The Business Times, 16 September 2015

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    34 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD■BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN■ S$1.00 s|:}1 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION wvvw.businesstimes.com.sg I} D@BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 GWednesday, September 16, 2015
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    28 1 MARKETS Tuesday Change STI 2,841.94 -29.53 KL COMP 1,647.15 +7.52 NIKKEI 225 18,026.48 +60.78 HANG SENG 21,455.23 -106.67 SHENZHEN B 1,016.14 -10.93 DOW (11.45am EDT) 16,525.15 +154.19
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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    Lock icon Aug slump in new home sales unlikely to affect cooling measures: analysts
    1124 1  -  Units sold down 69% from July high; consultants say buying inertia may set in By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE slump in developers’ private homes sales last month came in largely expected, after July’s sales were skewed
    Source: URA, PropNex  -  1,124 words
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    Lock icon Foreign workforce growth in first half slowest since 2009
    866 1  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE foreign worker population expanded by just 8,000 in the first half of 2015, the lowest half-yearly growth since the global financial crisis in 2009. This figure, which excludes maids, continues a downward trend in
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      26 1 *****81 *****4 WASTE-TO-ENERGY PROJECT Hyflux, Mitsubishi picked to build S$750m Tuas plant COMPANIES MARKETS 7 ARGUMENTS FOR GERMANY LEAVING THE EURO ARE ALL FLAWED OPINION 25
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      24 1 CHANGING AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP Business confidence affected TOP STORIES 4 US FEDERAL RESERVE Interest rate rise may roil stock and bond markets EXECUTIVE MONEY 28
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      151 1 S’PORE RETAIL SALES Motor vehicles help drive 5.2% rise in July TOP STORIES 2 LUXURY COLLECTION 2015 S C U L P T U R A ARDMORE 8 ARDMORE PARK A visionary work of art that boldly defies convention. It is original, intriguing. With pools gracefully peeling away from the
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Strong car sales fuel July retail sales growth of 5.2%
      411 2  -  But excluding 40.6 per cent jump in motor sales, retail figure up only by sluggish 0.8 per cent By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore HELPED again by a massive increase in motor vehicle sales, Singapore’s retail sales rose 5.2 per
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      Lock icon Relief from smog expected over F1 weekend
      716 2  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE smog choking Singapore is expected to persist these two days before it eases in time for the Formula One (F1) Singapore Grand Prix weekend as the winds change direction, officials on Tuesday said at a joint
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      Lock icon S’pore gets lion’s share of investments as major powers jostle for influence
      622 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore THE big economic powers are investing more in Asean as they compete for influence, with the biggest chunk of the investments coming into Singapore. More than half the total investments in
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      Lock icon PICTET
      263 2 Pictet-Absl Rtn Fxd Inc-HP EUR 10/09/2015 EUR 102,77 Pictet-Absl Rtn Glo Div-P EUR 10/09/2015 EUR 117,40 Pictet-Asian Equities Ex Japan-P USD 11/09/2015 USD 172,60 Pictet-Asian Local Currency Debt-P USD 11/09/2015 USD 139,97 Pictet-Biotech-P USD 10/09/2015 USD 797,46 Pictet-Clean Energy-P USD 10/09/2015 USD 73,64 Pictet-Digital Communication-P USD 10/09/2015 USD 212,49
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      Lock icon Expectations of Fed lift-off delay behind Sing dollar’s rise: analysts
      491 4  -  But they believe appreciation unlikely to last; focus will soon shift to MAS Oct policy meeting By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore MARKET expectations that the US Federal Reserve will delay its first interest-rate hike in nine years until after
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      Lock icon China’s forex intervention spurring ‘vicious circle’
      588 4  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore CURRENCY wars in which currencies are devalued to boost exports appear inevitable given the thick brew of high debt and faltering global demand, and as structural reform remains unlikely, senior Rabobank analysts said at a briefing on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon New PM to address ‘economic mismanagement’ of Abbott’s tenure
      494 4 AUSTRALIAN POLITICS REUTERS Sydney THE well-oiled revolving door of Australian politics, which has cycled through five leaders in as many years, is earning the nation a reputation for instability which, according to at least one government lawmaker, is starting to resemble
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      Lock icon Turn it around, Turnbull
      352 4  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Andy Mukherjee AUSTRALIA’S new prime minister has inherited a bust, a boom and a problem. Surging real estate partly offsets a slump in mining. But Malcolm Turnbull still confronts the vexing challenge of fading economic growth, which depresses everything from wages to profits.
