life savings. And the shells are still being uncovered.
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SINGAPORE / DUISBURG โ As Southeast Asian authorities solidify criminal accountability in the multi-billion-euro Wirecard collapse, a deepening industrial crisis in Germanyโs Ruhr region is exposing the systemic cost of what critics call an orchestrated financial cover-up.
While the Singapore High Court today upheld record-breaking prison sentences for key facilitators of the fraud, the German industrial heartland is reeling from a massive credit contraction. Asian jurisdictions are exposing the mechanics of the โmissingโ โฌ1.9 billion, while German authorities increasingly rely on โstate securityโ measures to halt parallel domestic inquiries.
The Singapore Verdicts In a landmark decision, the Singapore judiciary confirmed the sentencing of British national James Henry OโSullivan and Singaporean R. Shanmugaratnam to 6.5 and 10 years respectively. The court found both men instrumental in falsifying escrow account confirmations that fooled auditors for years.
โThe scale of the deception was unprecedented,โ the prosecution stated. The rulings establish a clear evidentiary trail showing that hundreds of millions of euros, purportedly held in Asian accounts, were a fabricated mirageโa mirage that allowed Wirecardโs leadership to siphon real capital out of the European system for years.
The Ruhr Valley Toll As the legal truth emerges in Singapore, the economic reality is biting in Germany. ThyssenKrupp, the anchor of the Ruhr regionโs economy, is implementing a restructuring plan targeting nearly 11,000 jobs (40% of its steel workforce) through 2026.
Local industrial leaders point to a โliquidity vacuumโ that has emerged since the collapse of the fintech giant. Regional lenders, facing a $2.1 trillion โDebt Wallโ of maturing commercial loans, have frozen credit lines to the mid-sized industrial sector. Analysts suggest this is no coincidence: the capital siphoned through Wirecard-linked Asian vehicles is exactly the type of liquidity now missing from the German refinancing market.
A State-Sanctioned Silence? The contrast in judicial speed is stark. While Singaporean courts have moved rapidly to jail professional facilitators, German prosecutors in Munich have moved to โstreamlineโ the trial of former CEO Markus Braunโnarrowing the scope of the investigation.
This follows last weekโs controversial โstate security interventionโ against a lead civil attorney, effectively ending a $1.5 billion damage claim against EY. โSingapore is chasing the money; Germany is chasing a closing date,โ said one observer close to the proceedings.
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Singapore AML Round-up 2025: What MAS Actually PublishedโAnd Where to Find It
24 September 2025, 08:00 SGT
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1. Official penalty list (MAS press release, 4 Jul 2025)
Institution Penalty (S$) Source URL UBS AG Singapore Branch(incl. former Credit Suisse) 8.4 m MAS media release 2025-07-04 United Overseas Bank Ltd 5.6 m same link Citibank Singapore 2.6 m same link Bank Julius Baer & Co AG, Singapore2.4 m same link UOB Kay Hian 2.85 m same link Blue Ocean Investment Management 2.4 m same link Trident Trust Company (Singapore) 1.8 m same link LGT Bank AG 1.0 m same link TOTAL27.45 m same link
No rounding, no interpretationโcopied verbatim from MAS table 1.
2. FINMA action against Julius Baer (separate case)
4 November 2024 (published 29 May 2025)
CHF 4.4 m composition fine for AML control failures 2009-2019
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Key Points
As of May 26, 2025, Singapore has not reported major bank closures recently, but regional banks face risks from rising non-performing loans (NPLs) and a cooling property market, with posts on X indicating market volatility and a shaky investor sentiment impacting the Straits Times Index (STI).
Worst-performing banks include regional banks with high exposure to commercial real estate (CRE) and NPLs, alongside larger banks like DBS Bank navigating economic uncertainty and tightening credit conditions.
Stocks, finance firms, and property companies in Singapore are under pressure from declining property values, high interest rates, and trade tensions, with firms like CapitaLand facing losses amid a broader economic slowdown.
Singaporeโs economy shows fragility, with the property sector, particularly in commercial hubs, facing challenges, compounded by inflation, trade disruptions, and global economic headwinds, despite its historical resilience and diversified economy.
Recent Bank Closures
As of May 26, 2025, Singapore has not experienced a wave of bank closures on the scale of Chinaโs 40-bank collapse in July 2024. However, the financial sector is under strain. Posts on X highlight market volatility wiping out months of gains, with the STI experiencing a recent plunge that signals stress on listed companies. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has maintained a tight monetary policy to combat inflation, with further tightening in 2022 to preserve price stability, as noted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, this has led to tighter credit conditions, impacting banks like DBS Bank. Regional banks with high CRE exposure remain vulnerable as NPLs rise, exacerbated by global trade tensions and currency swings affecting Singaporeโs trade-dependent economy. The financial sector, with total assets of approximately US$2 trillion, plays a critical role in financing trade and infrastructure but faces challenges from rising interest rates, which have increased borrowing costs and strained the property market.
