DBS Group Holdings

Finance

SGX's sustainability push helps secure win; DBS records highest shareholders' return

SINGAPORE (Sept 16): With an overall score of 40.41 points, the Singapore Exchange has emerged as the finance sector winner of The Edge Singapore’s Billion Dollar Club award. The stock exchange operator beat the three local banks — DBS Group Holdings,

Banking & finance

Singapore expects new digital banks to start by mid-2021

SINGAPORE (Aug 29): Singapore plans to award licenses for its new digital banking initiative by mid-2020, with successful applicants expected to start business a year later, its financial regulator said.

Billion Dollar Club 2019

Corporate leadership in a time of 'conscious capitalism'

The Edge Singapore’s Billion Dollar Club recognises leading performers among the largest local listed companies.

US-China trade war

US-China tensions similar to Athens-Sparta rivalry, says DBS CEO Piyush Gupta

SINGAPORE (July 4): Unresolved tensions between the US and China today can be likened to the great rivalry between the ancient Greek cities of Athens and Sparta, according to DBS Group Holdings CEO Piyush Gupta.

Fintech

Grab eyes Singapore banking licence as regulator studies virtual banks

(June 12): Grab, Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup, is exploring a move into Singapore banking as regulators in the Southeast Asian city-state consider allowing online-only banks, four people with knowledge of the process said.

Broker's Calls

CGS-CIMB keeps UOB as top bank sector pick despite underperforming NIM expansion

SINGAPORE (June 3): CGS-CIMB Research is keeping United Overseas Bank (UOB) as its top pick among the Singapore banks, despite the bank’s NIM expansion underperforming compared to its peers.

Broker's Calls

RHB stays 'overweight' on Singapore banks as MAS keeps policy unchanged

SINGAPORE (Apr 15): RHB Group Research is maintaining its “overweight” call on Singapore banks, after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Friday kept its monetary policy settings unchanged amid a worsening global growth outlook and low inflat

Broker's Calls

DBS is Maybank Kim Eng's top pick amid expectation of wider NIM in 2019

SINGAPORE (Mar 7): Maybank Kim Eng Research says DBS Bank is its top pick among local banks on the back of its strong low cost deposit franchise.
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