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      Lock icon BOJ awaits outcome of key Fed meeting
      533 4  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo MEETING in the shadow of this week’s critical meeting of the US Federal Reserve’s rate-setting Open Markets Committee, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Tuesday maintained its monetary easing stance. The Fed’s decision could
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      Lock icon KL agrees to avail witnesses in Swiss probes
      246 4 MALAYSIA will arrange for key witnesses to be heard by Swiss investigators once it receives a formal request, said The Office of The Attorney General of Switzerland OAG on Tuesday. This follows a bilateral meeting in Zurich on the same day between
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      Lock icon Singapore’s special Formula for Grand Prix success
      721 5  -  Its city-centre race venue, carnival vibe, affordable ticket prices and big-name performance acts keep them coming By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore AZERBAIJAN has a history that harks all the way back to ancient times, but this year, it will share something in common
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      79 5 Beds so comfortable you want to sleep. Cuisine so fine you want to stay awake. In Switzerland, we enjoy the finer things in life. This can sometimes make choices difficult. But why decide between Swiss cuisine and a two-meter fully flat bed with massage function when you can enjoy both
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SGX sets up independent listing panels to uphold market quality
      826 6  -  Three listing committees to advise the market regulator on listing, disciplinary and appeal matters By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore THE private sector from Oct 7 will play a larger role in determining who gets to list on the Singapore
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      Lock icon Singapore market offers deep value, says Morgan Stanley
      531 6  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S equity market offers deep value, Morgan Stanley says in an Asean equity strategy report which upgrades the Republic to “most preferred market”. This comes at a time when the market is trading close to its
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      Lock icon Minority shareholders caught in Nobel Design saga
      787 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT THE recent public fallout between the single largest shareholder and the board of furniture supplier Nobel Design is yet another painful reminder of how minority shareholders can end up caught in between whenever the big
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      Lock icon Singapore healthcare stocks outdo global index
      384 7  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore WHILE the local bourse may be anaemic, healthcare stocks are growing from strength to strength, beating the year-to-date total return and average dividend yield of a global healthcare index, said a Singapore Exchange (SGX) “My Gateway” report. The
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      Lock icon Hyflux, Mitsubishi to build new waste-to-energy plant in Tuas
      519 7  -  S$750m project expected to be completed by 2019; Hyflux to have 75% stake By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore A CONSORTIUM comprising Singa-pore-listed Hyflux and its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been chosen by the Singapore government to build a
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      Lock icon STI closes at its lowest since June 2012
      713 8  -  China weakness, US interest rate worries weigh down index; Olam volume boosts turnover to 1.34b TTSTOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index (STI) on Tuesday fell 29.53 points or one per cent to 2,841.94, a level not seen since
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      305 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 218 -1 221/216 271 213 6.7 5516.3 CapitaLand 277 -2 279/274 379 267 10.1 3.2 *****.5 CapitaMall Trust 186.5 -0.5 188.5/185 228 184.5 5.8 6472.3 CityDev 798 -20 819/794 1095 794 9.6
