The Business Times, 23 March 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 GWednesday, March 23, 2016
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    209 1 SMRT will launch a probe into how two of its maintenance employees were killed apparently hit by an oncoming train along the track near Pasir Ris MRT station on Tuesday. TOP STORIES 6 Noble Group chairman Richard Elman says that with the direction of the commodities market difficult
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    25 1 Tuesday Change STI 2,880.65 -0.04 KL Comp 1,724.75 +6.39 Nikkei 225 17,048.55 +323.74 Hang Seng 20,666.75 -17.40 Shenzhen B 1,131.54 -2.38 Dow(9.30am EDT)17,577.64 -46.23
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    Lock icon Corporates rush to lock in low rates
    768 1  -  Year to date, Singdollar bond market has already raised S$4.8b; home buyers also expected to pin down borrowing costs for next 2-3 years By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSen Singapore THE plunge in local interest rates to a five-month low has led to
    Source: Bloomberg  -  768 words
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    Lock icon Contractless mobile plans yet to catch on here
    1017 1  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore SIM-ONLY plans have yet to catch on in Singapore, even as they are the most current and innovative plans in mobile flexibility today. And it’s for good reason, The Business Times has learnt. Such plans which
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      69 1 *****1 *****1 THE BUSINESS TIMES BT’S BUDGET LIVE BLOG Get real-time analysis on Budget 2016 this Thursday, with The Business Times’s Budget live blog. As Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat delivers his maiden Budget speech on March 24, BT associate editor Vikram Khanna, Mizuho economist Vishnu Varathan and UOB economist
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      42 1 REGAIN TRUST vw to put focus on customers: new MD Ricky Tay top stories/ 6 NEW GROWTH ENGINES SBF calls for one-stop govt agency to drive local firms’ R&D TOP STORIES 4 Apple goes small for new iPhone, iPad TOP STORIES 4
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      15 1 BOMB BLASTS Terror strikes Brussels days after dramatic arrest of Salah Abdeslam TOP STORIES 2
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      8 1 Aspial Corp launches S$75m bond offer, Page 7
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Terror strikes Brussels days after dramatic arrest of Salah Abdeslam
      750 2 Two blasts targeted the main hall of zaventem Airport while a third hit Maalbeek metro station near EU buildings AFP REUTERS Brussels A SERIES of explosions ripped through Brussels airport and a city metro station on Tuesday, killing at least
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      Lock icon SBF calls for one-stop government agency to drive local firms’ innovation
      712 4  -  NRF, edb, A*star, Spring can help create the body, which will give firms better access to research funds By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore SINGAPORE’s apex business chamber is calling on the government to set up a one-stop government
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      Lock icon Apple goes small for new iPhone, iPad
      544 4 AFP Cupertino, united States APPLE went small on Monday cutting prices as well as screen size as it unveiled a new iPhone and iPad aimed at first-time buyers and customers in emerging markets. The new launches came as the FBI moved to postpone
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      Lock icon SGX keen to help firms file sustainability reports
      623 4  -  But it will also come down on businesses that fail to comply with the requirement adequately By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is looking at taking a carrot-and-stick approach to get companies to file sustainability reports every year.
