By Emilyn Yap

JUST as Santa checks his list twice to find out who has been naughty or nice, BT has gone through news from 2009's financial torrent to sieve major events that have shaped the local market - for better or worse.

The effects of rights issues, rule changes, accounting scandals and other events will linger. So let's look through them again - unnerving as that may be - to prepare for possible developments in the coming year. After all, what better way is there to start afresh than to face up to the past? Santa would approve.

1. DBS's $4 billion rights issue (December 2008)

2. Saizen Reit's debt woes (January 2009)

3. Six-year low for STI (March 2009)

4. NOL rapped over disclosure (March 2009)

5. Record bonus for CapitaLand chief (March 2009)

6. Confessions of an S-chip CEO? (April 2009)

7. Minorities fight CK Tang's privatisation (May 2009)

8. Bans and clamps on investment product sales (July 2009)

9. PEC listing paves the way (August 2009)

10. Government acts against property speculation (September 2009)

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