Earlier this year, I did something most investors don’t get to do. I was invited to visit the office of a Singapore stock I own. I know what some of you are thinking. Going to an office sounds about as thrilling as watching paint dry. Cubicles. Chairs. Laptops. The soft hum of air-conditioning. What is there to see? Plenty, as it turns out. For one, there were sleeping pods, so staff could catch 40 winks. Some worked from home. None of it was for show. It was the visible signature of something I had long sensed but never seen up close: a culture built on trust. The company is iFAST Corporation (SGX: AIY).

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Last week, Money FM 89.3’s Michelle Martin got me hunting for underappreciated growth stocks. iFAST was one of the names I picked. The choice may sound odd since the Singaporean fintech is hardly an unknown stock....