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      Lock icon VW to put focus on customers
      714 6  -  New Singapore MD will be rolling up sleeves to regain customers’ trust in the wake of ‘Dieselgate’ By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore VOLKSWAGEN Group Singapore has a new boss and he wants to focus on his customers in 2016. “This year is the year
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      Lock icon Petronas weathers oil price rout with cost-cutting, deferral of big projects
      538 6  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore THE realities of low oil prices have forced Malaysia’s oil-and-gas (O&G) industry to undertake extensive costcutting, in addition to deferring projects demanding large capital expenditure, although national oil company Petronas has braved
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      Lock icon SMRT to probe deaths of 2 employees killed in track accident
      762 6 THE STRAITS TIMES Singapore SMRT will launch a probe into how two of its maintenance employees were killed apparently hit by an oncoming train along the track near Pasir Ris MRT station on Tuesday. The incident in the morning
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      281 2 Giving Shape to Ideas KONICA MINOLTA KONICA SCORES A T LISTENING TO CUSTOMERS 1 ECO NEEDS GLOBAL RECOGNITION Consumers today are increasingly concerned about the environment. Many make their purchase decision according to whether the product is earth-friendly or not. To drive environmental responsibility, the Singapore Green Label, administered by
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      76 6 BUDGET 2016 LATEST NEWS, INFOGRAPHICS AND ANALYSIS 2- -2. _rr-4 -2 k. r: > 4 Follow the BUSINESS times' coverage at bt.sg/budget_l6 #SGBudget20l6 SA f. s' O' yik V < v» r- K v:v I ■4 V1 sd r 1 >2 \J': J 2k. ,225, r v5r v > y,
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      16 6 Grow Your Stock Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to place your Mergers Acquisitions Notices
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Cordlife CEO’s sudden exit rattles market
      618 7  -  Shares dive up to 9.8 per cent day after company announced Jeremy Yee’s departure By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore THE sudden resignation of Jeremy Yee as boss of Cordlife Group, a cord blood banking firm he firmly led and where he ran a
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      Lock icon Aspial Corp launches S$75m bond offer
      357 7  -  By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore PROPERTY and jewellery group Aspial Corp has launched an offering of up to S$75 million four-year bonds. The bonds, to be issued through wholly owned unit Aspial Treasury, will have the unconditional and irrevocable guarantee of Aspial Corp.
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      Lock icon Good buys for Reits harder to come by with lower debt limits
      1027 8  -  Yield-accretive acquisitions tougher as equity financing is more expensive and erodes returns HOCK LOCK SIEW BY LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT THE recently enforced lower debt limit for real estate investment trusts (Reits) is making it harder for Reits
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      Lock icon Elman: No one can predict turning point for commodities
      524 8  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore WITH the direction of the commodities market difficult to determine, it’s time to shelve grand plans and focus on survival, says Noble Group chairman Richard Elman. In comments in Noble’s annual report published on Tuesday,
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      Lock icon OKH recovers 20% after collapse
      577 9  -  CFO says the company is still operating and that he doesn’t see any liquidity issues at this point in time HOT STOCK By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore SHARES of industrial property developer OKH Global recovered 20 per cent, or 1.4 Singapore cents, to 8.5
      Source: Bloomberg  -  577 words
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      Lock icon mm2 Asia to place 44m new shares to StarHub for S$18m
      334 9  -  By haoxiang@sph.com.sg Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore LOCAL telco StarHub said on Tuesday it will invest S$ 18 million to acquire a 9.05 per cent stake in Catalist-listed film and TV content producer mm2 Asia. Some 44 million new
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      Lock icon Australia bourse to find new chief amid global mergers
      370 9 BLOOMBERG Sydney AUSTRALIA’S dominant bourse operator is losing its chief executive just as the global exchange landscape is undergoing a major upheaval. Elmer Funke Kupper, 50, stepped down on Monday after 41/2years in charge at ASX Ltd as the police investigate
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        160 9 EZRA Holdings has launched an exercise seeking consent from noteholders of its S$150 million notes due 2018 and will convene a meeting with its noteholders on April 13 to seek their approval to make certain amendments to the trust deed and the issue. DBS Bank has been appointed
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        56 9 EUROSPORTS Global has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire the businesses of Ultimate Drive (UD) and Driven By Adrenaline (DBA), which are limited private companies incorporated in Singapore that rent out premium sports cars for a short period of time not exceeding two hours. The
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        63 9 technology company Trek 2000 international on Tuesday said two independent directors have resigned. One is Francis Heng, who has resigned after bringing forward a "pre-planned board retirement", to facilitate personal work commitments. The second is Ng Chong Khim, who resigned due to personal reasons. He said he has
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        67 9 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS Corporate Finance has been appointed the independent financial adviser (IFA) to advise the board of OSIM International on the bid by OSIM founder Ron Sim to privatise the company at S$1.32 a share. A circular containing the IFA advice and the recommendations of the independent directors on
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        48 9 SINGTEL’s corporate venture capital fund, Singtel Innov8 Pte Ltd, has invested around S$710,000 in Singapore-based engineering company HOPE Technik. This consisted of 130,423 HOPE Technik shares, priced at S$5.43 apiece. Following the investment, Singtel Innov8’s shareholding in HOPE Technik will increase from 18.7 to 21.3 per cent.
