The Business Times, 12 May 2015

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    33 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD■BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN■ S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION wvvw.businesstimes.com.sg [1 D @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Tuesday, May 12,2015
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    231 1 institutional creditors will have to bear a much higher cost when collecting debt from bankrupted individuals as the government steps back from the process. TOP STORIES 2 Singapore Press Holdings forms a partnership with New York-based content discovery platform Outbrain to improve its online content and programming experience.
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    28 1 MARKETS Weekly Change STI 3,470.80 +18.79 KL COMP 1,805.49 -2.16 NIKKEI 225 19,620.91 +241.72 HANG SENG 27,718.20 +140.86 SHENZHEN B 1,487.02 +28.43 DOW (noon EDT) 18,166.08 -25.03
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    Lock icon Jurong Country Club to make way for high-speed rail terminus
    1148 1  -  Development comes as a shock to the club management and its 2,800 members; club has formed a taskforce to work with Singapore Land Authority By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT T Additional reporting by Lee U-Wen Singapore JURONG Country Club (JCC)
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    Lock icon Govt could issue S$2-4b in Singapore Savings Bonds this year
    734 1  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE government could potentially issue between S$2 billion and S$4 billion of the new Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB) in 2015 alone, depending on demand. When the first tranche of these non-tradable government bonds is
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Bankruptcy action: Bank costs may go up
      765 2  -  Changes proposed for govt to step back in cases involving institutional creditors PARLIAMENT By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore BANKS and other institutional creditors will have to bear a much higher cost when collecting debt from individuals by having them declared bankrupt as
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      Lock icon Future housing glut in Iskandar could ‘lower value of homes there’
      633 2  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THERE is a “real concern” about a future oversupply of properties in Iskandar Malaysia, which could mean a potential decline in the value of homes there, said Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) board
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      Lock icon Bill passed to allow LTA to regulate third-party taxi booking platforms
      535 2  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore A BILL that will grant the Land Transport Authority (LTA) powers to regulate third-party taxi booking platforms here such as Uber and GrabTaxi was passed on Monday, following the proposal of the basic
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      Lock icon Fourth telco must spur competition and innovate: Yaacob
      592 2  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE company that eventually wins Singapore’s fourth wireless telecommunications (telco) carrier licence must be able to spur competition and bring benefits to consumers, said Communications and Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim in parliament on Monday. “We believe
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      Lock icon SGX, Macquarie find nothing wrong
      407 3  -  Macquarie’s market-making spreads and minimum quote sizes in HSI warrants in line with term sheets: SGX HANG SENG WARRANT COMPLAINT By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithy Singapore THE Singapore Exchange and Macquarie Capital Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd (MCSSPL) have found nothing amiss after investigating a recent
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      Lock icon Greece pays IMF 750m euros a day before it is due: sources
      822 3 REUTERS AFP Athens GREECE paid about 750 million euros (S$ 1.12 billion) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday, a day before it was due, two Greek finance ministry officials told Reuters on Monday. The payment averted
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      Lock icon Oil & gas sector gearing up for more M&A deals
      1018 4  - Oil gas sector gearing up for more M&A deals Deals delayed by uncertainty over oil price outlook, coupled with increased confidence in the global economy, are setting the stage for increased activity: EY survey By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore AFTER a fairly quiet start to 2015, a majority
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      Lock icon IDA pushes for energy-efficient data centres
      686 4  -  To look for solutions, it will work with industry players, direct and fund R&D and pilot new technologies By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore TO make Singapore’s data-centre industry more energy-efficient and hence, more competitive the government on Monday launched a green data
