Leon Lim was quoted in The Business Times by Ranamita Chakraborty. In this 2025 market outlook piece (p. 1 and 2), Leon was quoted noting how the slowdown in delistings on the local bourse (compared to 2023) contrasts with global trends, with some markets reporting a surge in privatisations, but that he foresees privatisations in 2025 to continue at around the same pace as last year.

He added that this will be driven by the ability of companies to raise funding by other methods as interest rates fall and bank borrowing becomes cheaper, making equity fundraising on the exchange less attractive should companies be able to meet their capital needs through other channels.

Leon also highlighted that the ongoing equities market review by MAS seeking to address some of the issues surrounding the low liquidity, low valuation environment may also push companies to delist.