‘If the FIRB Doesn’t Kill It, We Will’

The FIRB is nothing more than a fig-leaf for political decisions that have already been made:

A senior source told the Herald that the government’s disposition was to reject the [SGX-ASX] merger, despite what the board recommended. ‘‘If [the board] doesn’t kill it, we will.’‘

posted on 19 March 2011 by skirchner in Economics, Financial Markets, Foreign Investment, Rule of Law

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