New SGX listings in 2018 may curb hollowing out from delistings
2017 saw S$12b of delistings with new listings adding only S$8.7b in market value; China acquisitions likely to continue to drive privatisations
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THE stock market rally during the latter half of 2017 has propelled the Singapore Exchange (SGX) into the "trillion-dollar club", but more consolidation is expected with China companies still hungry for mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
While delistings may be normal in capital markets, their extent is worrisome in Singapore, where more than S$12 billion in market value was erased in 2017 as a result of listed securities losing their listing status. The figure is almost 40 per cent higher than the S$8.7 billion in market value generated by newly-listed companies in the same period.
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