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Quarterly reports, beginning with the first one this week, will cover alerts triggered by suspicious trading activity

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will push out more data linked to possible market misconduct to brokerages in a bid to detect and stop market rigging, it said on Wednesday.

Small and underperforming public companies are more likely to become acquisition targets, while the reverse is true for private companies, a study has found.

Chasing higher returns in a slowing economy, Chinese investors could soon dominate Hong Kong's stock market, likely redefining how shares, especially small-caps, are traded and priced there.

Business development managers at Chinese state-owned firms have been put on notice: mess up on M&A deals and you can be held personally liable - for life.

Ezra Holdings Ltd is leading a rebound among Singapore oil-service providers this month, after bearish bets pushed the company's shares to all-time lows. The rally will be short-lived amid deepening financial distress in the industry, analysts say.

ISR Capital's big run has made some brokers nervous enough to impose trading restrictions on the counter. But that has not knocked the wind out of this year's best-performing stock.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) fielded a string of queries at its annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday with investors voicing concerns over salaries and the recent trading disruption.

Local brokerages Phillip Securities and OCBC Securities have joined other houses in restricting trades made on investment firm ISR Capital, as a massive rally in the counter looks at risk of reversing.

Aztech Group's co-founder, chairman and CEO, Michaeal Mun Hong Yew, announced on Tuesday (Sept 20) his offer to take the diversified electronics, marine and food company private at 42 Singapore cents a share.

Catalist-listed medical-property developer International Healthway Corporation (IHC) said before trading hours on Friday that the appointment of receivers by its two Australian bank lenders, Westpac and National Australia Bank (NAB), to IHC's three properties in Australia is a consequence of the disputed appointment of receivers by Crest Funds (Crest Receivers).

The Singapore Exchange has confirmed investigations into developments at Swiber Holdings, saying that the probe is ongoing.

Shareholders of Otto Marine have voted in support of a voluntary delisting offer by executive chairman and controlling shareholder Yaw Chee Siew.

Retail investors' rights must be protected as such shares concentrate power in select few

An industry working group could launch Singapore's first Stewardship Code by the end of the year, laying out how investors should use their powers as shareholders, according to Hans Cristoph-Hirt, co-head of Hermes Equity Ownership Services.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is going after Swiber Holdings for potential breaches to the exchange's Rule 703 pertaining to disclosure of material information.

For all the predictions about the death of coal, it's now one of the hottest commodities in the world. The resurrection may have further to run.

Should SGX allow DC companies to list here? As with many contentious areas, it depends on who you ask. Like quarterly reporting for example, ask those who have to do the actual work, namely the corporate sector, and the reply would be that it is a waste of resources, adds to share price volatility and so should be scrapped. Yet, ask shareholders and investors and the view is very different - financial updates every three months are welcome and deemed very necessary in decision-making.

Investor and sister call for EGM as International Healthway Corporation seeks legal advice

Marvellous Glory Holdings, the special vehicle that is planning to make a voluntary conditional offer to acquire all the shares of mainboard-listed vegetable processor China Minzhong Food Corporation (CMZ) at S$1.20 apiece, has unveiled two pre-conditions that must be satisfied for the offer to go through.

China Environment, which manufactures air pollution control and treatment systems in China, said on Tuesday that the group's current assets are greater than its current liabilities after taking in an impairment charge of 356 million yuan (S$72.3 million).

ISR Capital has announced that it will raise S$12 million by issuing 141 million new shares priced at 8.5 Singaporean cents each to four investors.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) will soon issue a surveillance handbook to brokers containing case studies involving market rigging and manipulation in an effort to educate brokers on trading activities that are allowed and those that are not.

The SGX board should also consider if DCS are the way to build a sustainable exchange

If the Singapore Exchange (SGX) wants to have dual-class shares, it will have to avoid some of the missteps by its rival in Hong Kong, but may ultimately still have to accept higher levels of governance risk in the marketplace.