The Business Times, 19 April 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 Tuesday, April 19, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    216 1 More investments are flowing into financial technology firms in the Asia-Pacific, mainly in China, according to Accenture. TOP STORIES 2 Key maritime players express hopes for an oil price rebound as early as within the next two to three years and that the sector will be better positioned
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    25 1 Monday Change STI 2,917.75 -6.19 KL Comp 1,717.68 -10.31 Nikkei 225 16,275.95 -572.08 Hang Seng 21,161.50 -154.97 Shenzhen B 1,139.67 -12.88 Dow(11.45am EDT)17,969.23 +71.77
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    Lock icon March NODX falls 15.6%; Q1 output, GDP may be revised downwards
    756 1  -  It’s the worst export performance in 3 years; economists say high base effect partly to blame By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore NON-OIL domestic exports fell 15.6 per cent in March its worst performance since February 2013 and
    Source: IE S’pore  -  756 words
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    Lock icon SIAS says it will take errant companies to court if need be
    1181 1  -  By michquah@sph.com.sg Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT Singapore INVESTOR lobby group Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or SIAS, will not hesitate to take errant companies to court on behalf of their minority shareholders if the situation warrants it. SIAS president
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      23 1 LOCAL VENTURE CAPITAL TabSquare, Make School obtain multi-million dollar funding top stories 5 CORPORATE RESULTS Keppel’s Q1 profit falls 42% COMPANIES MARKETS 8
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      18 1 OSIM Affected shareholders to get ‘goodwill’ compensation COMPANIES MARKETS 6 MAKING DIGITAL DISRUPTION WORK SME 24 PHOTO: FREEIMAGES
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Asian fintechs a magnet for investments in Q1
      458 2  -  They pull in US$2.7b, more than half the US$5.3b invested globally, according to Accenture By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore MORE investments are flowing into fi-nancial-technology firms (fintechs) in the Asia-Pacific, mainly in China, a fresh report showed on Monday. Fintechs in
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      Lock icon Oil prices tumble after failure of Doha talks
      723 2 REUTERS Singapore OIL prices tumbled on Monday after a meeting by major exporters in Qatar collapsed without an agreement to freeze output, leaving the credibility of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) producer cartel in tatters and the world awash
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      Lock icon UAE sovereign wealth fund pulls support for 1MDB
      986 2  -  It says 1MDB is in default of its debt obligations, including the payment of US$1.1b plus interest 1MDB twists By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur THE United Arab Emirates’ International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) said it had terminated an agreement to provide
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      Lock icon 1MDB scandal triggering one perfect storm after another
      685 2  -  COMMENTARY By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT MALAYSIA’s rancorous scandal centred around troubled 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) claimed its latest “casualties” of sorts on Monday the country’s bilateral relations with the Emirates and its top banker, Nazir Razak of CIMB Group. It
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      Lock icon Market players see hope of oil price rebound in 2-3 years
      839 4  -  Consolidation and cost restructuring will help position sector for the next upswing SINGAPORE MARITIME WEEK 2016 By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore KEY maritime players have expressed hopes for an oil price rebound as early as within the
      Source: Singapore Maritime Lecture 2016  -  839 words
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      Lock icon Japan quakes reveal again vulnerability of regional supply chains
      974 4  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo A FEW days after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated large areas of North-east Japan in March, 2011, then president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and now governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) Haruhiko
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      Lock icon Opportunities still available amid slow growth: BDO conference
      628 4  -  Speakers urge companies to reinvent themselves to avoid going obsolete By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore WHILE global growth is very slow in the short term, there are still opportunities out there. But companies need to reinvent themselves to avoid becoming obsolete,
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      Lock icon F&B tech startup, programming institute bag multi-million-dollar venture capital
      510 5  -  TabSquare will deepen its presence regionally; Make School will set up first overseas subsidiary here By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore THE government’s recent calls for more companies to use robotics to boost productivity, and to nurture infocomm talent, may be
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      571 4 Building a better working world Several new standards have been issued which will change the accounting for major areas such as revenue, leasing and financial instruments. The challenge is to understand what lies ahead and to plan for smooth implementation of the changes. An early assessment will be the key
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Affected OSIM shareholders to get ‘goodwill’ compensation
      589 6  -  Ron Sim paying difference to those who sold shares on April 5 below S$1.39; a “very good outcome”, says SIAS By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore IN a move to take the sting out of a controversy stemming from share purchase errors on
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      Lock icon Acromec shares up 18% in debut trading
      317 6  -  HOT STOCK By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore SHARES of local cleanroom specialist Acromec Ltd jumped by as much as 34 per cent during its first day of trading on the Catalist board before settling at 18 per cent above its IPO price.
