Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi

SINGAPORE (Apr 22): One evening in February 2002, the telephone on my desk rang at an unusually late hour. The voice on the other end of the line identified itself as being that of Sir Ronald Brierley, the chairman of London-listed Guinness Peat Group.

SINGAPORE (Jan 25): Since its establishment as a trading post under the British East India Company, Singapore has flourished as a trade and financial services hub.

BANGKOK (Aug 28): Parts of Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s 120 billion-baht ($5 billion) downtown Bangkok real estate project could be sold into a real estate investment trust, the head of the development said.

(Feb 1): Singapore’s property rebound has the son of Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi chasing more land in the city-state, adding to signs the market is emerging from a four-year slump.

HO CHI MINH CITY/SINGAPORE (Dec 17): Vietnam's trade ministry said on Sunday that Vietnam Beverage Co, a unit of Thai Beverage, was the only investor seeking to buy all shares of Vietnamese brewer Sabeco on offer worth nearly US$5 billion ($6.75 billi

(Sept 13): If he were alive today, the rubber and pineapple king of 1930s Singapore would surely be asking whether the custodians of his empire just sold another chunk of it too cheaply.

SINGAPORE (Jan 6): Even as Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi pursued control of Fraser and Neave (F&N) in 2012, the company sold its stake in Asia Pacific Breweries to Heineken International at a lofty price.

SINGAPORE (Dec 22): Investors of Thai Beverage have been looking forward to an asset swap between ThaiBev and TCC Assets — controlled by ThaiBev’s chairman Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi — after Fraser & Neave declared a dividend in specie of Frasers Cen

SINGAPORE (Oct 27): When Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi launched his bid for Fraser and Neave (F&N) in 2012, he might not have realised how difficult the process of gaining control of the then property and beverage group would be.

SINGAPORE (Oct 4): OUE, backed by the billionaire Riady family, plans to pursue a stake in Singapore property and construction firm United Engineers, a person with knowledge of the matter said.