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Trafigura’s buyback headache grows amid fresh wave of exits
A fresh wave of senior executive departures is heaping pressure on Trafigura Group’s commitment to buy back its employees’ shares, just as…
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Citigroup shares hit highest since 2008 after profit beat, buyback plan
Citigroup’s shares briefly touched their highest since the 2008 financial crisis after the bank beat Wall Street estimates for…
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Prudential commences third tranche of US$2 billion share buyback scheme
Asia-focused insurer Prudential on Tuesday (Jul 1) announced the commencement of the third and final tranche of its US$2 billion share…
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UBS kicks off share buyback programme of up to US$2 billion
Group is launching a programme to repurchase as much as US$2 billion worth of its own shares, it said in a release on Monday (Jun 30). The…
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DBS, OCBC, UOB lead weekly buyback consideration tally
Over the five trading sessions from Jun 6 to 12, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks with net institutional outflow of S$80…
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Singtel jumps 2.6% on S$0.10 per share dividend, S$2 billion share buyback plan
Company’s shares hit highest price in more than 5 years as telco returned to the black with S$2.8 billion H2 net profit Shares of Singtel…
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Singtel jumps 3.6% on S$0.10 per share dividend, S$2 billion share buyback plan
Company’s shares hit their highest price in more than 5 years as telco returns to the black with S$2.8 billion H2 net profit Shares of…
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Singtel initiates its first share buyback programme of up to S$2 billion; incorporates cloud business
The buyback will be delivered over the course of three years until financial year 2028 and involves the purchase of shares in the open…
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AI chipmaker AMD unveils US$6 billion buyback plan
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Wednesday (May 14) announced a new US$6 billion stock buyback plan, joining a string of chipmakers that…
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HSBC Q1 profit drops 25%; launches US$3 billion share buyback
launched a US$3 billion share buyback after reporting a 25 per cent fall in first-quarter profit on Tuesday due to one time charges…
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Hongkong Land to sell 147,025 sq ft of One Exchange to HKEX, launch share buyback programme
Property group Hongkong Land will sell 147,025 square feet (sq ft) of One Exchange Square to Hong Kong’s stock exchange operator for…
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UBS sticks to US$3 billion share buyback plan despite capital changes, global uncertainty
[LUCERNE, Switzerland] UBS chairman Colm Kelleher on Thursday (Apr 10) reiterated the Swiss bank’s intention to repurchase shares to the…
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Buyback consideration notches higher; ISOTeam CEO increases stake
[singapore] Over the five trading sessions from Mar 21 to 27, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional…
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UOB proposes special dividend, share buyback programme as it unveils long-awaited capital return plans
The bank’s disciplined approach of pursuing long-term growth with stability has served it well, says CEO UOB’s board has announced a S$3…
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GSK plans £2 billion share buyback, boosts long-term outlook
GSK plans to buy back £2 billion (S$3.4 billion) of shares as it raised its long-term growth outlook on optimism around its drug pipeline.…
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UBS quarterly profit smashes expectations, US$3 billion buyback unveiled
UBS Group, Switzerland’s largest bank, on Tuesday (Feb 4) posted net income of US$770 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, trouncing…
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Sanofi plans 5 billion-euro buyback, sees higher profit growth
SANOFI said it will repurchase five billion euros (S$7 billion) of stock and grow profits more quickly this year as the drugmaker pivots…
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Timing of DBS share buyback announcement and its CEO’s share sales was not a good look
One solution is to prohibit share sales by top executives during share buybacks; another is to disclose valuations at which buybacks would…
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CapitaLand Investment leads buyback consideration tally in 2024 till Nov 13
SHARE buybacks can be used for employee compensation plans, such as share option schemes or employee share purchase plans, as well as for…
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Samsung unveils surprise US$7 billion buyback over coming year
Samsung Electronics plans to buy back about US$7.2 billion of its own stock over the next year, putting in motion one of the larger…
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DBS share buyback raises questions on capital management as counter hits all-time high
The buyback follows the move by Singapore’s largest lender to issue bonus shares in February to return capital to shareholders DBS has…
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Zheneng Jinjiang Environment continues buyback pace
OVER the four trading sessions from Oct 25 to Oct 30, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, resulting in a net institutional…
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Toyota raises buyback to 1.2 trillion yen, citing share levels
TOYOTA Motor bumped up the size of its share buyback to 1.2 trillion yen (S$11 billion) as the world’s largest carmaker enjoys strong…