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How to reach the millennial investor
“If you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” A particularly apt aphorism when it comes to brokerages that, recognising the ever-growing potential of the millennial market, are determined to tap it. Millennials make up 22% of Singapore’s total population — that’s 1.2
Hot Investment Profile: City Developments Limited
Stock Code: C09 / Stock Price: 8.140 Singapore’s second-largest property developer and stock market star performer, City Developments Limited (CDL) was one of last week’s top gainers on the SGX. As “Singapore’s Property Pioneers since 1963”, CDL has built more than 36,000 residences. The company is
Sophisticated Investor Profile: Lim Ah Hock
Spiking has found support for its innovative technology not just from other industries but also overseas. Spiking shareholder, Mr Lim Ah Hock is the founder and executive chairman of leading Malaysian power company, PESTECH International Berhad. After successfully leading PESTECH’s regional expansion, Mr Lim knows how a company can
Meet Stock Market-Savvy Millennials
Buying or selling shares at the stock market isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when speaking of the current generation. Yet the number of millennials looking to the stock market to build up their savings continues to move up. The proliferation of trading apps and websites
Spiking Sets the Stage For Online Trade
Remember the good, old days when investors had to hit the road and head for their stock broker’s whenever they wanted to buy or sell? Nowadays, most of them simply hit “enter”. Like a host of other financial services, from bank transactions to due diligence, stockbroking has long since
Hot Investment Profile: M1 Limited
Stock Code: B2F / Stock Price: 2.580 One of Singapore’s top telecommunications companies, M1 Limited was one of last week’s top gainers on the Singapore Exchange. Formerly known as MobileOne Limited, the company has the distinction of being the first to provide 4G coverage for the entire city-state,
Sophisticated Investor Profile: Ong Chu Poh
Investors from several different industries have come to invest in Spiking as an exciting, new fintech company. Among them is the founder of the ECON Healthcare Group, Mr Ong Chu Poh. Having built up ECON into the leading nursing home operator it is today, Mr Ong knows what it takes
Spiking: The Next Wave of Fintech
As part of its objective to become the world’s first smart nation, Singapore aims to become a smart financial centre. In this smart nation, technology makes everybody’s lives easier, which includes making any transaction involving finances. By definition (of the Oxford dictionary, no less), fintech supports and enables
Are you an investment risk-taker?
Everything in life comes with a certain amount of risk, and the stock market is no different. But while many, if not most investors would prefer to avoid it when they can (because after all, money doesn’t grow on trees), some people really just prefer living on the edge.
Hot Investment Profile: Keppel Corporation
SGX Stock Code: BN4 / Stock Price: 5.330 One of Singapore’s leading investment holding and management companies, Keppel Corporation was one of last week’s top five value traded stocks on the the SGX. Coming a long way from its earliest incarnation as a ship repair yard, Keppel Corp
Sophisticated Investor Profile: Koh Boon Hwee
Referred to by Reuters as one of the most powerful players in Singapore boardrooms, Mr Koh Boon Hwee has helmed some of the country’s foremost corporations in their respective industries: Hewlett-Packard Singapore (1984)SingTel (1986)Singapore Airlines (2001)DBS Bank (2006)Far East Orchard (2013)Mr Koh has also
Getting to Know ASEAN Exchanges
Trading on the Singapore Exchange does not take place in a geographical vacuum. Indeed, having built itself up as the Asian Gateway, the SGX is well-aware of the importance of getting along with one’s neighbours. In the wake of our recent post on investing in overseas stocks, we now
