Note: This article was first posted on 15 January 2022 at 11.21 am. It was updated on 16 January 2022 at 7.35 am to add a paragraph at the end of the section “Convoluted response” which is highlighted in bold. __________________________________ On 14 January 2022, Econ Healthcare responded to SGX queries about its share trading debacle, together with a press statement. The response is confusing... Source

The Straits Times Index rose every day, adding 76 points or 2.4% at 3,281.97 The main push on the index came from the three banks Also helping was a relatively firm Wall St where inflation worries lingered UOB to buy Citi’s 4 Asean assets for almost S$5b AEM, IFast, Econ Healthcare were among the stocks in focus Singapore is in a “sweet spot’’: Maybank Banks provided the main push for STI to rise every day last week The three banks were in focus during a week in which rising inflation and comments by US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell about the state of the US economy provided the backdrop. Overall sentiment was firm, but an air of caution could be detected, which is understandable, given that interest rates are expected to rise, possibly as early as March. As always, direct

Note: This article was first posted at about 2.20 pm on 13 January and has been updated at 7.00 pm the same day to reflect the “disclosure of interest” statements actually included in the company’s announcements, which are different from that specified under SGX Rules. It was further updated on 14 January at 7.15 am to amend my comment on the “disclosure of interest” statement in the Company’s... Source

Despite the delisting wave, many companies have stepped up and list on the Singapore Exchange. In particular, the Catalist Board has seen a flurry of new listings, which is good news for the secondary board, as there has been a lack of new listings in recent years. With that, we will be looking into these 5 Catalist Companies, which are: OTS Holdings Limited (SGX: OTS) Econ Healthcare (Asia) Limited (SGX: EHG) Aedge Group Limited (SGX: XVG) Singapore Paincare Holdings Limited (SGX: FRQ) Southern Alliance Mining Limited (SGX: QNS).