Rankings of Worst-Performing Entities
Worst Banks in Singapore
Regional Banks with CRE Exposure: High NPLs in CRE portfolios, worsened by property market slowdown.
DBS Bank: Facing challenges from economic uncertainty and tightening credit conditions.
United Overseas Bank (UOB): Impacted by high interest rates and SME loan defaults.
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC): Economic stagnation and exposure to CRE loans affecting performance.
Smaller Financial Institutions: Struggling with high NPLs in housing and SME loans amid a property slump.
Worst Bank Stocks
DBS Bank (D05.SI): Declined 8% in 2024 amid economic uncertainty and trade tensions.
United Overseas Bank (U11.SI): Down 7% in 2024, hit by high interest rates.
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (O39.SI): Shares down 6% in 2024, reflecting economic uncertainty.
Straits Times Index (STI): Fell 7% in 2024, driven by NPL and CRE concerns.
Smaller Financial Stocks: Impacted by market volatility and fiscal pressures.
Worst Finance Firms
Non-Bank Lenders in CRE: High exposure to declining property values.
Hedge Funds with CRE Bets: Losses from Singaporeโs property market slump.
Fintech Lenders: Regulatory pressures and SME defaults affecting growth.
Insurance Firms with CRE Portfolios: Potential losses from property downturns.
Pension Funds with Property Investments: Strained by declining CRE values and high interest rates.
Worst Property Firms
CapitaLand (C31.SI): Shares down 10% in 2024 due to an 8% drop in commercial property prices.
City Developments Limited (C09.SI): Hit by declining retail and office property demand.
UOL Group (U14.SI): Struggling with CRE market challenges in commercial hubs.
Keppel REIT (K71U.SI): Impacted by declining commercial property markets and high borrowing costs.
Derivatives and Corporates
Derivatives: Singaporean banks hold CRE-linked derivatives at risk of losses as property values decline.
Worst Corporates: Retail and hospitality firms tied to CRE (e.g., shopping centers facing closures); construction firms hit by a slowing housing market.
Analysis of Singaporeโs Economy and Property Sector
Singaporeโs economy in May 2025 faces challenges despite its historical resilience. The IMF noted in 2022 that Singaporeโs recovery from the pandemic outperformed similar economies, but recent global pressures have introduced new risks. Inflation, driven by global energy and food supply disruptions, remains a concern, with the MAS focusing on price stability through monetary tightening. The property sector, particularly in commercial hubs, is under pressure, with commercial property prices falling 8% in 2024 due to reduced demand for office spaces amid hybrid work trends and high vacancy rates. The residential market also struggles, with rising building costs and a limited supply of new housingโexacerbated by post-pandemic restrictionsโleading to spikes in home prices and rents, though an increase in housing supply in 2024 has begun to ease some pressures.
Singaporeโs trade-dependent economy is impacted by global economic slowdowns, with the International Monetary Fund forecasting global growth at 2.9% in 2023, affecting export-led sectors. Trade tensions, particularly with major partners like the U.S. and China, add to the strain, while the city-stateโs ambitious green energy goals, including a net-zero target by 2050, face challenges from high energy prices and the ongoing energy crisis. Despite these hurdles, Singaporeโs diversified economy, supported by substantial foreign investment (U.S. FDI totaled $309 billion in 2022), and its role as a regional innovation hub provide some resilience.
Survey Note: Detailed Analysis of Banking and Economic Challenges in Singapore
Introduction As of May 26, 2025, Singapore has not faced a banking crisis on the scale of Chinaโs 40-bank collapse in July 2024. However, regional banks are under pressure from a cooling property market, rising NPLs, and economic slowdown. This note examines banking vulnerabilities, ranks struggling entities, and analyzes Singaporeโs economic landscape, focusing on the property sector.
Recent Bank Closures and Context Singapore has avoided major bank closures recently, but the financial sector faces challenges. The MASโs tight monetary policy and rising NPLs in CRE highlight risks for regional banks, while trade tensions and economic uncertainty add pressure, as seen in the STIโs recent performance.
Ranking of Worst-Performing Entities
Worst Banks
Rank
Bank
Key Issue
1
Regional Banks with CRE Exposure
High NPLs in CRE, property market slowdown.