      Source: Bloomberg  -  317 words
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      Lock icon Low fuel prices, unwinding of hedges drive upbeat view on SIA
      1013 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT WHILE Singapore Airlines’ return to its glory days of billion-dollar profits is hard to envisage at this stage, what is clearer is that its outlook is now looking a lot more
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      Lock icon SMRT joins on-demand private hire car bandwagon
      649 7  -  It ties up with ride-booking platform Grab to offer limousine, chauffeured and car rental services By Soon weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore THE next private hire car that you call for from online booking apps might just be owned and managed by transport operator
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      Lock icon UOB sets up private equity fund with Ping An, Chinese partners
      274 7  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore UOB’S venture management arm in Shanghai has scored an interesting coup, setting up Chongqing’s first Si-no-Singapore private equity fund that includes Ping An Insurance. Targeted to raise up to 100 billion yuan (S$20.9
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      Lock icon China Star Food to make trading debut after RTO, placement
      478 7  -  By Renald Yeo yrenald@sph.com.sg Singapore A CHINESE sweet potato snack specialist, China Star Food Group (CSFG), will soon be listed on the secondary board of the Singapore Exchange, following the completion of a S$ 168 million reverse takeover (RTO) of
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      Lock icon Keppel’s Q1 profit falls 42%
      569 8  -  Revenue from offshore and marine division drops 58% to S$818m By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore NET profit for Keppel Corporation slumped 42 per cent to S$210.6 million for the first quarter, on the back of a 38 per cent fall in revenue. Its topline
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      Lock icon New acquisitions drive First Reit’s Q1 growth, DPU up 2.4%
      457 8  -  By huangjy@sph.com.sg Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore NEW acquisitions helped lift healthcare trust First Reit’s (real estate investment trust’s) distributable income by 6.2 per cent year-on-year to S$ 16.2 million for the first three months of the year. In a
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      Lock icon Govt refund for HK terminal props up HPH Trust’s Q1 earnings
      530 8  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore RAISING port tariffs does not seem to have helped Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPHT) lift revenue as much as it might have planned. Weaker in-tra-Asia and transshipment cargoes put a dent in the
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      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index April 18,2016 2,917.75 -6.19 (-0.21%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,917.75 Day low 2,892.74 52-week high 3,515.85 (Apr 27, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index April 18,2016 450.84 -2.07 (-0.46%) Current streak 1 day Day high 452.46 Day low
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      Lock icon Dow futures’ rebound trims STI loss
      622 10  -  Regional markets end mostly weaker on the back of a sharp fall in oil prices following the weekend’s failed oil talks in Doha STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE failure of the weekend’s talks in Doha to limit the supply of oil brought
      Source: Bloomberg  -  622 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      319 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 251 -1 253/249 271 209 5.8 6597.4 CapitaCom Trust 142 -1 143.5/141.5 173.5 122.5 6.1 4196.6 CapitaLand 316 cd +3 316/309 379 267 12.6 2.8 *****.6 CapitaMall Trust 216 cd -1 219/215
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 10 VOLUME Ezra 62,691,200 Cedar Strategic 54,582,200 Noble 29,170,900 Parkson Retail 27,932,100 Spackman 26,388,900 Market volume 1,227,889,000 VALUE Singtel 56,151,896 DBS Grp 53,720,920 Keppel Corp 43,100,058 UOB 42,225,855 OCBC Bank 36,399,654 Market value 817,488,000
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      77 10 Apr 18 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 83.00 -75.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -64.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +9.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 694.72 -1.38 FTSE ST Small Cap 399.67 -1.04 FTSE ST All Share 711.56 -0.96 FTSE ST China Top 168.42 -0.27 FTSE ST China 199.45 -0.85 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share Index April 18,2016 711.56 -0.96 (-0.13%) Current streak 1 day Day high 711.56 Day low 706.97 52-week high 845.70 (Apr 27, 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 April 15,2016 1,682.11 -0.82 (-0.05%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,685.53 Day low 1,675.15 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 1 9 6 1 0 0 2 9 6 Manufacturing 43 42 27 4 10 9 47 52 36 Commerce 18 17 11 3 6 0 21 23 11 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 16 5