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      Lock icon The mysterious hour when China’s great stock rally falls apart
      314 4 BLOOMBERG Shanghai IT’S the most dangerous hour in the Chinese stock market when the world’s biggest boom suddenly goes bust. The time is 1:20 to 2:20pm, and its losses stand out in a rally that added 545 points, or 15
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      13 3 Macquarie market-making: no basis to concerns raised, Letter to the Editor, Page 25
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SPH in digital partnerhip with NY-based Outbrain
      440 6  -  Tie-up allows SPH digitial properties to deploy Outbrain solutions for better content engagement and monetisation By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has inked a partnership deal with New York-based content discovery platform Outbrain to improve its online content and
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      Lock icon Falling prices, sales cut First Resources Q1 earnings
      482 6  -  By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sgj @ChanYiWenBT Singapore PALM oil player First Resources’ net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 fell below consensus expectations, diving 38.5 per cent to US$27.7 million, as profit from operations fell nearly 24 per cent
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      Lock icon China Fishery’s Q2 profit down 75.5%
      653 6  -  By Fiona Lam fionalam@sph.com.sg Singapore AS forewarned, second-quarter earnings for industrial fishing firm China Fishery Group and parent Pacific Andes Resources Development were dragged down by reduced catch at a major Peruvian fishery. China Fishery posted on Monday a 75.5 per cent slump in
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      Lock icon Vallianz cruises along in Q1 despite choppy waters
      510 7  -  Net profit rises 5% while revenue more than doubles; group actively bidding for new contracts worth US$1.2b By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore OFFSHORE support vessel (OSV) owner Vallianz managed to stay afloat in the first quarter despite choppy waters in the
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Magnus Energy
        93 7 MAGNUS Energy recorded a net loss of S$5,000 for the third quarter ended March 31, 2015, compared to a net profit of S$396,000 in the year-ago period. Revenue was down 13.5 per cent at S$9.68 million, as a result of the recent plunge in global oil prices which
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        93 7 CSE Global’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 held steady at S$7.6 million, compared to S$7.53 million in the year-ago period. Revenue for the quarter grew 13.2 per cent to US$105.5 million, compared to S$93.2 million for the corresponding period last year, mainly due
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        107 7 AUSGROUP’s net profit for the third quarter ended March 31, 2015 was A$2.16 million (S$2.28 million), reversing a net loss of A$1.29 million in the year-ago period, largely due to improved performances on scaffolding, maintenance and major projects, combined with the impact of research and development tax credits during
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        Lock icon Chuan Hup Holdings
        115 7 TUG and barge service provider Chuan Hup Holdings on Monday reported that net profit for its third quarter ended March 31, 2015 had surged to US$20.08 million, from US$2.27 million for the year-ago period, due to one-off gains from the disposal of its interest in an associate
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      Lock icon Absence of one-time gain drags down Centurion Q1 profit
      283 7  -  By Prisca Ang prisang@sph.com.sg Singapore CENTURION Corporation’s first-quar-ter net profit plunged 58 per cent year-on-year to S$9.43 million. Core operations were healthy as revenue climbed 44 per cent to S$2 5.3 million, buoyed by strong performance of the group’s accommodation business.
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      Lock icon Turnover among lowest this year
      719 8  -  But STI edged up 18.79 points, possibly on the back of Friday’s Wall Street jump and weekend news of China’s interest rate cut STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT GAINS in the three banks and Singtel nudged the Straits Times Index (STI) up 18.79 points
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      306 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 245 -1 247/245 271 219 6 6195.5 CapitaLand 358 xd unch 362/356 379 293 13.1 2.5 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 215 +2 216/214 228 188.5 5 7459.9 CityDev 1031 +3 1037/1023 1095 915
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      33 8 VOLUME MDR 81,149,000 SinoConstruction 50,229,700 IHC 47,441,700 Elektromotw*****5 43,002,000 Jaya 37,036,600 Market volume 1,333,316,000 VALUE DBS Grp 51,853,263 Singtel 44,254,651 UOB 36,344,333 Sembcorp Ind 34,639,103 Keppel Corp 34,402,842 Market value 807,896,000
