Softbank – The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS)

Why Temasek? As a Vehicle to Allow the Lees to Secretly Extract Money?

Temasek’s results were announced on 9 July and they were not a pretty picture. While the Board claimed a 1.5% return for the year to 31 March 2019 this was […]

kjeyaretnam July 17, 2019 5 Comments

While Norway insists on transparency, our Familee-managed SWFs prefer the fishing in muddy waters

Yesterday the Financial Times reported that Norway’s Finance Ministry had forbidden its sovereign wealth fund (SWF) from investing in private equity. In the article the Norwegian Finance Minister said that “Private […]

CCS only took an interest in the Uber-Grab merger after I said that it should be stopped

On March 28 Uber announced it had sold its operations in South-East Asia to rival Grab in return for a 27% stake in Grab. This has been followed by an […]

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Why Temasek? As a Vehicle to Allow the Lees to Secretly Extract Money?

While Norway insists on transparency, our Familee-managed SWFs prefer the fishing in muddy waters

CCS only took an interest in the Uber-Grab merger after I said that it should be stopped