Yoma Strategic's net profit jumped 64.3% to $39.3m in FY15

22 May 2015 - Singapore Business Review
Thanks to automotive and tourism segments. Mainboard-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings reported that its full-year net profit grew 64.3% yto $39.3m in FY15. The strong growth was attributed by the solid performance of the group’s automotive and tourism segments. The group also booked a revaluation gain ...
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Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd’s Latest Earnings: Is There More Room to Grow?

22 May 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd (SGX: Z59) had released its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings (for the three months ended 31 March 2015) this morning. The company’s one of the rare few listed firms in Singapore that does a significant amount of business in Myanmar. In fact, Yoma Strategic might even be able ...
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Yoma Strategic appoints new CEO in July

22 May 2015 - Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: SGX Mainboard-listed firm Yoma Strategic has announced a management change with Mr Melvyn Pun taking over as its Chief Executive Officer from end July. Mr Melvyn Pun is the son of Yoma's executive chairman Serge Pun. The company said in a filing to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) that the younger ...
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LHN signs deals for Jakarta & Yangon ventures

20 May 2015 - DealStreetAsia
Two Singapore-listed firms have signed deals to expand operations in Myanmar and Indonesia. Both Yoma Strategic Holdings and LHN Limited have reached agreements in Myanmar to build and operate an international school and a Home office-style serviced residence respectively. Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic ...
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The Week In Numbers – Far Too Much Money

3 Apr 2015 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Over 40 countries have now asked to join the China-led Asian infrastructure bank. Kyrgyzstan is the latest country that has requested to become a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Its wish could be granted if other members approve. China has pledged to finance around ...
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Yoma shares surge on lease extension for key Myanmar site

13 Mar 2015 - Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: Property developer Yoma Strategic Holdings has won approval from the Myanmar Investment Commission for a lease extension that will let it redevelop the former headquarters of the Burma Railways Company into a five-star hotel. The approval, obtained after protracted negotiations with the authorities, ...
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Top 5 Performers in Singapore’s Stock Market for the Past Five Years

29 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
With 2014 coming to an end, it marks the completion of a full five year period since the market’s recovery in early 2009. For those who have remained invested in Singapore’s stock market from the start of 2010 to the (near) end of 2014, your investments should have been satisfactory given that the SPDR ...
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The Dangers of Investing In Emerging Markets

10 Dec 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Singapore’s right smack in the middle of an Asian region where many emerging markets are in a potentially exciting time for growth. China’s gross domestic product (GDP) has expanded at an annual clip of 15% between 1992 and 2013 and although the Asian giant’s recent growth figures have come in ‘only’ ...
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The 5 Fastest-Growing Countries in the World

25 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
With the global economy bouncing back slowly but surely from the recession, some of the world’s top emerging economies are seizing the opportunity to shine. China, the world’s most successful emerging market since the dawn of the millennium, just surpassed the U.S. as the globe’s largest economy in terms ...
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It Can Be Disastrous To Invest This Way

13 Nov 2014 - The Motley Fool Singapore
A popular narrative I hear often in the world of investing goes something like this “Country ABC is poised to grow its economy really quickly. You should buy into its stock market!” This line of reasoning is intuitive, sounds plausible, and makes sense. After all, a domestic stock market index is supposed ...
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