BT Mark to Market: Hotel Properties: Should investors check in? (Ep 35)
Is HPL being run in a manner that will cause its share price to eventually reflect the value of its Orchard Road properties? Senior correspondent Ben Paul explains.
Hotel Properties Limited has been buffeted recently by news of the redevelopment of its Orchard Road assets, and a corruption investigation involving its major shareholder and managing director Ong Beng Seng. What does it all mean for its shares? Senior correspondent Ben Paul explores.
Synopsis: Listen to senior correspondent Ben Paul’s analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore in this podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times.
Highlights of the podcast:
01:31 Hit by corruption probe, redevelopment news
05:10 Hotels, resorts riding post-pandemic recovery
07:27 Ong Beng Seng owns slice of some properties
10:04 Risk of lowball privatisation
Written and hosted by: Ben Paul (benpaul@sph.com.sg)
Edited by: Claressa Monteiro
Produced and edited by: Janice Tan
Recording engineer: Joann Chai Pei Chieh
Produced by: BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media
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