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      36 8 VOLUME Olam Intl 222,787,200 New Silkroutes 167,518,700 Healthway Med 54,029,500 Ezra 48,617,900 StratechGroup 44,642,900 Market volume 1,445,218,000 VALUE Olam Intl 612,024,075 DBS Grp 98,564,631 Global Logistic 81,705,200 Singtel 73,590,221 UOB 47,947,971 Market value 1,498,797,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      107 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 290 -3 845 292/289 355/287 289/290 DBXT CSI300 US$ US834 -41 48 869/830 1471/698 831/833 Nikko AM STI ETF 293 -4 47 295/293 422/288 292/293 7.1 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US258 +8 42 258/258 532/250
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      77 8 Sep 15 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -350.00 +28.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -67.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -35.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 661.82 -1.70 FTSE ST Small Cap 398.72 -1.74 FTSE ST All Share 683.14 -6.00 FTSE ST China Top 165.35 -1.53 FTSE ST China 200.15 -2.08 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Sept 15, 2015 683.14 -6.00 (-0.87%) Current streak 3 days Day high 685.90 Day low 682.21 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 676.93 (Aug 24, 2015)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Sept 14,2015 1,697.79 -7.03 (-0.41%) Current streak 3 days Day high 1,718.67 Day low 1,696.63 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,671.12 (Sept 4, 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 6 4 4 0 0 0 6 4 4 Manufacturing 35 48 31 7 11 13 42 59 44 Commerce 10 24 13 7 4 2 17 28 15 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 19 6
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 16,054 16,054 50,770 50,770 Manufacturing 138,742 35,735 174,477 83,789 1,314 85,102 Commerce 438,506 20,811 459,317 669,840 731 670,571 Tpt/Stor/Comms 118,678 890 119,568 130,634 65 130,699 Finance 16,661 63 16,724 201,557 10 201,567 Construction 14,972 1,743
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      77 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 67.3 0.2 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 4834 36.4 0.5 6403/4478 DBXT MSMSIA US$ 1032 36.4 2.6 1536/1000 DBXT China50 US$ 2913 21.0 0.5 4258/2750 DBXT S&P Short US$ 2266 15.4 0.5 2497/2104 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Infinio
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      73 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Lyxor ThaiSET US$ ***** -213.0 -1.4 *****/***** JMH USD 4621 -145.7 -2.2 6788/4502 DBXT MSEurope US$ 5490 -121.9 -1.6 6300/5366 JSH USD 2654 -119.1 -3.1 3703/2611 DBXT E50 US$ 4650 -68.7 -1.0 5300/4562 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GlobalYellow w*****5 0.1 -87.5
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      85 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Next-Gen Sat 14,550.1 0.003 +0.001 +50.00 Full Apex 35.0 0.031 -0.015 -32.61 3Cnergy 10.0 0.100 -0.100 -50.00 Informatics 24,950.5 0.035 +0.004 +12.90 AliPictures HKD 2.4 1.320 +0.120 +10.00 New Wave 12,050.0 0.009 +0.002 +28.57 Ace Achieve Info 3,368.0 0.020 +0.004 +25.00 Raffles United 101.0 0.190
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      404 8  -  Compiled by Claire Huang Tigerair Buy Sept 15 close: S$0.275 Target price: S$0.32 RHB Research Institute Singapore, Sept 15 We resume coverage on Tigerair with a “buy” and S$0.32 target price (17 per cent upside), well supported by earnings recovery after four years of losses. After ridding off
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      10 8 DATA I 8pm (Sept 16) US MBA Mortgage Applications
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      Lock icon Yen gains as BOJ refrains from more stimulus
      424 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen rose on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan held off on expanding its stimulus programme, with governor Haruhiko Kuroda maintaining his optimism about the country’s economic outlook. The outcome was expected, but some market players had hoped
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Sep 15 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.943 4.533 0.629 5.516 47.292 102.528 0.851 8.412 3.063 1.128 74.239 33.289 0.998 9.586 0.691 23.150 25.595 0.461 0.712 Canada 1.060 4.807
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Sep 15 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9970 0.9980 0.7115 0.7120 Canadian dollar 1.0574 1.0581 0.7549 0.7546 Euro 1.5844 1.5852 1.1307 1.1309 NZ dollar 0.8839 0.8848 0.6308 0.6312 Sterling pound 2.1637 2.1649 1.5441 1.5445