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        Lock icon ISDN Holdings
        36 9 ENGINEERING group ISDN Holdings said it will seek a dual primary listing of its shares on the mainboard of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong to enhance its profile in Hong Kong and China.
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index March 22,2016 2,880.65 -0.04 (0.00%) Current streak 2 days Day high 2,901.34 Day low 2,868.95 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist Index March 22,2016 451.65 -2.56 (-0.56%) Current streak 3 days Day high 458.15 Day low
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      Lock icon STI flat after large swings since January
      639 10  -  Property developer OKH Global rebounds as it heads the “actives” list for a second day running STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index (STI) had a quiet session on Tuesday, and eventually settled for a 0.04 point loss at 2,880.65.
      Source: Bloomberg  -  639 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      314 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 246 -2 249/242 271 209 5.9 6461.8 CapitaCom Trust 147.5 +1 148/146 179 122.5 5.8 4359.1 CapitaLand 313 -1 317/310 379 267 12.5 2.9 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 218 +5 218/213 228 184.5
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      34 10 VOLUME OKH Global 286,773,100 Annica 210,312,000 Noble 179,552,600 IEV 154,230,900 Ezra 120,629,800 Market volume 2,203,798,000 VALUE DBS Grp 89,518,028 Noble 85,789,981 Singtel 52,953,870 OCBC Bank 52,885,571 Wilmar Intl 48,649,122 Market value 1,239,031,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS Most Active
      109 10 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS INDIA US$ US660 +1 609 668/659 819/575 660/663 82.5 Nikko AM STI ETF 295 +1 387 296/294 361/259 293/294 7.1 STI ETF 287 -2 185 290/287 355/254 288/289 DBXT MSINDO us$ US1309 63 1311/1301
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      77 10 Mar 22 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 159.00 +172.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -6.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +16.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 692.23 +1.59 FTSE ST Small Cap 400.87 +0.53 FTSE ST All Share 703.36 +1.36 FTSE ST China Top 166.47 +1.04 FTSE ST China 196.27 +1.39 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index March 22,2016 703.36 +1.36 (+0.19%) Current streak 1 day Day high 706.95 Day low 701.54 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index March 21,2016 1,652.93 -7.57 (-0.46%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,662.12 Day low 1,646.85 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 8 3 1 0 0 4 8 3 Manufacturing 43 32 33 7 6 11 50 38 44 Commerce 15 17 16 4 5 4 19 22 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9 9 13
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 23,761 1,195 24,956 78,394 247 78,641 Manufacturing 129,795 248,363 378,158 130,092 1,301 131,393 Commerce 213,612 65,978 279,590 164,666 2,788 167,454 Tpt/Stor/Comms 231,099 349 231,448 197,671 29 197,700 Finance 19,033 19,033 202,496 202,496 Construction 13,196 7,049
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      77 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Sysma 3,076.1 0.093 -0.082 -46.86 Annica 210,312.0 0.002 +0.001 +100.00 8Telecom 1,173.7 0.098 -0.842 -89.57 OKH Global 286,773.1 0.085 +0.014 +19.72 ChinaKundaTech 540.0 0.017 +0.002 +13.33 Teckwah 526.5 0.390 +0.025 +6.85 Infinio 300.3 0.001 -0.002 -66.67 HuanHsin 18.4 0.005 -0.008 -61.54 IEV 154,230.9 0.100 +0.004
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      78 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT USDIGInfl US$ ***** 285.9 0.8 *****/***** JSH USD 3012 129.3 3.3 3578/2524 Lyxor EM Mkt US$ 880 123.9 11.5 1104/755 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5366 118.4 1.6 6246/4478 GLD US$ ***** 111.6 0.7 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low AP Strat W*****9
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      73 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT E50 US$ 4412 -92.6 -1.5 5300/3968 Lyxor Indonesia US$ 8126 -85.8 -0.8 9094/6250 8Telecom 9.8 -84.2 -89.6 97/4.7 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** -60.0 -0.6 *****/***** DBXT ASX200 US$ 3468 -46.3 -1.0 3908/2900 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low 8Telecom 9.8 -89.6
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Keppel Corporation | Hold
        179 10 Keppel Corporation Hold Target price: S$5.07 March 22 close: S$6.03 OCBC Investment Research, March 22 with the privatisation of Keppel Land, Keppel Corp (KEP) should be viewed increasingly as a property play, as the O&M segment could see continued lack of earnings clarity with low oil prices. Over the years,
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        Lock icon StarHub | Sell
