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Vibrancy of Singapore Exchange should be everyone’s concern

Healthy stock markets create wealth that, if poured back into the capital markets, will keep the virtuous circle going

Joan Ng
Published Thu, May 16, 2024 · 05:00 AM
    • A liquid market is an incredible economic lubricant.
    • A liquid market is an incredible economic lubricant. PHOTO: BT FILE

    THE United States has the world’s largest and most liquid equity market, so it is only natural that the world’s largest companies aspire to list there.

    Energy giants TotalEnergies and Shell have in recent months spoken publicly about the possibility of moving their listings to the US.

    If they do, they would join a growing list of European companies in the process of moving, or that have already done so, in hopes of addressing a perceived valuation gap.

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