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CEO exit seen perfect time for Singapore bourse to lose regulatory role

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) may have just begun its search for a new CEO but investors and brokers already know what change they want to see: the bourse stripped of its regulatory powers and a rebuilding of its stock market business. Reuters

SGX answers the shrill voice of remisiers

The Singapore stock market is continuously evolving, and all its stakeholders need to adapt to survive and thrive.

Noble says Iceberg author a former staff; group posts US$240m Q4 loss

Noble Group has fingered a former employee as the person behind Iceberg Research, as it reported on Thursday its first quarterly loss in three years due to a heavy impairment charge on an associate.

Swee Hong gets order against proceedings

New SGX CEO must accommodate all stakeholders

When a sample of brokers, investors and newsroom colleagues were asked for their opinions on what the next chief executive officer of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) should do, these were their varied responses - he or she should dismantle the existing self-regulatory commercial model, raise the quality bar for listing, bring back the lunch break, attract more big name IPOs, ban computerised, algorithmic as well as high-frequency trading, try not to over-regulate the market, introduce more interesting products that investors want to trade and ensure that investigations into possible wrongdoings are completed promptly so that investors aren’t kept in the dark for years on end.

Noble slump fails to draw short sellers after Iceberg report

Noble Group Ltd is getting a vote of confidence from an unlikely source: short sellers.

Magnus Bocker not renewing contract; exit set for end-June

The Swede is leaving amid widespread unhappiness over a moribund stock market; SGX mounts search for replacement CEO