Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Jul 28)

DBS rolled out an agentic artificial intelligence assistant to 350,000 corporate clients in Singapore, including small and medium-sized enterprises, on Tuesday (Jul 28). The move makes DBS one of the first banks in the region to deploy agentic AI at scale for corporate banking.

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today Jul 28 Stories you might have missed SINGAPORE The government will extend a critical sales timeline for developers of large en bloc sites to up to seven years, a move expected to give a boost to collective sale land deals often stalled by viability concerns. Singapore AUM up 10.1% at S$6.7 trillion as MAS eyes competitiveness push SINGAPORE Total assets under management AUM in Singapore rose 10.1 per cent to S$6.7 trillion as at the end of 2025, on the back of robust market performance and net inflows. Singapore tech stocks slide as chip sell-off spreads in Asia despite CXMT surge SINGAPORE Technology and semiconductor stocks in Singapore slid on Tuesday Jul 28 as a global memory chip rout that saw Applied Materials shares slide also spread in Asia. DBS introduces agentic AI to 350,000 corporate clients SINGAPORE DBS on Tuesday Jul 28 rolled out an agentic artificial intelligence assistant to 350,000 of its corporate clients in Singapore, including small and medium-sized enterprises. Mapletree launches first China onshore logistics fund with 1.5 billion yuan AUM SINGAPORE Mapletree Investments has launched its first China logistics renminbi RMB fund with China Life Capital, with about 1.5 billion yuan US$221.6 million in assets under management. Keppel exceeds S$100 billion target for funds under management ahead of schedule SINGAPORE Global asset manager and operator Keppel : BN4 +2.73% has surpassed its end-2026 interim funds under management FUM target of S$100 billion ahead of schedule, the group announced on Tuesday Jul 28 . Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free. Share with us your feedback on BT's products and services TRENDING NOW /pulse?ref=trending-now SIA sinks into the red with S$76 million Q1 loss as fuel costs jump 15-month wait-out curb lifted for private property owners buying HDB resale flats ABSD deadline extended to up to 7 years for developers of large en bloc sites to encourage reuse of land A ‘shadow bank’ hiding in Singapore’s Little India casts light on financial services gap