In The Edge Singapore This Week

SINGAPORE (June 30): Shares in World Class Global (WCG) were sold at 26 cents each at its recent IPO – more than twice the company’s net asset value (NAV) of 11.4 cents a share.  

SINGAPORE (June 23): Are markets headed for higher highs? Or are we headed for a major correction?

SINGAPORE (June 17): New technologies and shifting consumer behaviour are destroying the reliable returns once offered by some widely owned heavyweight stocks.

SINGAPORE (June 9): City Developments Limited (CDL) has been one of the best-performing components of The Straits Times Index this year.

SINGAPORE (June 2): Funding issues made headlines late last year and early this year as the fall in oil prices caused global oil majors to slash their exploration and production budgets.

SINGAPORE (May 26): Former Maybank Kim Eng remisier Kelvin Ang Wee Keng was the fifth person to be convicted in Singapore for offences related to a web of international transactions surrounding 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

SINGAPORE (May 26): In the past two years, embattled commodity trader Noble Group has endured a seemingly unending string of troubles. But this past week may have been its toughest yet.

SINGAPORE (May 19): The One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Forum was touted as China’s most important diplomatic event in recent years. And noticeably, Singapore did not seem to have a seat at the main table.

SINGAPORE (May 12): The Straits Times Index has been buoyed this year by increasing investor confidence, rallying by 12.8% in the year to May 9.

SINGAPORE (May 12): DBS Group Holdings, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and United Overseas Bank have been among the strongest drivers of the Straits Times Index recently. Since the beginning of the year, their stocks have rallied 20%, 17.3% and 17.3% respec