Capturing Growth in 2025:
Strengthening Investability for Scaling
Mar 2025
Businesses are bracing for shifts in international trade and increased uncertainty in growth.
The question for enterprises is: How can I increase my investability so that I remain competitive, and continue scaling?
Singapore leads the way on FDI inflows in Southeast Asia, one of the fastest growing regions globally. This scenario and how fast-growing Singapore enterprises can capitalise on the region is expressed in this year’s Singapore budget.
The 2025 Singapore Budget celebrates three main regional value creation initiatives for the Singapore enterprise:
- A new $1 billion Private Credit Growth Fund
- Enhanced Enterprise Financing Scheme
- Enhanced Market Readiness Assistance Grant
The good half of the event was a meaningful discussion with 40 leading Singapore enterprise CEOs, on drivers of enterprise investability and, the success of which, how Southeast Asia can become a greater playbook for each one of them.
Our Director, Jaslene Pang, explicated the economic outlook and what the Singapore Budget means for Singapore enterprises in regional expansionary terms. Ms Pang opined that given concerns about the impact of trade tensions, Southeast Asia remains an attractive option. As such, the imperative is for business leaders to exercise strategic market/s selection.
However, expansionary efforts cannot materialise without capital. Here, our Managing Partner, Dr. Wilson Chew opined that it is important for all companies to be investable, regardless of their investment ambitions. Dr. Chew also delved deep into the key factors which drive enterprise investment attraction and the measurable steps a company may take through a strategy review.
