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Because of Pan-El, regulation here changed, corporate governance stopped being a joke and senior people cooperated with each other.

From September, the Straits Times Index (STI) constituents must be more actively traded to be part of the benchmark.

Are companies allowed to post positive research reports - whether paid or independent - about themselves on the SGX website?

Maybe it’s only me, but I’m not entirely comfortable with YuuZoo posting a positive research report about itself on SGX, especially when it paid for the research in the first place.

George is a private entrepreneur from the mainland. He has listed his business in Hong Kong. The first thing he does on listing here is not improving his business, but pushing up the price of the stock.

The volatility illustrates the need for regulators to keep pace with the boom in China’s stock markets

Hundreds of technology-linked firms have set up shop, creating a thriving services hub

Singapore Exchange’s Catalist board, now populated by more than 150 companies, could get crowded as more firms seek to transfer their listing to the “junior board” to avoid the minimum trading price (MTP) rule facing mainboard companies.

Nineteen months after the penny stock collapse there are disturbing signs that history is being repeated, albeit in a not-so-spectacular fashion.

Retail participation in the Singapore market has fallen in the last 18 months, but it is also less speculative today, a senior executive at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) suggested on Friday.

Even though it has been more than a year since the Singapore Exchange (SGX) proposed the introduction of a minimum trading price (MTP) of S$0.20 for stocks to remain listed on the mainboard, and even after dozens of companies have already embarked on share consolidations so as to satisfy the MTP which kicks in next March, there is still opposition (see, for example, "Minimum trading price seen working against share issuers, investors", BT May 6).

Changes proposed for govt to step back in cases involving institutional creditors

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) urgently needs to review its key criteria for companies to consolidate their shares.  It also needs to approve the ratios used for share consolidation and ensure no minority oppression is taking place.

If you are afraid, you’ve already lost. That’s George’s take away from the recent rally in Chinese stocks.

Meeting the requirement may turn out to be distracting and costly for firms, and may result in odd lots for retail investors