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Investors must take risks on young S’pore companies for future economy to thrive: SGX chairman

Investor support today will build a pipeline of firms in which the next generation of Singaporeans can invest, said Koh Boon Hwee.

Singapore's economy will flourish as local investors venture into young, emerging companies and unconventional business models, even if some fail or remain loss-making for years. This support will establish a pipeline of companies for the next generation of Singaporeans to invest in, bolstering the local stock market's self-sufficiency and resilience, according to SGX chairman Koh Boon Hwee in his annual letter.

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