Shikhar Gupta
Shikhar Gupta focuses on fast-moving corporate and market news, using developments in Singapore-listed companies, aviation and regional macro trends to show how capital flows and policy decisions affect investors. He is a breaking news journalist at The Business Times, covering business and markets with an emphasis on Singapore’s exchange, listed corporates and the global forces shaping them.
Singapore equities and SGX corporate news
Gupta’s core work centres on **Singapore equities** and the behaviour of stocks around major corporate events. In coverage of Keppel’s share-price reaction after the M1–Simba deal collapsed, he focuses squarely on the percentage move, the deal outcome and the immediate implications for investors, signalling a priority on market-moving details over general corporate narrative. His reporting on Foundation Healthcare’s listing, headlined “Foundation Healthcare opens 0.7% above IPO price in SGX debut”, highlights listing performance in precise terms, including the opening premium over the IPO price and the extent of over-subscription in the public offer. This reinforces a style rooted in clear numbers, price action and investor response on the Singapore Exchange.
Beyond individual names, he tracks how SGX rules and enforcement shape listed companies’ behaviour. In a video reel on firms stuck in suspension, he frontlines an explainer on how the exchange is tightening pressure on these issuers, again anchoring the story in specific monetary values and regulatory thresholds. The combination of percentage swings, subscription multiples and large headline figures suggests a reporter who consistently frames corporate news in measurable, comparable terms that matter to traders and analysts.
Real estate investment trusts and property markets
Gupta devotes recurring attention to **real estate investment trusts** and the property-linked side of Singapore’s market. In “S-Reits poised for rerating despite hawkish Fed backdrop: DBS”, he reports on analyst views from DBS about a potential rerating in Singapore-listed REITs even as the US Federal Reserve maintains a hawkish stance. The focus on broker research and central bank policy indicates a habit of tying sector performance to interest-rate expectations, yield dynamics and the broader cost of capital.
The placement of this story within The Business Times’ REITs and property coverage, and its emphasis on the tension between global monetary policy and local asset valuations, mark out a sub-beat where he translates macro signals into implications for Singapore’s income-focused investors. Rather than treating REITs purely as property vehicles, his reporting presents them as financial instruments whose pricing responds to rate cycles and institutional views.
Aviation, airlines and sustainable aviation fuel
A distinct strand of Gupta’s work follows **aviation and airline strategy**, often with a strong business and infrastructure angle. His article on Singapore Airlines launching flights from the new curfew-free Western Sydney airport sets out the timing of the route, the nature of the new airport and the operational advantages of a curfew-free facility, framing route expansion as a commercial decision with capacity and scheduling implications. He extends this to airline partnerships, analysing moves such as the formalised strategic tie-up between Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines, where he highlights coordinated flights and revenue sharing as tools for network and yield management.
Gupta also covers the sector’s transition to greener operations. In a piece on Singapore establishing the world’s first non-profit to centralise the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel, he explains how SAFCo will procure and manage fuel to support airlines’ decarbonisation efforts, positioning the initiative squarely within Singapore’s aviation ecosystem. This blend of route planning, strategic partnerships and sustainable fuel procurement shows a consistent interest in how aviation business models adjust to both competitive pressures and environmental constraints.
Currencies, geopolitics and regional markets
Gupta regularly steps back from single companies to look at **currencies and geopolitics** and their impact on regional markets. In social and digital coverage for The Business Times, he presents explainers on the resurgence of the US dollar, the threat of new trade tariffs and the consequences for Asian economies, drawing links between currency strength and trade tensions. A reel on the Japanese yen weakening to its lowest level against the US dollar places ASEAN markets in the frame, suggesting an approach that connects foreign-exchange moves to investor positioning in Southeast Asia.
His work appears in regional monitoring of Southeast Asian economic news, underscoring his role in chronicling how global risk events shape local markets and policy debates. In defence and industrial coverage, he reports on ST Engineering’s multibillion-dollar contracts, detailing contract values and regional focus, which ties corporate strategy to global defence spending trends and Middle Eastern demand. He also surfaces investor behaviour beyond traditional emerging-market buckets, as seen in coverage of global investors reallocating capital and in conversations with regional venture capital figures. Across these pieces, Gupta maintains a business lens on geopolitics and macro forces, consistently translating big-picture shifts into concrete implications for companies and markets.
Breaking news format and digital explainers
Gupta’s professional profile describes him as a breaking news journalist at The Business Times, reflecting the tempo and format of his work. His business stories typically foreground the key number or event in the headline—percentage moves in share prices, opening premiums on IPOs, multibillion-dollar contract wins—before briefly sketching the context, which makes them suited to investors who track developments intraday. Alongside text reportage, he appears frequently in short video explainers on SGX rules, defence contracts and currency markets, where he distils complex developments into concise segments for digital audiences.
That combination of fast-turn corporate coverage, data-heavy market stories and accessible multimedia explainers sets Gupta apart from a generic business reporter. His work consistently connects specific moves in Singapore and regional markets with the macro and geopolitical currents behind them, giving readers a clear line of sight from headline numbers to the underlying forces driving change.
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