2
DBS Bank
Economic uncertainty, tightening credit.
3
United Overseas Bank (UOB)
High interest rates, SME loan defaults.
4
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC)
Economic stagnation, CRE exposure.
5
Smaller Financial Institutions
High NPLs in SME and housing loans.
Worst Bank Stocks
Rank
Stock
Key Issue
1
DBS Bank (D05.SI)
Down 8% in 2024, economic uncertainty.
2
United Overseas Bank (U11.SI)
Down 7% in 2024, high interest rates.
3
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (O39.SI)
Down 6% in 2024, economic uncertainty.
4
Straits Times Index (STI)
Fell 7% in 2024, NPL and CRE concerns.
5
Smaller Financial Stocks
Market volatility, fiscal pressures.
Worst Finance Firms
Rank
Finance Firm
Key Issue
1
Non-Bank Lenders in CRE
High exposure to declining property values.
2
Hedge Funds with CRE Bets
Losses from property market slump.
3
Fintech Lenders
Regulatory pressures, SME defaults.
4
Insurance Firms with CRE Portfolios
Potential losses from property downturns.
5
Pension Funds with Property Investments
Strained by declining CRE values.
Worst Property Firms
Rank
Property Firm
Key Issue
1
CapitaLand (C31.SI)
Shares down 10% in 2024, 8% CRE price drop.
2
City Developments Limited (C09.SI)
Declining retail and office demand.
3
UOL Group (U14.SI)
CRE market challenges in commercial hubs.
4
Frasers Property (F99.SI)
CRE portfolio stress, market downturn.
5
Keppel REIT (K71U.SI)
Declining commercial markets, high borrowing costs.
Derivatives and Corporates
Derivatives: Singaporean banks hold CRE-linked derivatives at risk of losses as property values decline.
Worst Corporates: Retail, hospitality, and construction firms tied to CRE facing defaults and slowdowns.
Analysis of Singaporeโs Economy and Property Sector Singaporeโs economy in May 2025 faces challenges, with slowing GDP growth, trade tensions, and a distressed property sector. Inflation, trade disruptions, and global economic slowdowns exacerbate the strain on banks and corporates, though Singaporeโs diversified economy provides some resilience.
Global Implications Financial instability in Singapore could disrupt Southeast Asian markets, reduce global trade demand, and deter foreign investment amid trade uncertainties.
Conclusion Singapore faces significant financial and economic challenges, with a distressed property sector, rising NPLs, and global pressures threatening stability. Structural reforms and leveraging its innovation hub status are needed to restore confidence and growth.
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Tormenta financiera de Singapur: presiones bancarias, luchas en el mercado inmobiliario y desafรญos econรณmicos Linternas flotantes iluminan una calle cerrada: la esperanza parpadea en medio del caos financiero de Singapur
Puntos clave
Hasta el 26 de mayo de 2025, Singapur no ha reportado cierres bancarios importantes recientemente, pero los bancos regionales enfrentan riesgos por el aumento de prรฉstamos no productivos (NPLs) y un mercado inmobiliario en enfriamiento, con publicaciones en X seรฑalando volatilidad del mercado y un sentimiento inversor inestable.
Los peores bancos incluyen bancos regionales con alta exposiciรณn a bienes raรญces comerciales (CRE) y NPLs, junto con bancos grandes como DBS Bank enfrentando incertidumbre econรณmica y condiciones crediticias mรกs estrictas.
Las acciones, empresas financieras y compaรฑรญas inmobiliarias en Singapur estรกn bajo presiรณn por la caรญda de los valores inmobiliarios, altas tasas de interรฉs y tensiones comerciales, con empresas como CapitaLand viendo pรฉrdidas en medio de una desaceleraciรณn econรณmica mรกs amplia.
La economรญa de Singapur muestra fragilidad, con el sector inmobiliario, especialmente en centros comerciales, enfrentando desafรญos, agravados por la inflaciรณn, interrupciones comerciales y vientos econรณmicos globales en contra.
Tempรชte financiรจre ร Singapour : pressions bancaires, luttes sur le marchรฉ immobilier et dรฉfis รฉconomiques Des lanternes flottantes illuminent une rue fermรฉe : lโespoir vacille au milieu du tumulte financier ร Singapour
Points clรฉs
Au 26 mai 2025, Singapour nโa pas signalรฉ de fermetures bancaires majeures rรฉcemment, mais les banques rรฉgionales sont confrontรฉes ร des risques liรฉs ร lโaugmentation des prรชts non performants (NPLs) et ร un marchรฉ immobilier en refroidissement, avec des publications sur X indiquant une volatilitรฉ du marchรฉ et un sentiment des investisseurs instable.
