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Singapore IPOs: Why I No Longer Cover Every Listing

Some readers may have noticed that I have not been writing about every Singapore IPO since last year. The simple reason is that life has become busier. Between my day job, an increasingly packed travel schedule, family commitments and desire to play more golf, I have become much more selective about how I spend my time.  Writing detailed IPO reviews takes time — reading prospectuses, analysing financials, comparing valuations and understanding the competitive landscape. While I still enjoy investing and writing, I no longer feel the need to cover every IPO that comes to market. Instead, going forward, I will probably focus only on IPOs where I am seriously considering investing my own money or where there is something particularly interesting that is worth discussing. I suspect this will make the blog more useful as well. Rather than writing about every deal, I can spend more time sharing my thoughts on the handful that I believe deserve attention. That bring...

A test of investors' will?

It is amazing that HL Bank is launching its 2nd IPO of June, Combine Will International Limited. Frankly, the English name of this company really sounded like one that is 'bought off-the-shelf' and is really 'testing' the will of the market.

The performance of the recent IPOs have been lacklustre and i will not be surprised if Combine Will trades below water post its IPO. On another IPO, I was informed by my DBS broker that it is no longer underwriting for China Fibertech and i wont be allocated the IPO shares and i heaved a sign of relief.

Let me do a write up on Combine Will when i managed to hold of that hard copy prospectus... (too lazy to read the online version...)

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