{
  "id": 16430166,
  "title": "Chairmen lead insider buying as earnings season begins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/chairmen-lead-insider-buying-as-earnings-season-begins",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-25T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/chairmen-lead-insider-buying-earnings-season-begins"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Over the five trading days from October 16 to 22, more than 70 filings were made regarding directors' interests and substantial shareholdings in 40 primary-listed companies. Among these, 20 companies conducted buybacks with a total value of S$20 million, which represents half the previous week's buying activity as the earnings season commenced. UOB was the leading company in buybacks, amounting to S$8.1 million, followed by ST Engineering with S$5.1 million.",
  "summary": "Twenty primary-listed companies conduct buybacks totalling S$20 million, half the previous week’s run rate",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}