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 20,600 1,186 21,786 71,649 260 71,908 Manufacturing 107,630 83,777 191,407 92,176 905 93,081 Commerce 84,980 24,176 109,156 86,599 948 87,547 Tpt/Stor/Comms 122,844 755 123,599 123,047 63 123,110 Finance 17,556 113 17,669 147,677 17 147,694 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      73 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Lyxor US DJIA US$ 1797 118.1 5.1 1859/1573 DBXT STGLDv US$ 2979 93.7 2.4 3243/2731 GLD US$ ***** 63.8 0.4 *****/***** Jardine C&C 4326 46.0 1.1 4344/2636 JMH USD 5850 40.7 0.5 6272/4500 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Blumont 0.2 100.0 0.1
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      77 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT MSJAP US$ 4679 -142.5 -2.2 5277/4031 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -111.3 -0.4 *****/***** DBXT China50 US$ 2833 -88.2 -2.2 4258/2355 DBXT MSEurope US$ 5340 -43.4 -0.6 6300/4770 DBXT MSTHAI US$ 1772 -43.4 -1.8 2200/1419 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low OLS W*****5
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE IP Softcom 80.1 0.019 +0.003 +18.75 Kingboard Copper 2,253.1 0.270 +0.025 +10.20 Regal Intl 144.8 0.097 -0.018 -15.65 Blumont 2,072.0 0.002 +0.001 +100.00 Best World 7,264.9 0.595 +0.060 +11.22 Sen Yue 1,999.9 0.012 -0.002 -14.29 Weiye 644.0 0.435 -0.035 -7.45 Parkson Retail 27,932.1 0.215 +0.024
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon CapitaLand Mall Trust Hold
        201 10 Target price: S$2.20 April 18 close: S$2.16 DBS Group Research, April 18 Funan will be redeveloped into a lifestyle destination over the next three years, starting July 2016. Bedok Mall is currently a more powerful earnings generator than Funan (S$10.9 million versus S$5.6 million, Q1 FY16
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        Lock icon Soilbuild Business Space Reit Hold
        311 10  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim Target price: S$0.755 April 18 close: S$0.74 KGI Fraser Research, April 18 Q1 FY16 distribution per unit (DPU) fell 4.7 per cent year-on-year to 1.557 Singapore cents, coming in slightly worse than our expectations. This is mainly because net property income
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      108 10 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 292 -1 725 292/290 354/254 291/292 IS Asia BND US US1064 -1 674 1065/1064 1096/1010 1060/1067 IS ASIA HYG US$ US1053 -1 318 1053/1053 1130/977 1027/1060 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US320 +5 227 324/314 399/190
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      Lock icon Absence of Doha deal hits commodity currencies
      417 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London COMMODITY currencies slipped on Monday while the safe-haven yen gained ground after major crude exporters failed to agree on an output freeze, sending oil prices tumbling once again. A plan to cap production at current levels fell apart on Sunday
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Apr 18 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 4.979 0.681 5.960 51.167 101.309 0.833 8.841 3.020 1.110 80.468 35.464 1.043 11.262 0.743 24.890 26.950 0.542 0.768 Canada 1.006 5.011
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Apr 18 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0431 1.0434 0.7684 0.7685 Canadian dollar 1.0495 1.0501 0.7735 0.7731 Euro 1.5318 1.5324 1.1284 1.1287 NZ dollar 0.9398 0.9403 0.6923 0.6926 Sterling pound 1.9245 1.9255 1.4177 1.4182
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Apr 18 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3578 1.3583 2-months 1.3584 1.3588 3-months 1.3590 1.3594 6-months 1.3608 1.3613 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        212 11 Most active Apr 18 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left CSC Holdings W*****9 1.2 -0.3 7469 1 1 5 1.75 56 STI 2850 MB ePW*****0 5.8 0.1 7297 0.0 2 OLS Enterprise W*****5 0.1 -0.1 7150 1
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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 Apr 15 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1262.6 -0.1 -1.2 -0.5 -3.8 -0.1 0.5 EAFE Preliminary 956.3 -0.3 -5.6 -0.5 -6.2 0.0 -2.0 Europe Preliminary 1358.8 -0.3 -3.8
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        390 11 Apr 18 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Apr16 9722.50 9742.50 9595.00 9635.00 *****2 *****8 May16 9687.50 9690.00 9565.00 9592.50 9402 ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****8 Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 36 710 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Apr 18 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.08 0.03 1-month 0.6875 0.5625 2-months 0.9375 0.8125 3-months 1.0000 0.8750 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ 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
        65 11 Apr 18 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0T 0.500 01-Apr-18 99.06 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 103.26 103.35 103.15 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 103.82 103.83 103.60 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 107.36 107.63 107.00 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 114.53 30-Year NA*****H
