SINGAPORE (Nov 26): On a Saturday afternoon in 2015, I returned a telephone call to an individual at a public relations firm who had tried to reach me earlier in the day. He was acting for Noble Group, and intimated that he had called me as part of an effort to head off imminent legal action relate...

SINGAPORE (Nov 5): For more than two years, ISR Capital has attracted intense scrutiny from regulators and unflattering media headlines in its bid to acquire a stake in a rare-earth mining asset in Madagascar. Following the go-ahead from the Singapore Exchange, the deal was approved unanimously by ...

SINGAPORE (Oct 30): After two years fraught with controversy, ISR Capital has finally received the shareholder approval to acquire a rare earth mining asset in Madagascar for $3 million. The deal is worth less than a tenth of the $40 million figure first mooted in 2016. At an extraordinary general ...

SINGAPORE (Oct 15): After much twists and turns in a long-running saga, ISR Capital announced this morning it will convene an EGM on Oct 30 to seek shareholder approval for the acquisition of the rare earth mining concession in Madagascar. ISR Capital wants a 60% controlling stake in Tantalum Holdin...

SINGAPORE (Oct 9): Innopac Holdings, one of the companies tainted by its involvement with the penny stock crash of Oct 2013, is likely to see a new group of shareholders taking control. At the same time, the company plans to cast away a clutch of subsidiaries that owe money to creditor Saxo Bank. Jo...

SINGAPORE (Oct 8): Teo Hee Huat, an investor who has tracked many mid- and small-cap stocks over the last three decades, has endured his fair share of setbacks in the market. But he had a surprisingly positive experience with Blumont Corp. See: Outspoken investors beware Teo says he spent some $15,0...

SINGAPORE (Oct 5): It is now known that shares in all three companies involved in the penny stock crash of 2013 -- Blumont Group, LionGold Corp and Asiasons Capital (now known as Attilan Group) -- had probably been manipulated before they collapsed. According to the authorities, the mastermind of th...