A glimmer of hope despite local market's problems
The dearth of mainboard initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) continues to be a source of hand-wringing, along with the potential delistings of notable names.
While part of the problem is a cyclical downturn, some perennial issues remain bugbears. The first issue is that there are simply not that many quality companies eligible or interested to list on SGX, especially in a regional downturn caused by a structurally slowing China.
An IPO should be a source of pride, the culmination of the blood, sweat and tears of entrepreneurs who have laboured long to grow a firm that they believed in, t…
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