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OpenAI to open Singapore AI lab as Apac investments ramp up

The ChatGPT maker will commit more than $234m to support the city-state’s national AI strategy, alongside collaborations with Google and Nvidia; in addition, AMD is investing $10bn in Taiwan’s AI infrastructure and AI has boosted Lenovo's revenues.

May 22, 2026

Rajah & Tann splits disputes practice as Asian litigation grows in scale, complexity

The Singapore law firm is reorganising into four specialist verticals, betting that sector depth will win mandates as wealth conflicts, crypto cases and cross-border enforcements increase across Asia.

April 05, 2026

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT makes acquisitions in Singapore and Japan

Advancing its portfolio rejuvenation strategy, CLAR is expanding its logistics and business space presence in Singapore while marking a strategic entry into the Japanese hyperscale data centre market with three DPU-accretive transactions.

March 24, 2026

Citi names Asean head of real estate, investment banking

Singapore-based Indran Thana is joining in June from UBS.

March 17, 2026

Boustead REIT makes Singapore IPO debut

The logistics and real estate business, which has operations in Singapore and Japan, raised S$1.2bn on the main exchange but listed in a difficult week for equities amid war in the Middle East.

March 14, 2026

Evercore taps Ben Hart to lead Asia private capital advisory

The investment banking advisory firm has strengthened in Singapore as secondaries activity gathers pace across the region; Hart previously worked at Adams Street Partners.

February 24, 2026

KKR and Singtel agree S$6.6bn data centre M&A deal

Singapore's ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has 2.3GW of design capacity across 12 markets in Asia Pacific, the UK and Europe; it is the largest ever data centre deal in SEA.

February 04, 2026

Squire Patton Boggs signs Singapore corporate team

Philip Lee has joined the global law firm from DLA Piper's financial services practice with a team of three.

January 20, 2026

Singapore’s UOB sees strong demand for S$850m AT1 bond

Final orders were over S$2bn allowing UOB to upsize from its original S$500m benchmark; there was participation from 96 investors with 26% outside of Singapore.

January 18, 2026

Singapore PE backs $300m Korean hydrogen push

Hyundai-backed Sylvan Group is partnering with SK Innovation to invest $300m to scale a hydrogen transport business in South Korea; the plan is to support 6,000 buses by 2029.

January 13, 2026