Written by Terence

If you are one of the 1.5 million yuu members in Singapore, you have Sng Ren Yeong to thank. He is the Managing Director of Temasek’s AI Strategy and Solutions. During his tenure as CEO at minden.ai, a Temasek-backed tech venture, he led the creation of the yuu rewards programme. Ren Yeong and team enlisted … Read more

Veteran journalist Ven Sreenivasan and I are kindred spirits, bonded by our shared passion for uncovering under-the-radar small caps. Even before I started out as an analyst, I relished reading his articles in The Business Times. His small-cap analyses in the Hock Lock Siew column, along with his insightful scoops on the aviation sector and … Read more

CNA began its journey in March 1999 as Channel NewsAsia, while my investment career started a few months later in December of the same year. My first appearance on Channel NewsAsia was in April 2000. It was an IPO segment on Corporate Watch, a weekly programme which was later renamed Money Mind. During the interview, … Read more

Collaborated with Nanyang Girls’ High School (NYGH) on a first-of-its-kind immersion experience, where Sec 4 girls shadowed me to gain insight into a typical day in a fund manager’s life. Since I spend most of my time out of the office meeting management, they joined me for a morning meeting at APAC Realty, the parent … Read more

Eugene Lim established The Assembly Place (TAP) in 2019. Over the span of four years, it has burgeoned into the second largest co-living operator, boasting nearly 1,800 rooms and managing assets worth S$500 million. Among its assets are properties owned by partners such as Apricot Capital and Eric Low of Oxley Holdings. Initially focused on … Read more

Huang Ban Chin and family dropped by for CNY. He is the Executive Director and COO of Best World International, the leading direct selling company listed in Singapore, specialising in skincare and lifestyle products. When Best World was first listed 20 years ago, we worked together on seminars to promote the counter to my clients. … Read more

My regular Thursday chat on MONEY FM 89.3 with finance presenter Chua Tian Tian touched on the Singapore market and Nvidia, the US$2 Trillion tech behemoth. Over the past week, I also caught up with a few friends I made from MoneyFM at my place – Michelle Martin, Michael Switow and JP Ong. I was … Read more

Plenty to discuss over coffee with MTQ’s CEO Kuah Boon Wee. But our journey didn’t start off this way. I first met Boon Wee in 2001 when he was CFO at ST Engineering (STE). I was then an analyst covering the defense conglomerate. Both he and STE CEO Tan Pheng Hock were notably tight-lipped about … Read more

I caught up with Amara CEO Albert Teo over coffee at his hotel’s Element Restaurant, a place that holds fond memories. He helped me organise my eldest child’s first birthday in the restaurant some years back. Recently, Albert teamed up with PE fund Dymon Asia to privatise Amara at an offer price of S$0.60 per … Read more

Before Joseph Schooling, there was Desmond Koh. I first met Des after he hung up his speedos 25 years back. The three-time Olympian, who once held four national records, was also a Rhodes Scholar. Since his retirement from the pool, he has been navigating the currents of finance and we were, for a brief moment … Read more