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        249 11 Apr-15 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Apr-15 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 956.00 8.00 0.84% 13/05/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.38 -0.31 -0.92% 13/05/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 459.75 unch 0.00% 13/05/2016 Apr-15 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2184.00 -13.00 -0.59% 13/05/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1525.00 2.00 0.13%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1900 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale vol ('000) High 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 136 unch 119 136 135 1 8.1 864.1 LOW 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 118cd +0.5 108 118.5 117.5
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      314 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last Vol Day Div C'vr GrYld Net MCap High Low 19.9 8.3 t Anchor Resources 9.5 -0.1 2447 9.7 9.3 26.6 Sale 9.5 3 t Artivision Tech 3xri unch 3631 3
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      126 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1393 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1146xd -10 0 1146 1146 vol 4258 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2833 -65 17 2883 2826 7.8 High 399 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US320
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      967 6 Keppel Corporation Limited Co Reg No: *****0351N (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) First Quarter 2016 Financial Statement 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2016 The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the first quarter ended 31 March
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      96 7 JTC Industrial Warehouse Building For Sale Changi South 5-storey JTC Logistic Warehouse Building Land area approx-54,500 sq ft GFA area approx-79,400 sq ft Master Planning Zone:B2 Balance 9 years (a maximum of 20 yrs extension) subject to JTC's approval) JOINT MARKETING AGENTS Philip Chong Tel/HP: 6252 5866 /9060 8615 Email:
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Data centres, logistics bright spots for 2016 industrial demand
      719 13  -  Specialised space will see healthy demand, while rentals fall and vacancies rise for rest of industrial sector: CBRE By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore SPECIALISED industrial space such as data centres and logistics facilities will still see healthy demand this year,
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      Lock icon Easing measures boost China home prices further
      339 13 BLOOMBERG Shanghai CHINA’S home-price gains accelerated last month as the nation’s economic hubs such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen continued to lead the way amid surging liquidity that underpinned demand. New-home prices excluding gov-ernment-subsidised housing climbed in 62 cities, compared with 47 in
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      Lock icon GIC, S Korean partner to build Incheon mall
      306 13 Singapore SINGAPORE’S GIC is teaming up with South Korean retail player Shinsegae to develop a retail mall in the Incheon Free Economic Zone. They have, through their respective affiliates, entered into a land sale and purchase agreement to acquire the land from
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      Lock icon UK house prices hit record
      261 13 BLOOMBERG London UK house prices climbed to a record in April as demand from landlords in the previous month created knock-on effects through the property market, according to Rightmove Plc. Average asking prices rose 1.3 per cent from March to £307,033 (S$590,000), the property website
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      298 13 FOOD FACTORY FOR SALE AT JALAN AHMAD IBRAHIM Address 457 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim Land Area Approx. 488,061 sqft Gross Floor Area Approx. 472,426 sqft Tenure: 60 years with effect from 1986 Business 2 Food Zone, permissible plot ratio 1.4 Prominent and Wide Frontage Brenda Ong Maverick Li (CEA Reg No.:
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      278 13 B2 Factory in [Q72 Tuas For Sale Good floor loading and ceiling height High dual-feed power supply Land Area: Approx. 15,998.8 sq m Floor Area: Approx. 16,538.2 sq m Master Plan 2014: Zoned "Business 2”, at Plot Ratio 1.4 For more information, please contact: Ong Zhen Hao: 9067 4796 (CEA
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Bond trading platforms seen getting winnowed
      774 14 They’re being foiled by the very thing they’re capitalising on and the market’s biggest problem: dwindling liquidity BLOOMBERG London IF investors are right that it’s getting harder to trade bonds, it’s not for lack of places for buyers and sellers to meet. The bond
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      504 14 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong STUART Gulliver, chief executive officer of HSBC Holdings plc, will stand down in two years as the UK bank replaces its top leadership, according to The Sunday Times. The lender has started compiling a list of
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      447 14 Global regulators have underestimated the impact of their own rules, bankers say BLOOMBERG London BANKS said that their trading desks face major increases in capital requirements, and global regulators underestimated the impact of their own rules. The Basel Committee on Banking