        126 10 StarHub Sell Target price: S$3.50 March 22 close: S$3.32 Citi Research, March 21 StarHub has engaged in a strategic partnership with China Mobile International to collaborate in five areas including global roaming arrangements, network technologies research, device collaboration, co-develop new business opportunities and Internet of Things. StarHub will be the
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        Lock icon Noble Group | Buy
        155 10  - Noble Group Buy Compiled by Andrea Soh Target price: S$0.56 March 22 close: S$0.47 Religare Research, March 21 Noble is reportedly in advanced talks for a US$1.5 billion unsecured loan. If raised, it would help the company refinance its US$ 2.3 billion revolving credit facility (RCF) due in May. We
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      13 10 DATA T March 23 S’pore Consumer Price Index US MBA Mortgage Applications
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      Lock icon Yen, Swiss franc gain as Brussels spurs safety flows
      390 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen and the Swiss franc rose while the euro fell on Tuesday after explosions in Brussels spurred flows into safe-haven currencies and assets. European shares were subdued, dragged down by airline and travel stocks, souring overall sentiment
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Mar 22 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.994 4.929 0.676 5.890 50.705 100.061 0.849 8.780 3.046 1.126 79.547 35.164 1.034 11.589 0.737 24.648 26.538 0.531 0.760 Canada 1.006 4.959
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Mar 22 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0338 1.0349 0.7594 0.7599 Canadian dollar 1.0403 1.0410 0.7644 0.7641 Euro 1.5291 1.5302 1.1232 1.1236 NZ dollar 0.9184 0.9194 0.6746 0.6751 Sterling pound 1.9482 1.9493 1.4310 1.4313
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        21 11 Mar22 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3617 1.3625 2-months 1.3623 1.3631 3-months 1.3629 1.3638 6-months 1.3650 1.3659 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        211 11 Most active Mar 22 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Rowsley Ltd W*****3 1 unch 8170 1 18 7 DBS MB eCW*****1 14.1 -1.5 7530 0.1 1480 4 CSC Holdings W*****9 1.2 unch 5615 1 1 16
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 21 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1243.4 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 -5.5 -0.3 -1.3 EAFE Preliminary 944.9 -0.1 -6.8 -0.3 -7.8 -0.5 -3.7 Europe Preliminary 1342.3 -0.2 -5.0
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        389 11 Mar 22 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 9770.00 9835.00 9647.50 9647.50 *****6 *****6 Apr16 9707.50 9762.50 9595.00 9602.50 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****0 Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 119 568 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 11 Mar 22 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 Par 1-month 1.000 0.875 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.05 0.85 9 months 1.25 1.05 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Mar 22 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.68 100.75 100.69 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 102.65 102.70 102.40 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 102.65 102.68 102.45 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 105.36 105.35 105.10 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 111.73
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Mar-21 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Mar-21 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 902.00 4.50 0.50% 13/05/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.58 0.16 0.48% 13/05/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 466.50 3.50 0.76% 13/05/2016 Mar-21 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2238.00 -18.00 -0.80% 13/05/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1438.00 -9.00 -0.62%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1799 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale vol ('000) High 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 134.5 +0.5 379 134.5 131.5 1 8.2 854.6 LOW 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 119cd -0.5 399 120.5 118
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      303 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol ('000) 1 0.2 t Advanced Systems 0.3 unch 2800 0.4 0.3 7.9 Day Low Div C'vr 19.9 12.3 t Anchor Resources 15 -0.6 ***** 16.7 14.2 42
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      115 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 4258 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2772 -9 0 2791 2772 7.6 High Day Low 6246 4478 DBXT MSKorea US$ US5366 +87 5366 5366 7.8 C'vr 233.2 158.5
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    Lock icon The FinTech promise
