Category Archives for Investing
MAS and SGX Propose Measures to Strengthen the Securities Market
Following the penny stock fiasco last year, MAS and SGX has proposed some measures to enhance orderly trading and transparency. The consultation paper can be found here: Review of Securities Market Structure and Practices Some key proposed changes include: Requiring customers to post a collateral of 5% on open positions by the end of the […]
Singapore Property Market Outlook 2014
Yesterday, I was at an informal tea session with Steve Melhuish, CEO and co-founder of Property Guru, with a few other people. The session was organized by his PR company, The Public Relations Company. During the session, we had a candid discussion about the business of Property Guru as well as the property market (what […]
Do You Have Unclaimed Shares and Dividends?
From time to time, some people who invest in shares may forget to deposit their dividend cheques. Actually, “some people” is an understatement. More than 89,000 investors are actually owned a total of $68.3 million in unclaimed shares and dividends, and SGX is trying to locate them now. These unclaimed assets comprise of two main […]
F&N Bonds Early Redemption or Default
It used to be that investing in bonds is a pretty straight forward process. You buy a bond, collect coupons every year, and the bond gets redeemed when it matures. This happens as long as the company does not go bankrupt and default on their bonds. Recent developments in F&N have their bondholders up in […]
Three Golden Rules in Shares Investing
This is a follow-up article on my previous post, The Penny Stocks Debacle in Singapore. Obviously, when it comes to stock investing, there are many techniques and rules that a person can adopt. I’m not going to go into too much details here but here are my three quick golden rules on investing that you […]