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      77 8 May 11 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -526.00 -38.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +38.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -52.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 784.52 +0.72 FTSE ST Small Cap 493.03 +0.76 FTSE ST All Share 831.03 +3.72 FTSE ST China Top 208.70 +0.18 FTSE ST China 244.15 +0.47 FTSE
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      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT E50 US$ 5198 133.6 2.0 5630/4562 DBXT CSI300 US$ 1284 52.1 3.1 1325/615 MirachEnergy 1 57 49.0 612.5 57/6 Lyxor Europe US$ 1545 48.1 2.4 1678/1338 JMH USD 6221 41.4 0.5 6788/5700 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low MirachEnergy 1 57 612.5
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index May 11,2015 831.03 +3.72 (+0.45%) Current streak 2 days Day high 831.48 Day low 829.58 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 762.71 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index May 8,2015 1,925.44 +32.43 (+1.71%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,928.84 Day low 1,895.04 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 6 5 0 0 0 4 6 5 Manufacturing 45 39 43 5 10 13 50 49 56 Commerce 25 12 21 5 2 5 30 14 26 Tpt/Stor/Comms 22 10 7
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      76 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** -270.0 -2.5 *****/***** DBXT ASX200 US$ 3777 -68.1 -1.3 4403/3530 DBXT S&P Short US$ 2157 -24.0 -0.8 2521/2117 Isetan 440 -18.0 -3.9 502/440 GLD US$ ***** -13.4 -0.1 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Sinjia Land 9.1
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      79 8 Shows the stocks with the highest combination of price change and of daily activity relative to the three-month average volume VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Zhongxin Fruit 208.0 0.020 +0.002 +11.11 Sinjia Land 22,600.7 0.091 -0.099 -52.11 Heatec Jietong 73.6 0.077 -0.017 -18.09 Cityneon 23.0 0.260 -0.020 -7.14 Xyec 52.0
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      441 8  -  Compiled by Jamie Lee wilmar international Hold May 11 close: S$3.20 Target price: S$3.20 Jefferies Singapore, May 11 Wilmar International reported adjusted net profit of US$263 million, up 23 per cent year on year driven by improvement in soybean crushing margins, which management expects to sustain in the
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      105 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 351 +3 796 351/349 355/319 350/351 UETF SSE50China 308 +18 357 315/295 318/140 307/308 96.3 IS MS India US$ US736 +13 62 741/733 1000/656 734/738 92 DBXT Vietnam US$ US2415 -9 45 2433/2413 3100/2338
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 17,224 17,224 77,777 77,777 Manufacturing 129,522 91,354 220,876 65,963 5,869 71,832 Commerce 67,967 55,355 123,322 53,407 2,234 55,640 Tpt/Stor/Comms 114,638 375 115,013 120,317 34 120,351 Finance 18,374 100 18,474 153,478 18 153,497 Construction 61,907 12,008
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      Lock icon US$ slides as reflation expectations turn losers into winners
      437 9 CURRENCIES BLOOMBERG New York THE US$5.3-trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market has a new buzzword: reflation. The threat of deflation weighed down the euro, along with the currencies of Norway, Sweden and Canada, for much of the last year. In the past month, those
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 9 May 11 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.957 4.898 0.707 6.116 50.452 103.727 0.946 8.614 2.843 1.070 80.280 35.216 1.054 9.452 0.735 24.246 26.563 0.511 0.789 Canada 1.045 5.118
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 May 11 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0534 1.0542 0.7886 0.7890 Canadian dollar 1.1009 1.1017 0.8245 0.8241 Euro 1.4906 1.4912 1.1159 1.1161 NZ dollar 0.9848 0.9858 0.7372 0.7378 Sterling pound 2.0607 2.0617 1.5427 1.5431
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 May 11 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3364 1.3368 2-months 1.3371 1.3378 3-months 1.3374 1.3379 6-months 1.3394 1.3399 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        398 9 May 11 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.15 *****.79 *****.61 May15 *****.50 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****1 *****6 Jun15 *****.00 *****.50 *****.50 *****.50 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.58 *****.63 *****.81 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****0 Sep15
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        210 9 May 11 Most active Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Elektromotive Group w*****5 0.1 unch ***** 1 1 60 WE Holdings Ltd w*****5 0.2 -0.1 ***** 1 0 3 KLW Holdings Ltd W*****0 0.1 unch 4000 1