    1342 13 SMU’s Professor David Lee says Singapore ought to capitalise on and improve its financial technology edge by serving the hinternet including its Asean neighbours A Special Feature Brought to You By Singapore Management University PROFESSOR David Lee Kuo Chuen contemplates the future of Singapore’s banking and finance
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      451 14  -  S$2.25m gift from CDL enables setting up of two labs to test-bed new technologies for greener living By Renald Yeo yrenald@sph.com.sg Singapore THE National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Design and Environment and City Developments Limited (CDL) will partner to promote innovations
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      Lock icon HK developers’ share prices show little reason to fear crash
      997 14 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong HONG KONG homeowners could be forgiven for fearing the worst. In a city notorious for its real estate booms and busts including a 70 per cent tumble triggered by Asia’s financial crisis in the late 1990s property
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      Lock icon Japan’s 2015 commercial land prices increase for first time in 8 years
      377 14 REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S nationwide commercial land prices rose for the first time in eight years in 2015, driven by expectations that growing demand for hotel and retail spaces would boost property values, a government survey showed. Prices rose
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      365 14 BLOOMBERG Johannesburg SOUTH Africa is struggling to stave off recession after commodity prices fell, demand from China weakened and the worst drought in more than a century. Investors are still making more profit from that country’s property companies than from landlords
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      520 15 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF OBERON SERVICES PTE. LTD. Company Registration No. *****7908R (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) Notice is hereby given that on 31 December 2015, the members of the Company had passed the following resolutions: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION
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      381 15 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CHEYNE CAPITAL SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. Company Registration No. *****6757G IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to have been held on 25 February 2016, the following resolutions were duly
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      3971 15 VALLIANZ HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****6945E) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company will be held at 12 International Business Park, #03-02 Swiber@IBP, Singapore *****0 on Thursday 7 th day of April
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank at risk of Moody’s rating cut
      566 16 The bank’s riskiest debt, known as additional Tier 1 notes, also under review New York DEUTSCHE Bank AG may have its credit rating cut by Moody’s Investors Service on concern that Germany’s largest lender will struggle to carry out an overhaul and
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      715 16 BLOOMBERG Sydney THE Australian central bank’s attempts to talk the local currency lower last year ran afoul of the US Treasury, which chided officials by reminding them of their commitment to a freely floating exchange rate. The US representative
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      400 16 REUTERS Melbourne AUSTRALIA and New Zealand Banking Group flagged on Tuesday a further restructuring of its Asian business as Australia’s No. 4 lender seeks to shift focus to areas where it can better exploit its potential. New CEO Shayne Elliott told a business
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      2933 16 Singapore O&G Ltd. Caring for Women’s Health SINGAPORE O&G LTD. (Company Registration No. *****0687M) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company will be held at 200 Jalan Sultan, The Axis Textile Centre, Level
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon PCS to invest US$80m in new naphtha import facilities in S’pore
      382 17  -  It will include storage tanks and a liquid berth capable of handling large vessels transporting naphtha By Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore PETROCHEMICAL Corporation of Singapore (Private) Limited (PCS) will be investing US$80 million to build new naphtha import facilities
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      Lock icon Schlumberger: Oil industry in deepest financial crisis
      225 17 BLOOMBERG Houston SCHLUMBERGER Ltd expects oil producers will be in no rush to get rigs back online once crude rallies. The fragile financial state of oil explorers means there will be a noticeable lag from when oil prices climb and when exploration and
