TR EMERITUS

Singapore's reign as the premier destination for initial public offerings in South-east Asia has come to an end. Its exchange had the smallest haul of new share sales among the region's four largest stock markets in 2015. Listings this year on South-east Asia's biggest bourse have totalled US$34 million (S$45.9 milion), lagging... 

Today, as we mull over our Singaporean identity and the rights and responsibilities attached to it, the words of a ST editor, written in 1996, are worth quoting at length: "… if we agree with the Prime Minister that Singapore is not just a marketplace but also Our Home and Extended Family, then being a born-in-Singapore Singaporean... 

(This post is on the CPF. It contains sarcasm. Read at your own risk.) Just realised that the returns on many pension funds in the world fell last year. But even then, they fell to 4% or 5%. Still, some of the returns remained high. For example, India's EPF earned 8.75% while Malaysia's EPF earned 6.4%. Some pension fund...