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr May 8 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1354.0 1.4 6.1 1.2 5.4 1.4 5.0 EAFE Preliminary 1097.0 1.7 11.2 1.5 8.9 1.7 8.5 Europe Preliminary 1542.8 2.3 11.7
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 May 11 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 Par 1-month 0.75 0.625 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.25 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.17 0.07 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.70 0.50 12
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        34 9 May 11 1 mth 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source:
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 9 GOVERNMENT BONDS May 11 Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.31 102.37 102.37 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 99.81 99.90 99.90 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 105.06 105.35 105.10 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 102.66 103.20 102.75 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 107.64
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 9 May-8 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural May-8 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 984.50 3.00 0.31% 14/05/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.80 0.49 1.52% 14/05/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 476.50 10.75 2.31% 14/05/2014 May-8 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1980.00 -15.00 -0.75% 13/05/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1717.00 39.00 2.32%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        54 9 May 11 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position May 15 2178.0 7 443 Jun 15 2184.0 2201.0 2203.0 2178.0 1349 ***** Jul 15 2182.0 2195.0 2196.0 2170.0 ***** ***** Aug 15 2183.0 2197.0 2198.0 2172.0 6167
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      Lock icon Vicom posts Q1 profit of S$8.4m
      253 10  -  EPS at 9.5 cents, up from 9.05 in year-ago period By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore VICOM posted a 5.1 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to S$8.42 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. A unit of land transport giant
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      Lock icon Sim Lian’s Q3 profit surges to S$90.2m
      336 10  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore SIM Lian Group reported on Monday a third-quarter net profit that jumped more than five times on the back of stronger revenue. Net profit for the three months ended March 31, 2015 stood at S$90.2 million, compared
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      Lock icon Fair-value, exchange gains boost Cordlife’s Q3 bottom line
      266 10  -  By Fiona Lam fionalam@sph.com.sg Singapore CORDLIFE Group reported on Monday net profit of S$ 18.1 million for the third quarter ended March 31, 2015, representing a surge of more than 10 times from S$ 1.5 million for the corresponding period a year
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      Lock icon Wheelock Properties Q1 profit down 14% at S$12.26m
      320 10  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore DESPITE revenue almost quadrupling, Wheelock Properties (Singapore)’s net profit fell 14 per cent year on year to S$12.26 million, for the first quarter ended March 31. The surge in revenue to S$99.24 million from S$25.28 million
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      Lock icon Palm sustainability group imposes expansion ban on Golden Agri unit
      296 10 REUTERS Jakarta A PALM oil industry body has ordered a unit of one of the world’s major producers to stop buying or developing new plantations in Indonesia, in a dispute seen as a test case on expansion by agribusiness firms
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      1575 13 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and its Subsidiaries (Incorporated in Singapore. Registration Number: *****0032W) Consolidated Cash Flow Statement for the financial year ended 31 December 2014 1. General Selected Notes to the Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2014 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited ("the Bank") is incorporated and
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Frasers Centrepoint in A$464m sale, leaseback of Sydney hotel
      572 14  -  Frasers Hospitality Reit’s sub-trust to be given 75-year leasehold interest in Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore MAINBOARD-LISTED Frasers Centrepoint Limited (FCL) has announced its proposed A$464 million (S$488 million) sale-and-leaseback arrangement of Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, the iconic heritage-list-ed
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      Lock icon Lack of capital makes US landlord an easy takeover target
      831 14 WP Los Angeles A PIONEER in the US home-rental boom that grew out of the housing bust is becoming a takeover target. American Residential Properties built up a portfolio of about 9,000 houses worth US$ 1.3 billion over seven years.