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Intel pioneer Andy Grove dies, aged 79
      673 18 He was responsible for driving growth in chipmaker’s profits and stock price through the 1980s and 1990s REUTERS San Francisco ANDY Grove, the Silicon Valley elder statesman who made Intel into the world’s top chipmaker and helped usher in the personal computer age,
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      Lock icon Apple’s robot takes apart iPhones for recycling
      407 18 REUTERS San Francisco APPLE Inc on Monday unveiled a robotic system called Liam to take apart junked iPhones and recover valuable materials that can be recycled, such as silver and tungsten. The move is an attempt to address criticism that Apple’s products, while
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      2465 18 (Constituted in the Republic of Singapore pursuant to a trust deed dated 17 March 2011 (as amended)) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the holders of units of Keppel DC REIT (the “Unitholders”), will be held at Raffles City Convention Centre, Canning Ballroom (Level 4),
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      Lock icon Tesco launches new range of own-label food
      366 19 76 new lines will either match the price of competitors or beat them in move to step up fight against discounters REUTERS London TESCO, Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, launched a new range of own-label fresh produce, poultry and meat on Monday, stepping up
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      Lock icon Italy’s top men’s tailor Brioni cutting jobs amid slowing demand
      379 19 BLOOMBERG Paris BRIONI, the Italian maker of US$7,525 wool and silk suits that are favoured by the likes of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, is cutting jobs to adapt to slowing demand, another sign of distress from the beleaguered
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      Lock icon Nintendo stock rises 8% as new Miitomo app users top a million
      350 19 BLOOMBERG Tokyo NINTENDO Co has risen the most in more than a month after users of Miitomo, the company’s first foray into smartphone apps, surpassed one million. The shares jumped as much as 7.8 per cent to 16,450
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      1957 19 Keppel Infrastructure Trust (Business Trust Registration No. *****01) (Constituted in the Republic of Singapore as a business trust pursuant to a trust deed dated 5 January 2007 (as amended)) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the holders of units of Keppel Infrastructure Trust (“KIT”, and
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  • TRANSPORT
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      4339 20 sembcorp marine Sembcorp Marine Ltd Company Registration No. *****0098Z (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 53rd Annual General Meeting of Sembcorp Marine Ltd (the "Company") will be held at The Auditorium, NTUC Centre, Level 7, One Marina Boulevard, Singapore
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      Lock icon ECB, BOJ trying to depress exchange rate: ex-BOE chief
      709 21 The central banks insist that their easing policies are aimed at boosting growth and inflation BLOOMBERG London THE European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) are essentially trying to push down the values of their respective currencies with
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      375 21 ECB’s latest stimulus seen to be taking effect and also as a springboard for better growth in the rest of the year REUTERS London EUROZONE business activity ended the first quarter on a higher note, surveys showed on Tuesday, suggesting that extra
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      346 21 Sydney AUSTRALIA’S economy was improving and its financial system sound, a top central banker said on Tuesday, though he called recent evidence on jobs growth more “ambiguous”. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens made no comment on the immediate outlook for
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      Lock icon Kuroda backer Sakurai gets nod to join BOJ board
      264 21 REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S Lower House of Parliament gave its approval on Tuesday for academic and reflationist Makoto Sakurai to join the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) divided policy board, a move seen as tipping the balance more in favour of governor Haruhiko
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      Lock icon Aung San Suu Kyi nominated to join Cabinet as minister
      442 21 REUTERS Naypyitaw MYANMAR’S president-elect nominated Aung San Suu Kyi to join the incoming Cabinet on Tuesday, giving the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader a formal role in the government that the constitution bars her from leading. Ms Suu Kyi