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      570 16 Analysts say while the failure of talks between producers to freeze output is bearish for crude, an oil-worker strike in Kuwait that’s cut its output may support the market BLOOMBERG Singapore THE oil market faces a bumpy ride on its way to
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      506 16 BLOOMBERG Singapore THE global iron ore market faces an increasingly severe oversupply, according to Citigroup Inc, which said the commodity’s gains will probably be reversed in the second half. Increases in production, including from miners that restarted output
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      Lock icon India’s steel policy draws Japanese-led criticism at WTO
      382 16 REUTERS Geneva INDIA’S decision to put minimum prices on imported iron and steel and to impose emergency “safeguard” tariffs on some steel imports drew wide criticism at a meeting of the World Trade Organization’s Goods Council on Friday, a WTO official said.
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      Lock icon LNG producers open new markets to soak up surplus
      652 16 REUTERS Perth THE world’s top producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are investing in ship-fuelling operations, floating import terminals and power plants to open new markets and keep from drowning in a fuel surplus expected to last into the next decade.
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      843 17 Zhejiang Ant Small Micro Financial Services Group Co meets listing requirements, may begin process this year BLOOMBERG Hong Kong ALIBABA Group Holding Ltd’s finance affiliate is planning an initial public offering (IPO) on Shanghai’s main board in what could be China’s highest
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      Lock icon Startups stand to gain as Chengdu woos venture capitalists, researchers
      559 17 BLOOMBERG Beijing HOLED up in a shiny glass building in the Chinese city of Chengdu, Y James Kang spends his days researching ways to repair damaged hearts, livers and brains with the help of stem cells and 3D printers. The
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      737 18 Products sold on overseas websites and shipped to consumers face tax hike of 11.9% starting this month BLOOMBERG Singapore FOREIGN infant formula makers such as Danone may see a small but rapidly growing channel to the Chinese consumer
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      740 18 BLOOMBERG Manila THE largest Philippine seller of luxury brands such as Jimmy Choo shoes and Prada handbags says investors and analysts should temper earnings expectations, with competition among retailers squeezing margins even as consumer spending shows no signs of letting up. Intensifying competition
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      Lock icon Crocodile skin supplier Padenga to boost output
      450 18 It will feed the reptiles a corn-rich diet and give them larger pens, allowing them more space to grow BLOOMBERG Harare PADENGA Holdings Ltd, the world’s largest supplier of Nile crocodile skins for luxury handbags and shoes, is seeking to boost profitability by
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  • TRANSPORT
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      844 20 Government wary excessive interest rate cuts may re-ignite yuan pressure and fresh capital outflows REUTERS Beijing CHINA’S leaders sound more confident that the world’s second largest economy has arrested a slide in growth to quarter-century lows. While their policy advisers caution
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      396 20 REUTERS Tokyo TOKYO is sticking with plans to raise the sales tax next year, barring a financial crisis or a major natural disaster, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday, without saying whether two deadly quakes in southern
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      372 20 REUTERS Sydney AUSTRALIA’S Parliament voted down a labour reform Bill on Monday, handing conservative Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the excuse he has sought to dissolve both houses and hold a general election in July. In an outcome that was unexpected only in
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      811 20  -  By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said that a UK Treasury analysis showed that the UK would be “permanently poorer” if the nation left the European Union. The 200-page Treasury document, written by government
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      Lock icon Court orders Mallya’s arrest as pressure builds on loans
      469 20 BLOOMBERG Mumbai A SPECIAL court in Mumbai ordered the arrest of Vijay Mallya, the tycoon at the centre of India’s battle to recover soured debt, adding to the pressure on him to repay dues after the government last week suspended his
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      1045 21 THE BUSINESS TIMES Shipping times Vessel Voy Sin Pusan Tarawa Honiara Santo Port Vila Noumea Lautoka Suva Nukualofa Apia Pago Pago Papeete Lae P. Moresby Townsville APL Columbus V010E 23 May 06 Jun 22 Jun 26 Jun 29 Jun 01 Jul 03 Jul 06 Jul 08 Jul 10 Jul 10
