For those who may wish to stag on the latest IPO coming from companies like Ziwo Holdings (”We Are Different!”), may want to consider the BT article: “New listings face up to harsh realities”More initial public offerings (IPO) are on their way to charm the stockmarket, but they may get the cold shoulder from investors ...

This is probably one of the clearest explanations available out there – better than Zeitgeist, in fact – on the origins of the fractional banking system, why you should always let your babies grow up to be bankers, and why you – the consumer – will always be a slave to DBS, UOB and OCBC.i.e. ...

The language is turning nastier. Apparently, the sovereign debt crisis which started in Greece (how much do you need, by the way? 120 billion Euros??) is now an ‘Ebola’ contagion that threatens both good and bad. Doesn’t matter if you’re a high-living Grecian crack abusing addict who runs over puppies with your Ferrari, or a ...

Notwithstanding the global equities top being called, and the Stuyvesant Town flip that’s turning Titanic, the ‘long-term investors’ at GIC and Temasek are now planning to sink a total of US$100 million of our HDB money into China property through Longfor Properties Co.From WSJ “Temasek, GIC buy Longfor Shares”:Singapore state-owned investment …

Surprise, surprise. SPH announces a 12% drop in topline print revenues, but realizes that it can make up for the slack with residential property development. Which now means that SPH will be joining the ranks of Aztech and Popular as property speculators, given the crappy state of their core businesses.Here’s what JPM thinks of SPH’s ...

Courtesy of NY Mag:T Minus Four Months Until Stuyvesant Town DefaultsThis morning, The Wall Street Journal reports what people have been saying for a while now: that the investment group headed by BlackRock and developers Tishman Speyer that bought Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in 2006 for $5.4 billion is going to run out ...

The man who predicted 2007 back in 2005 is back with some more doom and gloom. Not surprisingly, his view centers around the massive USD carry trade that’s fueling speculation in all sorts of risky assets, and the bubble it creates.Dr. Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics and international business at the Stern School of Business ...

Wow. The same guys who “regulate” at SGX must the same guys who worked all of 5 minutes on this press release to BT, in response to SGX’s Relax One Corner attitude towards regulation.Here’s what SGX has to say:WE refer to the Hock Lock Siew column, ‘When in doubt, regulators should query?’ by Jamie Lee ...

From SCMP today “Mainland defaulters sting small investors”. For readers who want more details of the sad and sordid screwjobs conducted by Chinese triads businessmen on Singaporean savings, you may refer to this.China may boast dazzling economic growth but that has failed to translate into profits for some bond holders and thousands of small investors ...

SGX’s head of risk management explains her approach toward market regulation: press ‘print’ for a mail merge document, and spend the rest of the day (at SIAS events and Yakun outlets) complaining why her job is so damn hard.From BT “SGX: Public rap for misconduct is enough”IT is enough at this point for the Singapore ...