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      74 21 Wine, Dine 5v A. Archipelago REWERY SINGAPORE'S CRAFT BREWERY BelGia.it WH A twist of the classic Czech-style beer at Introbar and refreshing aromas of Curacao orange peel coriander at Lobby Court. Bohemian Lager at Introbar Belgian Wit at Lobby Court *$13 /$22 per pint *$15 /$20 per pint LOBBY COURT
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Japan may have to live with legacy of Abe’s tactics for a long time
      600 22 EDITORIAL JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to find a quick fix for the problem of flagging growth in the world’s third largest economy if he is to be sure of winning a politically important upper
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      765 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 THE shock announcement that China and Gambia have established diplomatic relations raises the spectre of a return to the cross-straits
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      1349 22  -  Singapore must lean on technology, intellect, imagination and be tough-minded about its water policy. And the people have to pull together and be frugal about water.BY NG JOO HEE water.BY NG JOO HEE T The writer is chief executive of PUB LAST year, the
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      1014 23  -  COMMENTARY By Andrew Hammond T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics, and a former UK government special adviser THE Brexit debate moves up a gear this month with the Westminster Parliament
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      Lock icon Why Britons must run Britain
      619 23  -  By David Potter T The author is former chief executive of the Guinness Mahon Group. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, an independent research and advisory group, is running a series of articles on the UK referendum on the EU, from both sides of
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      1076 23  -  Singapore needs to evolve from a value-adding to a value-creating economy. SINGAPORE BUDGET 2016 economy.BY LYON POH, CHIA TEK YEW T Lyon Poh is partner and head of digital innovation; and Chia Tek Yew, principal, advisory; at KPMG in Singapore HOWSingaporeshouldevolvefromavalue-adding to a valuecreating
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      356 24 C a i l a n B r i s b a n e E n n o r e J e d d a h Shanghai Chittagong Ho Chi Minh H o J e b e n g NYK RORO (ASIA) PTE. LTD. K o n g REGULAR SERVICE
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      Lock icon France’s top wines face climate ‘tipping point’
      627 25 Growing conditions in northern climes change ‘harvest equation’ AFP Paris CLIMATE change has pushed French wines into uncharted territory, and could force producers to relocate, or abandon the grapes that helped to make their vineyards famous, scientists said on Monday. Since 1980, growing
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      Lock icon Supposedly scientific case for moderate drinking springs a leak
      804 25 BLOOMBERG New York IT’S an irresistible headline: people who drink alcohol in moderation actually live longer than those who abstain entirely. Counterintuitive studies that show the purported benefits of a drink or two a day prompt flurries of bright news reports.
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      25 25 Astory about a box that holds big dreams for a little country Now available in Chinese Now on sale at all major bookstores and www.stpressbooks.com.sg
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      317 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 The early morning air? (4,6) 6 They give a better price (4) 10 Country doctors are OK (5) 11 It teaches reforms in accordance with good taste (9) 12 where patients do little to make treatment effective? (4,4) 13 Lover’s capital ring (5) 15 Sweep employed
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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      Lock icon Credit Suisse unveils targets for Asia-Pacific
      985 26  -  It reveals 900m Swiss franc war chest to expand entrepreneur client base in the region. BY GENEVIEVE CUA gen@sph.com.sg @GenCuaBT CREDIT Suisse has set its sights on aggressive expansion in the Asia-Paci-fic, and will be investing as much as 900 million Swiss francs (S$
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      Lock icon Former investor darlings Japan, Europe fall to bottom of the heap
      620 26 BLOOMBERG Tokyo JAPAN and Europe, former darlings of stock investors, are now at the bottom of the heap. The Topix index lost 13 per cent from the start of the year till last week, and foreign investors have yanked
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      655 26 London WHEN British voters decide the fate of the UK’s role in Europe, they’ll also potentially be casting the dice for the region’s junk-bond market. A vote in favour of exiting the European Union in June will spawn the deepest market slump since
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