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Sep 15 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4027 1.4036 2-months 1.4045 1.4052 3-months 1.4058 1.4066 6-months 1.4097 1.4107 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES Most active
        202 9 Sep 15 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 14.4 -1.1 6110 0.1 1860 5 UOB MB eCW*****1 12.7 -1.1 4580 0.1 2080 4 KepCorp MB ePW*****1 16.3 0.8 4256 0.2 700 5
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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 Sep 14 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1230.8 -0.6 -3.5 -1.2 0.5 -0.5 -5.3 EAFE Preliminary 978.2 -0.6 -0.9 -1.1 1.5 -0.4 -4.3 Europe Preliminary 1369.7 -0.6 -0.9
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        386 9 Sep 15 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Sep15 9377.50 9515.00 9302.50 9357.50 *****3 *****7 Oct15 9150.00 9300.00 9100.00 9160.00 8146 ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****7 Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 230 311 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        36 9 Sep 15 1 mth 1 mth 1.***** 2 mths 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 1.***** 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        154 9 Sep 15 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.1 Par 1-month 1.0 0.875 2-months 1.0625 0.9375 3-months 1.125 1.0 Overnight mode: 0.28 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 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 0.80 0.60 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 9 Sep-14 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Sep-14 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 882.75 -5.00 -0.56% 14/09/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 26.89 0.31 1.17% 14/09/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 485.75 10.25 2.16% 14/09/2015 Sep-14 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2202.00 30.00 1.38% 15/09/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1582.00 39.00 2.53%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 9 Sep 15 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Sep 15 2050.0 2050.0 2050.0 2050.0 26 636 Oct 15 2130.0 2107.0 2130.0 2100.0 1027 8417 Nov 15 2201.0 2148.0 2207.0 2146.0 ***** ***** Dec 15 2250.0 2192.0
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      Lock icon CapitaLand in 7th housing project in Vietnam
      442 10  -  The property giant has an 80% stake in a joint venture with Thien Duc to develop a high-end residential project By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore ANNOUNCING its seventh residential project in Vietnam, CapitaLand said on Tuesday that its fully-owned unit CapitaLand (Vietnam)
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      Lock icon Prime group expands into fuel card business
      558 10  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Prime group of vehicle-related companies has branched out into the lucrative fuel card business with Shell in Singapore and plans to expand into the region. Prime chairman Neo Nam Heng partnered the oil giant in 2012. As
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      Lock icon Trade finance in need of improvement in Asean
      523 10  -  BY Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore ASIA’S heavy dependence on letters of credit to finance trade leaves significant unmet needs especially among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to the latest report by Milken Institute. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has, for
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Singapore Airlines
        70 10 IN August, Singapore Airlines’ system-wide passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger kilometres) edged up 0.8 per cent year-on-year, while capacity was scaled back 2.1 per cent. This bumped passenger load factor (PLF) up 2.5 percentage points to 85.6 per cent. Regional wing SilkAir’s system-wide passenger carriage expanded 16.7
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        37 10 Technics Oil Gas TECHNICS Oil Gas’ subsidiary has been awarded a S$70.5 million contract from a Malaysia-based customer to build a liftboat, its biggest contract this year. The liftboat is expected to be delivered within two years.
