The Business Times
Ben Paul

Ben Paul

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

Ben Paul joined The Business Times in 2020, after nearly three decades of covering financial markets as an analyst and journalist. He writes and produces the BT’s Mark To Market column and podcast.

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Five Next 50 stocks have chalked up triple-digit percentage gains this year: Hong Leong Asia, Yangzijiang Financial, Propnex, Food Empire, and Pan-United Corp
MARK TO MARKET

Institutional investors will have key role to play if the run in smaller-cap stocks is to continue

Keppel Reit has raised S$113 million through a placement of nearly 115 million new units priced at S$0.983 each to part fund its latest acquisition
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Is Keppel Reit’s deal Down Under a good move?

The recent crop Catalist listings – including MetaOptics, Lum Chang Creations and Dezign Format Group – have performed well; but the performance of recent listings on the mainboard have been less impressive
MARK TO MARKET

Singapore gets noticed as IPO activity rises

Centurion Accommodation Reit ended its first trading day at S$0.96, nearly 9.1 per cent above its IPO price of S$0.88
MARK TO MARKET

Strong debut for Centurion Accommodation is only half the story unfolding in the S-Reit space

Against a bullish backdrop this year, the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Indices have returned more than 24 per cent while the STI returned 18.6 per cent
MARK TO MARKET

Closer alignment of interests between independent directors and minorities key to driving ‘Next 50’ stocks higher

Deputy MAS chairman Chee Hong Tat called on corporate boards last week to do more to deliver shareholder value, and communicate better with investors
MARK TO MARKET

From defence to dividends: The best performing STI components are riding big global currents

The price of gold has surged to record highs this week of more than US$3,600 per ounce.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Will CNMC Goldmine continue to shine? 

Neither CapitaLand nor Mapletree have hinted at a possible merger, but Temasek’s recently announced organisational revamp suggests it will take a more active approach to managing its Singapore-based portfolio companies
MARK TO MARKET

What would a CapitaLand-Mapletree merger mean for S-Reits in their respective stables?

Temasek’s annual reviews for FY2004 and FY2005 provided TSRs for the preceding one-year, two-year, three-year and five-year periods
MARK TO MARKET

Temasek revamp makes sense given the varied capabilities needed to manage growing portfolio 

Just before its earnings report, ST Engineering’s price-to-earnings ratio had been stretched to 32 times, while its dividend yield had compressed to less than 2 per cent
MARK TO MARKET

Are sell-offs at Sembcorp, ST Engineering and SIA after their earnings reports a harbinger of doom?

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