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Hyflux Ltd, a Singapore Exchange (SGX) listed sustainable water and energy solutions company, declared losses for the first time since its listing more than a decade ago, and expressed its inability to service its debt and pay distribution to holders of its perpetual capital securities and perpetual preference shares. These investors were in a state of shock and disbelief when barely 5 months later, in May 2018, Hyflux suspended the trading of its shares on SGX and opted for a court-supervised debt reorganisation process. Where had Hyflux, the erstwhile poster child of Singapore's innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities, erred?