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        Lock icon Rotary Engineering
        85 10 ROTARY Engineering on Tuesday said it is fighting a lawsuit in the High Court of Singapore. The suit is by Kioumji Eslim Law Firm from Bahrain and another plaintiff, and is against the company and two of its officers. The plaintiffs have claimed for, among other things, damages
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1816 11 Transaction date: Sep 15 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last 35.2 15.2 A-Sonic Aero Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 134.5 -0.5 694 135.5 133 1 8.2 853 LOW 183
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      425 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.5 unch 100 0.5 0.5 13.2 High Day LOW Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 28.5 16.3 t Asiatravel.com 10 58.5 32
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      128 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last sale vol 4258 2750 DBXT China50 US$ US2913 +15 4 2913 2901 8 High 532 250 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US258 +8 42 258 258 1750 1151 DBXT MSCHINA US$
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      249 6 InvestorRelationsHighlights Otto Marine secured two long-term charter contracts for US$25.2 million Otto Marine announced on 3 September 2015 that it has entered into long-term charter contracts for two 16,000bhp large Anchor Handling Tugs Supply (“AHTS”) vessels with a large Oil and Gas company, worth approximately US$25.2 million. In August 2015,
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      625 10 A TLV TLV HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****6542C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 22 June 2015) Placement of 76,459,000 Placement Shares comprising 70,777,000 New Shares and 5,682,000 Vendor Shares at SS0.22 for each Placement Share, payable in full on application The Board of Directors of TLV Holdings
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon UOL’s Pan Pacific pumps US$35m into four hotels
      417 12  -  Properties in Singapore, Australia, and Myanmar to be upgraded By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore THE Pan Pacific Hotels Group is conducting upgrading works at four of its owned and managed properties in the Asia Pacific including the Parkroyal on Beach Road
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      Lock icon Commercial property prices to rise in Japan, US on demand: JLL CEO
      373 12 BLOOMBERG Tokyo THE commercial property cycle has another two years to go with prices in some of the world’s largest cities set to extend gains, underpinned by office demand and attractive returns amid low interest rates, according to
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      184 12 AFP Paris FRENCH group AccorHotels announced early this week it will become the first international hotel group to operate in Iran as the Islamic Republic opens up to the West following the deal on its nuclear programme. AccorHotels will open an Ibis hotel and a
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      723 13 Demand to hit 535,400 units in 7 cities amid govt’s ‘Housing for All by 2022’ programme BLOOMBERG Mumbai IT’S an unusual promise from a builder: Dwellings for as low as 630,000 rupees (S$13,372) in Mumbai’s far outskirts. That’s not all. Also
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      401 13  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore THREE adjoining freehold shophouses in Joo Chiat Road near its junction with Changi Road have been put up for sale by public tender. The guide price for the trio, located opposite Joo Chiat
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      610 12 Contact: Investment Properties Sammi Lim (CEARegNo,:R*****9J) Tel: 9368 9803/6224 8181 6 Battery Road #32-01 Singapore *****9 42 TO 46 J00 CHIAT ROAD Freehold 3 Adjoining 4-Storey with Attic Shophouses Total Site Area: Approx. 4,992 sq ft Total GFA: Approx. 14,820 sq ft Commercial with plot ratio 3, conservation Commands approx.
