Category Archives for Investing
Feedback to Review of Securities Market Structure and Practices
This is the feedback that I submitted for the the public consultation : Review of Securities Market Structure and Practices Question 1: MAS and SGX seek views on: (i) the proposed concept of a minimum trading price as a continuing listing requirement for issuers listed on the Mainboard. The minimal trading price proposal is unnecessary and […]
Alignment of Names of Shares in Trading Counter and CDP
Starting from today, SGX will standardise how shares of listed companies are identified on their trading counters and on investors’ Central Depository (CDP) statements. This will make it easier for investors to recognise the names of the companies they are invested in. This initiative only affects ordinary shares. Both the company’s stock code and legal […]
EcoHouse Investors Stranded
EcoHouse is a company that offers real estate investment opportunities in Brazil. One of their investment projects offered a 20% return for a one year duration. A couple of days ago, there was an article in the Business Times which reported that investors who invested in the EcoHouse scheme were still waiting for their money […]
New Order Types on SGX
Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be enhancing the types of orders for the stock market from 31 March 2014. This is a good catch-up by SGX as some of these orders are already commonly available on the exchanges of other more developed markets. The enhancements will offer investors more flexibility and convenience in their trading. The […]
Soaring Land Prices Suicidal for Developers
An article that I recently read carried this headline “Soaring Land Prices ‘suicidal’ for Land Developers”. The headline was attributed to Kwek Leng Beng, who said last year that our skyrocketing land prices and restrictive rules (e.g. all new homes must be sold within two years of construction) made buying residential land in Singapore “suicidal”. […]