PRE-MARKET TAIWAN & SINGAPORE STOCK NEWS: Cathay Financial Holding (2882 TT) founding family member Tsai Chen-yu allegedly attacked Cathay United Bank's chairman; tech stock and Emini Nasdaq 100 rebound after strong Micron earnings

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PRE-MARKET TAIWAN & SINGAPORE STOCK NEWS: Cathay Financial Holding (2882 TT) founding family member Tsai Chen-yu allegedly attacked Cathay United Bank's chairman; tech stock and Emini Nasdaq 100 rebound after strong Micron earnings

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TAIWAN

Cathay Financial Holding (2882 TT) - Co. is facing fallout after founding family member Tsai Chen-yu allegedly attacked Cathay United Bank chairman Kuo Ming-jian at its Taipei headquarters. (Taipei Times)

Tech - Tech stocks rebound overnight and Emini Nasdaq 100 is up around 1.9% following strong Micron earnings.

Geopolitical - US State Department said it is concerned by reports that Chinese Coast Guard vessels operating in waters east of Taiwan harassed commercial ships. (Newswires)

Data Recap

Taiwan Industrial Production YY (May) 11.8% (Prev. 14.2%, Rev. 14.9%)

SINGAPORE

Frasers Property (FPL SP) - Co. proposed a SGD 2.1bln optimisation of its Frasers Hospitality Trust portfolio following the trust’s privatisation last year. (Business Times)

OUE REIT (OUEREIT SP) - Co.’s wholly owned OUE Hospitality Sub-Trust agreed to sell Crowne Plaza Changi Airport for SGD 500mln to a Tokyo Century (8439 JT)-OUE Limited (OUE SP) JV. (Business Times)

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