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...





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But how did you get 40 lots ? Unless you applied twice which is not allowed , or you have 2 accounts ???
But it's true that for that band, the chance of a successful ballot is highest
How to trade below ipo price? Just not possible.
There is not a single pre-ipo investor. Apart from the owner, Mapletree investment, the rest were all placed or balloted the shares with 0.93.
Unless, there are VERY VERY POWERFUL SHORTISTS, no way that the share price could go below ipo price of 0.93.
All the placecees who did not get enough will rush in to buy ...
http://madstranger.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-read-ipo-balloting-ratio-table.html?m=1
Any target price if not sold yet ???
So you not holding it for the yield? What would be a ridiculous implied valuation?
Sold partially and still holding. :) no target, just ride it until the implied valuation is ridiculous.
8 March 2013 12:54
Hi , the price has been hovering around 1.05 for quite sometime.
Are you still holding or have liquidated all your shares ???