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If 2024 was a memorable year for the stock market, 2025 seems to be more “daunting” due to the unpredictable policies that may be imposed by the new US government.
In 2024, the Singapore market grew by 16.9%, marking a 17-year high and coming in just 1.6% shy of the all-time high achieved in October 2007.
“If you prefer, the market did nothing after 17 years,” notes Paul Chew, head of research at PhillipCapital, adding that average returns stood at around 4.5% per annum, including dividends.
The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is likely to benefit several sectors from both sides of the Causeway, say analysts. As touted by the governments, the JS-SEZ zone offers a “wide range of opportunities”, such as competitive costs of doing business, strong government support and pro-business policies and incentives.
The joint agreement was officially signed by the prime ministers from both countries, Lawrence Wong and Anwar Ibrahim, on Jan 8.
Maybank Securities analyst Krishna Guha has initiated a “buy” call on Parkway Life REIT, Asia’s largest healthcare REIT, as he sees several factors going in its favour.
In his report dated Jan 8, Guha notes the REIT’s strong track record and earnings visibility, strategic growth plan and favourable cost of capital.
Since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2007, Parkway Life REIT’s distribution per unit (DPU) has grown by 134%. Its net asset value (NAV) has also grown steadily, Guha points out.
The largest shareholder of manufacturer Fu Yu Corp is calling for an EGM to remove two out of the four company directors, citing its deteriorating performance.
Victor Lim Wei De, who holds 29.45% of Fu Yu shares, states in his requisition letter that the company's earnings had dropped from $17.58 million in FY2021 to a loss of $10.11 million in FY2023. The share price has dropped from 33 cents in 2021 to 13 cents as of Jan 9.
Koh Yew Choo, one of Advanced Systems Automation 5ty’s substantial shareholders, made three transactions from Dec 31, 2024, to Jan 7.
On Dec 31, 2024, Koh bought 5.96 million shares from the market for $72,572.42 or 1.22 cents apiece, bringing her stake in the company to 12.11% from 11.75%.
On Jan 6, Koh sold 3 million shares to the market for $42,000 or 1.4 cents each, paring her stake to 11.99% from 12.17% before.
King Wan Corporation has secured new mechanical and electrical (M&E) contracts worth $43.7 million during the period between October 2024 to December 2024.
The group will conduct sanitary, plumbing and gas installation works for the 552-unit Pine Grove and the 477-unit Lentor Central condominium developments. It will also supply and install air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation works for the proposed civic & community institution development at Upper Bukit Timah Road/Pei Wah Avenue as well as the proposed single user industrial development at Jurong Port Road.
