Press Release

SIAS Becomes a Charity

SIAS is pleased to announce that as of today, SIAS is registered as a Charity under the Charities Act. SIAS will proceed now with its application to become an institution of public character (IPC) to facilitate funding of SIAS programmes...

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Investors’ concerns regarding minimum trading price (MTP)

SIAS refers to the article published in Business Times on May 6 2015, Minimum trading price (MTP) seen working against share issuers, investors. SIAS understands why SGX wishes to implement a MTP on the Mainboard as low-priced securities may be more...

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Easier access to ETFs for retail investors

SIAS welcomes the move by MAS to provide retail investors with easier access to investment funds, like exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Reclassifying funds that are relatively less complex and make limited use of derivatives as Excluded Investment Products (EIPs) mean that...

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Meeting with Noble Group Representatives on 21 April 2015 by SIAS

I met with of Nobel group representative this morning at my office to seek clarification on whether Noble’s Chairman did repeatedly dodge shareholders’ queries on the groups’ accounting practices. It was their view that the Chairman answered all the questions...

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The Securities Investors Association (Singapore) Joins Protiviti-SAC COSO Academy As Strategic Partner

Singapore, 20 April 2015 – The Protiviti-SAC COSO Academy (“COSO Academy”) wishes to announce that the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (“SIAS”) has joined as a Strategic Partner. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by Mr Uantchern Loh, Chief Executive...

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Conduct of Annual General Meetings

Minority shareholders attending Noble Groups Annual General Meeting (AGM) were disappointed with the Chairman, Richard Elman’s handling of questions. SIAS has received feedback that the Chairman was unnecessarily defensive ’in denial mode’ as quoted in The Business...

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SIAS encourages watch-list companies to open up

SIAS notes that there are currently 36 companies on the SGX watch-list. It is our experience that not all retail investors seem to understand the significance of a company being put under it. They are not paying sufficient or any...

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SIAS encourages watch-list companies to open up

SIAS notes that there are currently 36 companies on the SGX watch-list. It is our experience that not all retail investors seem to understand the significance of a company being put under it. They are not paying sufficient or any...

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New Governance Rating For SGX Listed Small & Medium Enterprises

GEMS Scorecard | GEMS Findings | Top 10% Ranking Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of less than S$500 million represent about 80% of the companies listed on SGX. They, therefore, constitute an important part...

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Press Statement – Kudos to the Singapore Government for introducing Singapore Savings Bonds

Many Singaporeans are keeping their savings in fixed deposits. Whilst it gives them peace of mind as their principle is guaranteed, it gives them very low returns. In addition, the local banks have high cash balances and, therefore, have little...

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