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      Lock icon Bonderman’s TPG agrees to buy Cushman & Wakefield for about US$2b
      354 14 Bonderman’s TPG agrees to buy Cushman Wakefield for about US$2b New York DAVID Bonderman’s TPG Capital agreed to buy Cushman Wakefield Inc, the largest closely held commer-cial-property brokerage, for about US$2 billion including debt and merge the company with its DTZ unit. Exor SpA, the Agnelli family’s Italian holding company,
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      Lock icon Ownership limit rules cooling Canada’s farmland boom
      873 15 Govt concerned surging land values deter younger farmers, spawn debt and tenant farmers BLOOMBERG Winnipeg EIGHT years after almost doubling their money by selling a 320-acre (129.5 ha) chunk of their Saskatchewan farm, Mervin and Doreen McElree are having a more difficult time
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      272 15  -  By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore ASCENDAS Hospitality Trust has entered into a fixed-term building lease agreement with Japanese hotel operator Sunroute for the operation of Osaka Namba Washington Hotel Plaza, one of the 12 hotels in its portfolio. The agreement
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      607 18 Low prices and Beijing’s series of interest rate cuts in a bid to stoke growth are factors boosting oil demand REUTERS Singapore CHINA overtook the United States as the world’s top importer of crude oil for the first time in April,
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      376 18 BLOOMBERG Melbourne A CHINESE-LED A$7.4 billion (S$7.8 billion) iron ore project in Western Australia looks to be the latest casualty of the price decline, with Wood Mackenzie Ltd estimating it’s unlikely to begin output before 2020. “Mindful of the volatility in the iron ore
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      631 18 WP Chicago THE rains that drenched dry wheat fields in Kansas are dousing prospects that the grain will emerge from a bear market. Improved soil moisture boosted prospects for crops in the United States, the largest exporter, at a time
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      1157 19 VR technology is part of urgent push to remake in-store shopping for generation of gadget-addicted customers WP Washington JOHN Goodwin has never been sky diving before. But here he is, staring out over a craggy, sun-drenched canyon in Moab,
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      452 19 WP Washington TWO days before the jobs report is released every month, one New Jersey payroll company provides a snapshot of private-sector employment that economists and investors lean on for insight into the labour market in the US. Automatic Data
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      318 19 REUTERS New York USAA, a San Antonio, Texas-based financial institution serving current and former members of the military, is studying the underlying technology behind the digital currency Bitcoin to help make its operations more efficient, a company executive said. Alex Marquez, managing
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      524 19 NYT New York YEARS ago, curing Aids was considered so out of the question that some scientists dared not even mention the possibility. But in the latest sign that attitudes are changing, the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is teaming up with
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      780 20 Sharp is reportedly planning a huge capital cut, while Toshiba withdraws profit forecast on accounting problems AFP Tokyo SHARP lost more than a quarter of its market value on Monday following reports that the struggling Japanese electronics giant is planning a drastic capital reduction to
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      559 20 BLOOMBERG New York A NEW box-office champion is coming soon to China and the world. Avengers: Age of Ultron, debuting in China on May 12, is poised to overtake Furious 7 as the Asian nation’s top-grossing movie, based on pre-re-lease
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      763 22 Move is meant to discourage firms from booking profits in lower-tax countries such as S’pore: President Joko’s aide BLOOMBERG Jakarta INDONESIA will gradually cut its corporate tax rate to discourage companies from booking profits in lower-tax countries such as
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      773 22 XINHUA Beijing CHINA’S central bank cut interest rates starting on Monday in the face of inflationary pressure and economic headwinds, but experts say the step should not be interpreted as the start of quantitative easing (QE). The People’s Bank of China
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      720 22 BLOOMBERG London MARK Carney may be getting ready to unsettle investors again. The Bank of England (BOE) governor has an opportunity this week to address bets that he’ll keep interest rates unchanged until mid-2016. Market sentiment shifted on Friday
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      644 22 BLOOMBERG New York AMERICA means business or used to. Time was, anyone with a good idea and some startup money could take a chance and open a business. That risk-taking spirit kept millions of middle-class Americans upwardly mobile,
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      484 23 Canberra taking the lead among G20 with crackdown on MNCs; new laws could come into effect Jan 1 REUTERS Sydney THE Australian government announced a world-leading crackdown on Monday on alleged tax avoidance by 30 multinational companies that will likely force
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      1114 23 Local firms unfazed by prospect of competition from foreign banks BLOOMBERG Hong Kong AS China considers whether to grant foreign investment banks greater access to its securities market, their biggest local competitor is undaunted. “it’s quite obvious who are the winners,”
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      480 23 BLOOMBERG New York FOR all the anxiety over the global selloff in bonds, the big worry in money markets is the havoc being created by a dearth of US Treasury bills. The magnitude of the problem was on display last
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      374 23 The Business Times NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com, sg www.sphclass.com.sg/notices JKC FUND Sociétéd’InvestissementàCapitalVariable (The«SICAV») Registeredoffice:12,rueEugèneRuppert,L-2453Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg N° B 144.551 NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS OF THE SICAV The shareholders of the SICAV are hereby informed that the Board of Directors decided to modify the denomination of certain classes of shares
