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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...

SGX listing criteria


This is an article that appeared on the Business Times today on the things to consider before launching that IPO. Since this is a blog on Singapore IPOs, might as well post it here since not much IPOs to write about these days. kekeke. As you can see, to list on the Mainboard of Singapore, you need to have cumulative (1) pre-tax profits of S$7.5m over the last 3 years with at least a S$1m profit in each of the 3 years OR (2) Cumulative S$10m profits for the latest 1 or 2 years OR (3) market cap of at least S$80 million. As for listing on Catalist, just find a sponsor will do, like what that Artivision has done...

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