Under the Radar: Straits Trading on valuations for properties in 2023; Interest rates and recessionary risks; Revenue growth vs cost management; Opportunities in Japan, UK real estate sectors; Infrastructure in Penang; Tokenisation of corporate bonds and diversifying funding sources

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong · Aug 2, 2023 · 26m

We’re going to bring you an inside look into a conglomerate investment company with operations and financial interests in resources, property and hospitality. Founded in the early years of Singapore’s colonial history – we’re talking about 1887 here – The Straits Trading first started out as a company catering to the region’s growing tin smelting industry. It become renowned for its tin smelting operations by the 1900 and accounted for two-thirds of Malaya’s Tin output. Now, Straits Trading has evolved over the years to expand into sectors such as property, equity investments and hospitality…