OPINION: Insomnia for state investors - Seah Chiang Nee

Malaysia Star, 19 Mar 2011
Singapore’s ambitious overseas investments have been hit by a series of crises – from the 9/11 attacks in 2001 to the 2007 global financial crisis and recession and now the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and Middle East upheavals.
AS Singaporeans’ concern mount over the safety of millions of Japanese, a small group of state investors are probably burning the midnight oil in Singapore.
These people, who manage the two sovereign state funds with assets and investments worth in excess of US$200bil (RM610bil), are likely to be poring over possible future options.
They are not only keeping watch on the nuclear drama unfolding in Japan, but also on the spreading violent upheavals in the Middle East, where the republic has high stakes. Full story