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      496 14 New reductions likely to shrink German bank’s total workforce by almost 25% BLOOMBERG London DEUTSCHE Bank is considering cutting as many as 8,000 jobs in addition to selling a consumer-banking unit, which would shrink the total workforce almost 2 5
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      262 14 AFP Shanghai CHINA says it is cracking down on thousands of stock accounts linked to illegal trading, in its latest bid to restore order to markets pummelled by a rout that has wiped trillions off valuations in the country since June. The China
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      464 14 BLOOMBERG Mexico City CITIGROUP Inc is losing its long-estab-lished ranking as the second-biggest lender in Mexico as two Spanish banks step up to fill the void. The lender’s Mexico unit, known as Banamex, lost its No 2
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      160 14 A Celebrity Appearance By Rana Daggubati Of "Bahubali" Fame INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SHOPPING on 26th September SUNTEC CONVENTION CENTRE, Hall 403 404 24 th 27 th SEPTEMBER 2015 Time: 10am to 10pm FREE ENTRY Catch your favourite Vasantham artistes and Oli DJs in action on 26 September at 4pm MORE ATTRACTIONS
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Oil price curve may hint at higher prices
      577 15 Fund managers are steadily adding to bullish bets on crude oil REUTERS London CAUTIOUS oil market bulls are stirring, sensing higher prices for future months after a first whisper that the glut may be set to slowly shrink. The International Energy Agency
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      391 15 China took part in the talks with Iran that yielded the nuclear agreement in July AFP Beijing THE foreign ministers of Iran and China a major buyer of Iranian oil signalled Tuesday that their countries will forge closer economic ties
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      Lock icon Petrobras chairman to take leave of absence
      372 15 REUTERS Rio de Janeiro MURILO FERREIRA will take a leave of absence as chairman of state-run oil firm Petrobras, turning his full attention to his job as chief executive officer of Vale SA as the mining company grapples with a downturn in the
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      1917 15 Voluntary Conditional Cash Offer by SOUTHSHORE PTE. LTD. (Company Registration No.: *****0037K) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) to acquire all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) in the capital of CHOSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****4325C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) other than those
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      185 16 Key Learning Points Date: 24th Oct 2015 (Sat Time: 9.00am 5.00pm (Registration starts at 8.30am) Venue: Suntec Singapore Convention Exhibition Centre Level 3 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore *****3 Learn Simple and Powerful Trading Strategies that you can use right away Uncover the 3 Keys to Mastering Forex Fundamentals
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      66 16 ORGANISED BY THE STRAITS TIMES AND ARTSCIENCE MUSEUM™ THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE 1845 I CELEBRATING 170 YEARS THEN NOW TOMORROW N I SINGAPORE STORIES THEN NOW TOMORROW Experience Singapore’s beginnings, struggles and triumphs through the lens of The Straits Times. Catch the Singapore STories exhibition now on at the ArtScience
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      22 16 BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF TENDER JOBS Check out the most comprehensive collection of tender notices in The Straits Times Notices. 14/myj jun
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Japan exports seafood surplus as demand for sushi drops at home
      745 17 Strategy has been a success as falling yen has made Japanese products cheaper for some importers BLOOMBERG Tokyo THE country that gave the world sushi now finds itself with too much fish. Demand for seafood has been dropping in
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      Lock icon Thefts by organised gangs on the rise: US retailers
      496 17 it.” BLOOMBERG New York ORGANISED crime rings are increasingly targeting US retailers, leading to thefts of everything from gift cards and mobile phones to teeth-whiten-ing strips. In a survey released by the National Retail Federation on Tuesday, 97 per cent of
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon M’sia’s tourism sector gets more funding
      596 18  -  RM80m will go into promoting Malaysia as a destination; existing landmarks to be spruced up, new ones developed By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S tourism sector received a considerable shot in the arm from stimulus measures unveiled on Monday, including an additional RM80
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      Lock icon Thai police chief links Uighurs to Bangkok bomb
      714 18 People smugglers were motivated by revenge for crackdown on their trade through Thailand AFP Bangkok THAILAND’S police chief on Tuesday linked the recent Bangkok bomb blast to China’s Uighurs for the first time, as the lawyer for one of two detained foreign
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      Lock icon Japan to give ships, 100b yen infrastructure loans to Vietnam
