Commentary: Can the Hyflux restructuring be resurrected?
April 11, 2019First published in The Business Times on 11 April 2019 It was hugely disappointing to learn last week that troubled water treatment firm Hyflux Ltd has terminated its agreement with SMI, the only “white knight’’ that has emerged over the past...
Read MoreCommentary: Hyflux saga: Focus needed despite the noise
April 1, 2019First published in The Business Times on 30 March 2019 IN the past few months, developments surrounding troubled water treatment firm Hyflux Ltd have accelerated to the point that stakeholders could be forgiven for being thoroughly confused as to the status...
Read MoreBest armour against risk is an informed investor
March 8, 2019First published in The Business Times on 8 March 2019 Quick Read The collapse of Hyflux has raised questions about whether retail investors truly understood the risks of investing in the company's perpetual securities...
Read MoreCommentary: Hyflux should be given chance to survive amid restructuring
January 11, 2019First published in Business Times on 11 January 2019 The annals of Singapore's corporate history are filled with the names of companies that went bankrupt and had to be liquidated, much to the dismay of their shareholders and creditors. From Pan-Electric...
Read MoreCommentary: LTC minorities should not hold out for SGX’s proposed changes
November 30, 2018First published in Business Times on 30 November 2018 SOMETIMES the best of intentions can lead to unintended outcomes. Such appears to be the case with steel trading firm LTC Corp (formerly known as Lion Teck Chiang). Its privatisation-cum-delisting plans have been...
Read MoreCommentary: Independent financial advisers can no longer hedge their bets when giving opinions
November 2, 2018First published in The Business Times on 2 November 2018 In recent months, property firm Wheelock Properties and Norwegian shipyard Vard Holdings were subject to privatization offers that involved seemingly confusing and possibly contradictory advice from their respective Independent Financial Advisers...
Read MoreCommentary: Harmony needed to achieve best results at AGMs
October 23, 2018First published in Business Times on 23 October 2018 It is key for all parties to understand their roles and observe basic tenets of respect, courtesy and tolerance. FOR shareholders of listed companies, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) offers a once-a-year opportunity...
Read MoreCommentary: Where is Hyflux now?
October 5, 2018First published in Business Times on 5 October 2018 IN June, the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (SIAS) appealed to stakeholders of troubled water treatment firm Hyflux to give the company the time it needs to try and get its affairs...
Read MoreCommentary: Saving Hyflux – stakeholders, patience is vital now
June 18, 2018First published in Business Times on 18 Jun 2018 WHEN any listed company, let alone one as prominent as water treatment specialists Hyflux, runs into financial problems and applies for court protection,...
Read MoreCommentary: How to bring the retail investor back?
May 14, 2018First published in Straits Times on 14 May 2018 It is disappointing to read that only 10 per cent of Singapore retail investors believe their investment adviser or firm always puts their...
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