Doing away with SGX watch list may help the firms focus more on the long term: market watchers
As investors become more sophisticated, the onus remains on them to conduct their own due diligence before investing
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[SINGAPORE] The proposed removal of Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) financial watch list could benefit companies by allowing them to focus on business growth without the burden of public stigma.
“This shift moves away from ‘name and shame’ and encourages a more constructive environment for corporate recovery and transformation,” Yap Wee Kee, partner of the capital markets group at professional services firm KPMG in Singapore, told The Business Times.
Such regulatory measures are expected to steer Singapore more decisively towards a disclosure-based regime. They form part of a broader set of recommendations aimed at revitalising the local market, which were announced by the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Equities Market Review Group in February 2025.
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