The UK Post Office scandal holds many important governance lessons
December 10, 2024First published in Business Times on 10 December 2024 Company directors must understand the importance of exercising true independence, as well as be equipped with a diverse skill set The recent scandal surrounding the UK’s postal...
Read MoreCommentary: Is the Singapore stock market as bad as it’s made out to be?
November 6, 2024First published in Straits Times on 4 November 2024 The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has come under much scrutiny lately, with a high-level committee formed in August to study ways to stimulate interest in a market that is often criticised as boring,...
Read MoreCommentary: Why ESG Investing Must Matter to Retail Investors
June 24, 2024Climate Crisis Today’s investment landscape is marked by the growing importance of ESG (environmental, social & governance) considerations, thus requiring investors to understand relatively new terms like “ESG,” “sustainability,” “decarbonisation,” “greenhouse gas (GHG),” “net zero targets,” “greenwashing,” “COP28,” “carbon credit,” and...
Read MoreCommentary: Time to make it listed firms’ business to tackle undervalued shares to revive S’pore’s stock market
April 11, 2024First published in Straits Times on 11 April 2024 Calls to revive interest in local stocks have been growing in frequency over the past few years, stretching back to 2015, when 1,225 remisiers signed a letter of appeal written by the...
Read MoreCommentary: Directors must choose substance over form – but the form has to have substance
February 9, 2024First published in Straits Times on 9 February 2024 Do all listed company directors in Singapore properly discharge their fiduciary duties, particularly the preservation of minority interests? Corporate governance advocates, including the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias), would reply that quite...
Read MoreCommentary – Don’t rush, make informed choices: 5 ways retail investors can take charge in 2024
December 28, 2023First published in Straits Times on 28 December 2023 It certainly has been a tumultuous year for investors with stock and bond markets undergoing many ups and downs, driven mainly by inflationary worries and expectations of what central banks, particularly the...
Read MoreCommentary – Cordlife: The appropriate test of materiality that should have been applied
December 15, 2023First published in Straits Times on 15 December 2023 What is the appropriate test of materiality that companies should apply when making corporate disclosures? This question has direct relevance to the case of cord-blood bank service provider Cordlife Group, which is embroiled...
Read MoreCommentary: Boustead, a wake up call for retail investors?
November 17, 2023First published in Straits Times on 17 November 2023 SINGAPORE - Shareholders of the several companies who accepted “lowball’’ buyout offers must surely be feeling more than a touch of envy – and possibly even regret – at news of the...
Read MoreCommentary: What investors need to know about privatisation offers to buy out shares
June 19, 2023First published in Straits Times on 18 June 2023 When it comes to stock investments, the conventional wisdom is that companies list via an initial public offer (IPO) to raise capital from the public. After that, they use that capital to grow...
Read MoreCommentary: SDRs: Is this another CLOB?
May 25, 2023Almost 25 years after Malaysian shares abruptly ceased to be traded in Singapore in an episode that has become known as the infamous CLOB International saga, local stock exchange officials are launching a new, but roughly similar initiative that will...
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