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      570 24 EDITORIAL EVEN if all the changes to the tax system announced in recent weeks come to pass when Australia’s federal budget is unveiled on Tuesday, it will not repair the deficit. There would still need to be further structural adjustments. Investment
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      1228 24  -  Despite falling jobless figures in April, news of stagnant wages and low inflation mean the US central bank may postpone a hike in interest rates to year-end By Leon Hadar THINGS seem to be really looking good. The US unemployment rate
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      Lock icon Seeking stability, outperformance in Asia and the Pacific
      857 25  -  TT COMMENTARY By Changyong Rhee T The writer is director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department ASIA and the Pacific are doing well, with the region expected to remain the world’s growth leader. This contrasts with the global economic landscape, where
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      134 25  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Barnaby Matthews Head of derivatives, sea Macquarie Securities Group Macquarie capital Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd BT PUBLISHED an article on May 4 2015 citing comments by a professional trader who had raised concerns with the Singapore Exchange and the
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      656 25  -  Mano Sabnani THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) urgently needs to review its key criteria for companies to consolidate their shares. It also needs to approve the ratios used for share consolidation and ensure no minority oppression is taking place. The current exercise
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      1113 25  -  Countries’ economic growth have lifted a massive number of people out of poverty. BY ANDREW HAMMOND BY ANDREW HAMMOND T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics and a former UK government special
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      557 26  -  Some players are cautious with credit margins decreasing and more plane order cancellations likely on the cards BY Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SOME players in the aircraft financing market are taking a cautious view, given the backdrop of a large
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      532 26  -  COMMENTARY By Arthur Lee I ASKED my experienced colleague, a market reporter of some 20 years, if there is an element of price fixing in the current Certificate of Entitlement (COE) bidding system. He replied: “But it is in the interest of
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      397 26  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore LOSS-MAKING IT and computer parts distributor Achieva plans to become the owner and operator of the ONE° 15 Marina Club in Sentosa Cove after buying over the business from its controlling shareholder for S$21 million, it said
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      622 26 NYT Boston AT A mock airport in an underground laboratory here at Northeastern University, students pretending to be passengers head through a security exit in the right direction, while a young man enters going the wrong way. On a nearby computer screen,
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      247 28 AFP London JASON WATKINS beat Benedict Cumberbatch to take the Best Actor honour at Britain’s top television awards, while Georgina Campbell was named best actress by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta). Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes in the hit series
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      297 28 REUTERS Rome EATING healthy is becoming an expensive luxury in emerging market countries, where vegetable prices have spiked while high fat, sugary junk foods have become cheaper, economists said on Monday. Prices of fruit and vegetables rose by 91 per cent from
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      1072 28 Women battle for recognition in a male-dominated business world, only to have to drop out once their parents or parents-in-law grow old BLOOMBERG Tokyo HIROMI NAKASAKI remembers working past midnight on New Year’s Eve and during holidays as a business systems consultant
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      675 28 Sydney STARRING in music videos at the age of 100, Eileen Kramer is probably the oldest working dancer and choreographer in Australia, if not the world and the centenarian revels in her age. “I don’t mind. I’m 100!”
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      341 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Food for picnic spread I chew visiting beach (10) 6 Mischievous child’s endless racket (4) 10 Balance achieved by former party of the centre right area (5) 11 Dog with tail docked in old-fashioned style I always must follow (9) 12 Work out clues with books,
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      1201 29 AJA Enterprises draws similarities in its company’s business model to that of kueh lapis adding value one layer at a time.BY ELIZABETH MAK KUEH LAPIS that’s how Phillip Tan describes his company’s business model. The commercial director of homegrown blast mitigation company AJA Enterprises, along with founder
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      854 30  -  A defined corporate ethos builds teamwork and is vital in attracting and retaining talent. But systems must be in place to support this. BY ROBERT CHEW The writer is chairman of the ‘Best Tech Company to Work For’ award presented by the Singapore
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      52 30 Blogs Miss Ann Thrope Write on the Money Metadata R Sivanithy shares his observations on the Singapore stock market at Write on the Money, Kenneth Lim discusses the news from a data-driven perspective at Metadata, while Joyce Hooi mercilessly points out the absurdities of life at Miss Ann Thrope. businesstimes.com.sg/blogs
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      975 31  -  People, above all else, will continue to drive growth and progress in the island nation. BY MICHAEL PICH BY MICHAEL PICH The author is dean of Executive Education at insead, which opened its Singapore campus in 2000. in January this year, it
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