Ben Paul

Investors are more excited about earnings momentum and growth prospects than defensive capital management initiatives

Any aspiring Catalist issuer – whether new or transferring – must have a credible and viable growth strategy: SGX RegCo

Rising bond yields may reach a tipping point that chokes off growth and deflates richly priced blue chips

Firms seeking to be priced on their potential must adopt a culture of transparency and meaningful engagement

It should focus on ensuring its portfolio pivot boosts its DPS instead of wading into a potentially contentious overhaul

Dividend yields have compressed but they are still attractive

Strong office property fundamentals and asset sales may boost its sagging units

MAS and SGX should seek to make responsible shareholder activism more culturally acceptable in the local market

It would then be up to their boards to achieve the objective in a manner that respects minorities, and put accountable managers in place

Singapore-listed companies should be pushed to become globally relevant in the same manner that the banks were encouraged to merge