John Soh Chee Wen — the accused mastermind of the 2013 penny stock crash — and his co-conspirator Quah Su-Ling, were found guilty of Singapore’s most serious case of market manipulation. They have been convicted for criminal conspiracy, including false trading, pricemanipulation, deception and...

John Soh Chee Wen – the alleged mastermind of the 2013 penny stock crash – and his co-conspirator Quah Su-Ling, have been found guilty of several of the charges they were facing under three groups of criminal conspiracy including for forced trading, price manipulation and deception.“Participat...

The verdict on Singapore’s largest share manipulation case will soon be handed down. Here is a recap of the multi-year saga and the closing arguments from both sidesOn May 5, Justice Hoo Sheau Peng will deliver her verdict following the multi-year trial of John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling. The t...

Stephen Innes, chief global market strategist at AxiTrader, was not expecting gold to do well this year. The “war trade” caught many market observers by surprise. “Before the war, we were positioned to be tentatively long on gold, with the expectations that the US Federal Reserve [Fed] were on...

John Soh Chee Wen – the alleged mastermind of the 2013 penny stock crash – was back in court on Dec 3, as both the prosecution and defense counsels put forth their closing submissions to Justice Hoo Sheau Peng. This comes close to six months after the long-drawn trial – which spanned nearly 20...

China-based oil player Sinostar PEC Holdings emerged as the overall sector winner for this year’s awards. With an earnings growth at a CAGR of 32.5% over the three years in consideration, the company has been named the winner of this category as well. In FY2020 ended last December, Sinostar PEC ...

Q: Why can’t I make money in the Singapore market? A: Well, you can also lose money in 2021 punting GameStop, Chine techs and even Tesla. Every so often, our local media features success stories of some unnamed investor making quick bucks in the US, Hong Kong, or from some kind of sexy foreign inv...

Singapore’s largest market manipulation case linked to John Soh and the crash of three penny stocks in 2013 is nearing a close. We relive the saga The trial of John Soh Chee Wen which was linked to the October 2013 penny stock crash has to be one for the books. The case has been described asthe la...

A vendor can sometimes turn out to be an investment opportunity — even if it is just a minority stake. That has certainly been the case for the Thakral family, which controls Thakral Corp, an investment holding company with properties in Australia, Japan and Singapore, among other interests. On Ma...

Picture of John Soh: Samuel Issac Chua/The Edge Singapore John Soh Chee Wen — the alleged mastermind of the 2013 penny stock crash — having heard the testimonies and accounts made in court, is of the view that everyone involved in the saga had been making money through their trading activities �...