Hmm maybe they have plans to cash out of SPH?
Here's my theory (however crazy it is), GIC and Temasek are doing very very badly and losing a lot of money. Their "reserves" are actually dwindling.
Singapore desperately needs to raise cash to help prop the SGD$ through MAS.
In order to raise cash, they are selling off the GLCs. As I have alluded to in previous articles, most of the GLCs that are profitable now make money domestically. It is not foreign influx of capital. Hence only by selling away these entities can they get surplus in the foreign capital exchange.
This Ng bloke has got good experience in presenting a GLC as a money losing entity to the public but behind closed doors shows that there is money to be made. Hence the GLC can be sold for $$.
SPH is the next GLC to be sold.
Here's my theory (however crazy it is), GIC and Temasek are doing very very badly and losing a lot of money. Their "reserves" are actually dwindling.
Singapore desperately needs to raise cash to help prop the SGD$ through MAS.
In order to raise cash, they are selling off the GLCs. As I have alluded to in previous articles, most of the GLCs that are profitable now make money domestically. It is not foreign influx of capital. Hence only by selling away these entities can they get surplus in the foreign capital exchange.
This Ng bloke has got good experience in presenting a GLC as a money losing entity to the public but behind closed doors shows that there is money to be made. Hence the GLC can be sold for $$.
SPH is the next GLC to be sold.