Singapore luxury home sales grow 44.6%

Also, Singapore hedge fund benefits from geopolitical volatility

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Today’s Top Stories:

  • Singapore luxury home sales grow 44.6% in Q1

  • Singapore hedge fund benefits from geopolitical volatility

  • FairPrice introduces ‘Store of Tomorrow’ in Singapore

Singapore luxury home sales rebound 44.6% QoQ in Q1

  • 143 private homes priced above $5 million sold in Q1, 2025

  • 88 are non-landed homes, and 55 are landed

  • 119 units were resale, 23 are new-sale, and 1 is a sub-sale

  • 17 units are super-luxury priced $10m or more

Singapore hedge fund benefits from geopolitical volatility

  • Arrowpoint grew assets by 3% in May “by exploiting market dislocations”

  • By comparison, multi-strategy hedge funds were on average flat in April

  • Arrowpoint is a US$1.1 billion fund and backed by Blackstone, CPP Investments, and Temasek’s Seviora

FairPrice introduces ‘Store of Tomorrow’ in Singapore

  • Expected to rollout at Punggol Digital District in Q3, 2025

  • Smart Cart - built-in displays for navigation, real-time promotions, product recommendations, and self-checkout

  • Vision AI - uses CCTV and video analytics to identify empty shelves, long queues, or spills

  • Grocer Genie - AI-powered staff portal

  • 20 such innovations including biometric payment, link palm scans to their mobile numbers, etc. 

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Source: LSEG

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