      370 18 AFP Tokyo JAPAN on Tuesday promised Vietnam ships to strengthen its forces in the South China Sea, with the two nations describing large-scale land reclamation there as a threat to peace a veiled reference to China. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
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      Lock icon North Korea threatens nuclear attack, reaffirms reactor restart
      754 18 BLOOMBERG Seoul NORTH Korea has said it is ready to use nuclear weapons against the US at any time and that its main nuclear facility was fully operational, allowing the country to improve both the quality and the quantity of its nuclear
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      Lock icon Tsipras says coalition unnatural as nail-biting election looms
      810 19 Govt formation could delay moves required by creditors in exchange for emergency loans BLOOMBERG Athens ALEXIS Tsipras told Greek voters that forming a grand coalition with his arch-rivals would be “unnatural” and that a refusal to do so won’t stoke further political
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      Lock icon UK inflation returns to 0 in August
      446 19 BLOOMBERG London INFLATION in the United Kingdom returned to zero in August, driven down by the cost of motor fuel and clothing. A measure of core price pressures also eased. Consumer prices were unchanged compared with a year earlier following a 0.1 per
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      Lock icon Greece not a model for future bank rescues: SRB’s Koenig
      415 19 REUTERS Vienna AN upcoming rescue of Greek banks, set to be largely financed with public money, should not be seen as a template for the future because Greek lenders were taken “hostage” by a debt-laden government, the head of the
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      291 19 REUTERS New Delhi SRI Lanka hopes to hammer out an economic partnership deal with India this year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, seeking to strengthen the island’s ties with its big neighbour and reduce its dependency on
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      396 19 AFP Berlin INVESTOR sentiment in Germany slumped in September over concerns that sharply slowing growth in emerging markets would hurt the vital export sector of Europe’s top economy, a leading survey said on Tuesday. The widely watched investor confidence index calculated by the
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      92 19 Beef Up Your Finances Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to publicise your IPOs other offerings NOTICES NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DECLARE DIVIDEND Name of Company SCA Services Pte. Ltd. (In Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) (Co. Reg. No. *****3613D) Address of Registered Office 21 Merchant Road #05-01 Singapore *****7 Last
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  • TRANSPORT
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      1042 20  -  The crew of Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Jewel tick the boxes on safety, hygiene and professionalism. A good time was had by all on a recent cruise to Alaska STRAIT TALK BY DAVID HUGHES AFTER an incredibly relaxing week spent cruising to Alaska
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      1348 20 NYT New York THE merger of Continental Airlines and United Airlines in 2010 was supposed to combine Continental’s reputation for solid customer service with the broader reach of United’s domestic and international network. Instead, the five-year-old marriage has turned into an exercise in
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      726 20 NYT New York EVER since Tesla’s Model S went on sale in 2012, the startup automaker has had the market for high-end electric cars to itself. But that is changing as other automakers start to introduce their own models. On Monday, at the
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      1920 22 MONTREAL 10 120 29/7 30/7 4/8 MONTREAL 10 120 29/7 30/7 4/8 EASTERN CAR LINER, LTD SPECIALIZE IN RORO HEAVY LIFT INTRA-ASIA SERVICE VOY Ramp(KT) Lifting(KT) SIN BTM PKL KUC KK JKT CALMY CORAL 092 60 27/9 28/9 NOBLE SW 1 60 1/10 3/10 SEA CORAL 73 60
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      98 21 Big Jubilee Fun BiggerWalk BiggestGoodieBag Be part of the SG50 celebrations and walk away with GOODIES WORTH $880, including a commemorative medal, a limited edition T-shirt, spa and beauty treats Relive the past, appreciate the present, relish the future Be one with Singapore, walk as one, be part of the
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      103 22 Experienced Sh/p maintenance services wanted. Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 SHIPPING TIMES Make A Splash In The Maritime World Via s|5i3tinaritime.coM Ahoy there! If you are in a business pertaining to any sector of the maritime industry,
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  • INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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      3869 23 Four economists look at what may happen when the Fed raises its rates this year amid the current global market turmoil NO one can say they weren't warned. A year ago IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said financial markets were “flying too close to
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Anti-immigration backlash shows that the world isn’t flat; it’s walled