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  • OPINION
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      505 22 EDITORIAL NOW that the season for annual general meetings (AGMs) has started, it would be useful to contemplate the findings of a recent study on shareholder meetings in Singapore. Although the researchers found an encouraging increase in shareholder activism here, they also
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      707 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert J Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington AMONG the world’s major economies, America’s is “the least ugly”, as Adam Posen, head of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, puts it. So it is. The American economy is plodding along at
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      1397 22  -  These two are, to borrow part of the Sinatra hit, going to emerge “A-number-one, top of the list, king of the hill” in their respective parties in the New York primary, now battle central By Leon Hadar Washington “IF I can make it
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      560 23  -  COMMENTARY By Paul Donovan T The writer is global economist at UBS IN financial markets there is an adage: “you can’t trust Chinese data”. This is unfair to China not because Chinese data is reliable, but because economic data from other countries
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        398 23  -  Denis Distant I REFER to “An investor gripes about the Annual Giam-siap Meeting” (BT, April 16-17) which has pretty well covered the more common gripes of tens of thousands of active retail investors. But we may not have seen
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        189 23  -  Andrew Seow Chwee Guan I CANNOT agree more with the views expressed by Cai Haoxiang (“An investor gripes about the Annual Giam-siap Meeting”, April 16-17) When it comes to providing food for shareholders as a gesture of appreciation, companies should
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      1101 23  -  Meeting could see significant new measures announced to increase global tax transparency. BY ANDREW HAMMOND transparency.BY ANDREW HAMMOND T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS (the Centre for International Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy) at the London School of Economics IN the
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      650 23  -  By Bruce Packard TThe writer is an independent consultant who has covered UK banks since 2000, and a member of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) advisory board. This is part of an OMFIF series on the UK EU referendum ahead of
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  • SME
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      1356 24  -  Many of today’s pure digital plays companies with only online activities, have a lot to learn from traditional strategy. BY CHRIS OUTRAM BY CHRIS OUTRAM T The writer is a founder of OC&C Strategy Consultants. He is the author of Making Your Strategy Work: How to
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      734 24  -  Even when their current vendor is good enough, SMEs should see if there are more competitive players willing to do a better job By Anthony Yap and Stefano Battan T The writers are the co-founders of Arefcue, an online platform that
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  • EMERGING ENTERPRISE 2016
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      1223 25  -  Terence Ang, a partner in RSM, says true transformation has to start at the top and percolate through the ranks, and innovation has to go beyond automation. BY MICHELLE QUAH automation.BY MICHELLE QUAH michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT THIS year’s Singapore Budget focused much
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      844 26 It uses social media, stars, merchandise, woos male and Hispanic audiences NYT New York “ALL of this, honestly, is one big magic trick.” Those words, spoken by director Jon Favreau, were meant to sum up the technological wizardry on display in his hyper-realistic remake
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      Lock icon Parents sue sperm bank for misleading them about donor
      739 26 NYT New York WHEN Angela Collins and her partner wanted to have a child, they reached out to a sperm bank in Georgia to look for potential donors. They thought that they had found the perfect match in Donor 9623, described
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      671 26 REUTERS Dubai WHEN Dubai businesswoman Negin Fatta-hi-Dasmal opened the first branch of her luxurious nail salon chain in Iran this year, it was met with both excitement and scepticism among image-conscious young Iranians. Despite or perhaps partly because of strict Islamic dress codes,
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      297 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Necklace material about right for a pound (6) 4 Blunder by Republican boss (6) 8 Give flattery that’s rather mild apparently (8) 10 Large car is in France and corroded (6) 11 Follow order how to address Turkish governor? (4) 12 Reinstated imbecile in distress (10)
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