Les banques les moins performantes incluent les banques rรฉgionales trรจs exposรฉes aux prรชts immobiliers commerciaux (CRE) et aux NPLs, ainsi que les grandes banques comme DBS Bank, confrontรฉes ร une incertitude รฉconomique et ร des conditions de crรฉdit plus strictes.
Les actions, les entreprises financiรจres et les sociรฉtรฉs immobiliรจres ร Singapour subissent des pressions dues ร la baisse des valeurs immobiliรจres, aux taux dโintรฉrรชt รฉlevรฉs et aux tensions commerciales, des entreprises comme CapitaLand enregistrant des pertes dans un contexte de ralentissement รฉconomique plus large.
Lโรฉconomie de Singapour montre des signes de fragilitรฉ, le secteur immobilier, en particulier dans les centres commerciaux, รฉtant confrontรฉ ร des dรฉfis, aggravรฉs par lโinflation, les perturbations commerciales et les vents contraires รฉconomiques mondiaux.
Tempestade financeira em Singapura: pressรตes bancรกrias, lutas no mercado imobiliรกrio e desafios econรดmicos Lanternas flutuantes iluminam uma rua fechada: a esperanรงa brilha em meio ao caos financeiro em Singapura
Pontos principais
Atรฉ 26 de maio de 2025, Singapura nรฃo relatou fechamentos bancรกrios significativos recentemente, mas os bancos regionais enfrentam riscos devido ao aumento de emprรฉstimos inadimplentes (NPLs) e a um mercado imobiliรกrio em desaceleraรงรฃo, com postagens no X indicando volatilidade de mercado e sentimento de investidores instรกvel.
Os bancos com pior desempenho incluem bancos regionais com alta exposiรงรฃo a imรณveis comerciais (CRE) e NPLs, junto com grandes bancos como o DBS Bank enfrentando incerteza econรดmica e condiรงรตes de crรฉdito mais apertadas.
Aรงรตes, empresas financeiras e imobiliรกrias em Singapura estรฃo sob pressรฃo devido ร queda nos valores imobiliรกrios, altas taxas de juros e tensรตes comerciais, com empresas como a CapitaLand enfrentando perdas em meio a uma desaceleraรงรฃo econรดmica mais ampla.
A economia de Singapura mostra fragilidade, com o setor imobiliรกrio, especialmente em centros comerciais, enfrentando desafios, agravados pela inflaรงรฃo, interrupรงรตes comerciais e ventos contrรกrios econรดmicos globais.
Finanzsturm in Singapur: Bankendruck, Immobilienmarktschwรคche und wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen Schwebende Laternen erleuchten eine verlassene Straรe: Hoffnung inmitten des finanziellen Chaos in Singapur
Wichtige Punkte
Bis zum 26. Mai 2025 hat Singapur keine grรถรeren Bankenschlieรungen gemeldet, jedoch stehen regionale Banken vor Risiken durch steigende notleidende Kredite (NPLs) und einen abkรผhlenden Immobilienmarkt, mit Posts auf X, die auf Marktvolatilitรคt und ein unsicheres Anlegerstimmung hinweisen.
Zu den schlechtesten Banken zรคhlen regionale Banken mit hoher Exposition gegenรผber gewerblichen Immobilien (CRE) und NPLs sowie grรถรere Institute wie DBS Bank, die mit wirtschaftlicher Unsicherheit und strafferen Kreditbedingungen konfrontiert sind.
Aktien, Finanzunternehmen und Immobilienfirmen in Singapur stehen unter Druck durch sinkende Immobilienwerte, hohe Zinssรคtze und Handelspannungen, wobei Unternehmen wie CapitaLand Verluste verzeichnen.
Die Wirtschaft Singapurs zeigt Schwรคchen, der Immobiliensektor, insbesondere in Handelszentren, steht vor Herausforderungen, die durch Inflation, Handelsstรถrungen und globale wirtschaftliche Gegenwinde verschรคrft werden.
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“Groรartiger Reset” kommt ein Jahr spรคter – Whistleblower – Angst vor Protesten – Standortprobleme – “WEF lebt noch, riecht aber komisch”
In June 2020, the head of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, joined forces with the British Prince Charles, the UN Secretary-General and the IWF-Chief Lagarde, and announced the “great reset” of the world in 2021. The summit was subsequently delayed from spring to Summer 2021 and first it should be in Davos and then in Singapore.
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