Hock Lock Siew

Success of Temasek’s Singapore portfolio companies helps rather than hurts local entrepreneurs

Singapore-listed Reits have underperformed blue-chip stocks by 29 percentage points so far this year

The bourse operator itself, meanwhile, is thriving

Strong office property fundamentals and asset sales may boost its sagging units

An arrangement like what SMRT has with the government could put the postal service provider on firmer footing

Many reports fall short of providing the very decision-useful information that investors need

The challenge then is to work out how to cut needless friction in the system without weakening safeguards

The lessons from the Republic’s previous experiment with blank-cheque companies still hold

Bland, generic statements are a wasted opportunity to engage investors craving granular and credible guidance; trust investors to forgive unforeseen outcomes