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Where's the liquidity?

Frankie Ho
Frankie Ho • 14 min read
Where's the liquidity?
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Boosting trading liquidity in Singapore’s stock market remains very much a work in progress. Market makers and liquidity providers concede that their hands are tied. What more can be done?

If James Leong had his way, buying and selling shares in Singapore would be much cheaper than what it is now, more companies listed here would have larger free floats, and legitimate market making would be customary across the bourse.

If these were all in place, and with more measures slated to be unveiled in the months ahead by a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) taskforce set up to help revive the stock market, trading liquidity on the local bourse should improve, he believes. 

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