TR EMERITUS

[Note: This post was originally published here back in May 2009.] A common line of thought which often accompanies the defense of Singapore's SWFs (Temasek Holdings and GIC Singapore) is that they are better investors than the common folk, that if we left Singaporeans to manage their own savings they'll turn in meagre returns... 

Canadian media reported Panama mining law change hit Inmet shares. Temasek Holding is reported to have agreed to a US$500 million placement offered by Inmet Mining in April 2010. Subsequent to that, Inmet Mining signed a merger Agreement in January 2011 with another Canadian mining house, Lundin Mining.   http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=118397&sn=Detail&pid=92730 Inmet... 

On  Monday, it was revealed in Parliament by Opposition MP Low Thia Kiang that manpower expenditure for our political appointment holders saw a 30% increase from an initial estimate of $58.3million to a revised $75.7million for FY2010. In fact, total salary bill saw a 49% increase from the actual $50.8million for FY2009. The...