      546 24 EDITORIAL TWO visions have competed for influence during the globalisation era. One embraces the principles of free markets, free trade and free immigration, of creating a more peaceful and prosperous world in which conflicts between ethnic groups, religions and nations
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      Lock icon Productivity slump: A scarcity of economic growth
      839 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP AMID all the new government programmes and tax cuts that have been proposed by the various US presidential candidates or will be as the campaign unfolds there lurks a nasty statistic that
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      1193 24  -  The 2015 General Election has been a lesson for those who believe in the power of communication and brand strategy. BY MARCUS LOH BY MARCUS LOH T The writer leads public and analyst relations in Asia-Pacific for Tableau, an NYSE-listed US data analytics firm, and serves
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      Lock icon Arguments for Germany leaving the euro are all flawed
      859 25  -  COMMENTARY By Michael Heise T The writer is chief economist at Allianz SE THE debate about whether Greece should leave the eurozone has revived the idea that Germany, and other similarly strong economies, would best serve the rest of the continent
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      690 25  -  By David Marsh T The writer is managing director of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum OMFIF THE record US$94 billion fall in China’s foreign exchange reserves in August a larger amount than the official currency holdings of the UK or Canada has
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      1006 25  -  The government has responded swiftly but long-standing deficiencies in institutional strength and governance capacity persist. BY ASIT K BISWAS AND KRIS HARTLEY BY ASIT K BISWAS, KRIS HARTLEY T The writers are respectively Distinguished visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon A roving, bounding symbol of T aiwan
      1194 26 The island’s first professional dance company on Wednesday opens Next Wave Festival in New York with US premiere of its 2013 work, Rice CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATER NYT Taipei City MOST people in Taiwan are probably aware of the island’s pre-eminent performance group,
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      736 26 Designers Jeremy Scott, Carolina Herrera entertain and disrupt with their creations NYT New York IS Jeremy Scott the Donald Trump of American fashion? Not in terms of politics definitely not in terms of politics but in terms of positioning? Scott, after all, is an
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      297 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 7 Change name in secret (7) 9 Circular meadow left mowed (7) 10 Stop men finding female sorcerer’s home (5) 11 New doctrine, Eastern, not understood by many (9) 12 Plain sailing? Right on! (15) 13 One villain after power in a boat (7) 16 Circle with
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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      Lock icon All eyes on the Fed this week
      1402 28 Wall Street fixes its gaze on the US Federal Reserve, which could, on Thursday, increase interest rates for the first time in more than 9 years NYT New York THE moment that Wall Street has long been dreading could happen this week. The
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      Lock icon Strong interest in floating rate funds that are impervious to rate rises
      907 28  -  By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg @GenCuaBT FIXED income assets are typically vulnerable to interest rate rises, but there is one segment that is actually almost impervious to it. Investments in bank loans, which are part of the leveraged loan
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      Lock icon Sells outpace buys in Singapore stocks
      459 27 GLOBAL mutual funds continued to sell more Singapore stocks than they bought in the three months to Sept 9. Based on transactions in the top five stocks, net sells came to a total of S$ 1.18 billion, compared to net buys of S$851.6 million.
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      Lock icon Pitfalls for the unwary on banking’s frontier in US
      795 27 Eschewing traditional banks, strapped borrowers are getting loans from lenders who operate mostly online and offer easier terms but who also exhibit troubling traits NYT New York SILICON Valley has helped enhance just about every aspect of modern life. Naturally, Mohammad
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      Lock icon Multi-asset investing in a challenging global economic environment
      784 27  -  Value can be added by adapting to market behaviour.BY FUND MANAGER’S TAKE behaviour.BY IWAN BROUWER THE popularity of multi-asset solutions is clearly seen by the significant inflows finding their way into the sector. However, diversified multi-asset approaches should be considered throughout a
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      Lock icon A long history of client-focused solutions
      495 27 NN Investment Partners is the asset manager of NN Group NV, a publicly traded corporation headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands. NN Investment Partners manages approximately 184 billion euros (US$206 billion) in assets as at end June 2015 for institutions and individual investors worldwide.
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